My Birthday Quickly Approaches...

This year's birthday celebration is taking place next Saturday night (exact location yet to be determined) and I can't wait! My super-fun, super-sparkly perfect birthday celebration outfit is almost complete. (I'm still in search of closed-toe, pewter or silver heels.)

Last year's birthday celebration was a bit low-key, so this year I'm doin' it up, MTV-style.

If you were one of the chosen who were lucky enough to receive an evite to by birthday hoo-ha, you saw the theme loud and clear. For the rest of you, here you go...



I subscribe to the school of thought that declares everyone should have his or her own birthday off from work. Luckily, my b-day falls on a weekend this year. Even though the term "birthday" refers to a single day, I prefer to celebrate over a long weekend, or an entire week.

This year's birthday week activities include:

• a yoga class at the awesome studio down the block (I purchased 10 for myself as a birthday treat)

• spa treatments -- three* of them over the course of the week (more birthday treats to self)
[* Three might seem a bit gluttonous, but it's Spa Week. Once I made the first reservation, I couldn't help myself...]

• enjoying some of my favorite foods, including but not limited to, a chocolate croissant for breakfast, a lobster roll from Pearl Oyster Bar for lunch, an ice cream cone from Baskin-Robbins (even if it's not quite warm enough)

• um, more bullet points to come in subsequent posts...

I'm still working on the official agenda. It's a challenge to put together a birthday week that is full of fun stuff without going too far and exhausting the birthday person.