1. It was low-key and quiet. After Christmas and New Year’s, no one really seems to be in the mood for more partying – me included.
2. I celebrated over three days because of people’s wonky schedules. Birthday weekend, anyone? Yes…
3. The weather was gorgeous [for us]. I think the sun actually came out 😀
4. A lot of Friday was spent marathoning…
5. … and nail painting…
6. … and loving you guys…
7. The boy cooked me dinner. Homemade pizza and salad. Swoon.
8. I didn’t take a picture because it still feels awkward.
9. Saturday started with oatmeal.
10. My body didn’t hate me for it. Score (I’ll go into more detail in a future post)
11. Birthday’s need balloons…
12. … and flowers…
13. … and cake cupcakes…
14. We decided to bake the ‘cake’ at my place since I wanted to try out my new stand mixer, and it wasn’t until everything was all mixed up that I realized that I didn’t have a cake pan… so cupcakes it was. Dark chocolate mocha with cookie dough frosting. Ridiculously good.
15. My mom got me one of the sweetest presents ever…
16. She knows I’m doing 365 days of memories and thought it would be nice to put them in a treasure box instead of a jar. I call them my treasured memories.
17. I had a lot from this weekend…
18. Saturday ended with a trip to the movies…
19. It was a good one.
20. People tell me I don’t look a day over 20.
21. I don’t feel a day over 21.
22. I sure did feel a slight sugar coma, though…
23. Epic games of Scrabble, Sorry!, Life, and Settlers of Catan were played.
24. Birthday luck is unstable. I’d win one round with no problem and get my butt handed to me in the next round.
25. I hardly took any pictures this weekend…
26. This is one of the only ones I have.
27. Yes, it’s super flattering. And yes, I could use some sun. Damn flash.
28. Overall, my birthday was darn marvelous. I stayed off the computer for most of the weekend, and now I’m honestly a little scared to take a peek into my Google Reader. Gulp.
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Do you take a lot of pictures during holidays/special events? No! I’m horrible at this. It’s funny because I love looking back through old pictures, but when it comes to actually taking the time to take them? Can’t do it.
Do you look a lot younger than you actually are? Very much so. People usually can’t believe it when I tell them how old I am.
Yesterday I celebrated my 28th birthday. The party was a blast, everyone was having so much fun! I received many heart touching birthday wishes from friends.
Oops! A really, really big oops… I’ve been so busy lately that I can forget about my own wedding (if now somebody tells me I have a wedding scheduled, I’ll seriously have a heart attack so, please, don’t). Anyway, happy belated birthday, Amanda! I’m glad to see you had a wonderful time and I hope this never changes. I wish you all the happiness you can hold in your heart and a little more to give away.
Yes, you look younger than you are but that’s definitely a good thing 😛
Im so glad to see that you had a wonderful birthday weekend!! The cupcakes look absolutely delicious! and oats!! – Glad to see you can eat them again(?).
I hope 28 is your best year yet! 🙂
Sounds like a perfect birthday weekend to me! Sex and the City, cupcakes, delicious breakfasts, family, what more could you ask for right? Not to mention, eating oatmeal without any pains sounds like a pretty good gift from your body. You definitely don’t look your age…it’s the European blood 😉 Isn’t it funny how when we’re young we want to look older but as we get older we want to look young again? Ah the paradox of age.
I’m so glad you had such a great birthday! And I have to admit, when I first started reading your blog I thought you were still a teenager or early twenties. That’s a good thing though!
Haha I get that a lot. It doesn’t help that I let my inner child run rampant all the time…
Happy birthdayyyyyyyyyy! I did a similar 365 journaling about one item of my day in my moleskin. It was great. I respect you for your dedicated marathoning 🙂 yessss, and that cake. Wow.
I have to share my birthday with my brother and my sister, and everyone seems to think that is really cool. But wait a minute, I want a day to myself thank you very much :O))
Birthday weekend is SO much better than just one day of celebration. I say milk it for all its worth! And Im always mistaken for being younger. I wore my little bros old football jersey to one of his games last year and when we went to pay to get in to the stadium they charged me a teenager price since they thought I was one of the highschoolers. HAHA.
Nope, I never remember to take pictures. I don’t like looking at pics of myself anyway if I’m ‘off-guard’ (unless they’re race photos) and if you’re enjoying the moment, sometimes whipping out a camera kind of breaks it?
Eh, I am always mistaken for being younger than I am. Last week I had to sign some forms and the person I was signing them for didn’t believe I was over 16 (I am 27!!!!) so she actually rang my Mum to check I didn’t need a parent to sign instead. Everyone says I’ll love it when I’m 40 but at present it’s so, SO embarrassing. Plus, it’s hard to be taken seriously when you look so young.
Hehe I definitely feel you on that one. I got ID’d everywhere I went the last time I was in Vegas, and I had a handful of people tell me to ‘come back when I’m legal because I’ll have more fun’ 😆
Happy belated birthday! You do NOT look 28! That’s a good thing 🙂 SO glad you had an awesome bday… those cupcakes look amazing.
I hope you had a wonderful birthday Amanda. It seems like it was awesome. And no, you don’t look anywhere near 21 🙂
So glad you had such a great birthday!! You definitely do not look a day over 21! Love the idea of cupcakes – especially anything chocolate!
glad you birthday was great! and you certainly can’t go wrong with pizza and cupcakes, especially pizza cooked by the boy – homemade at that! what a treat!!!
Girl I cannot believe that you are 28!! You certainly do not look it! I need to do a SATC marathon sometime soon too!
Happy Birthday! I think a birthday weekend is a must! I celebrated over about 5 days for mine last year, gotta make the most of it!
Amanda, I am so happy you had such a great birthday. You are such a kind hearted & beautiful women. You deserve nothing but the BEST!!
Those cupcakes look pretty darn amazing, and your homemade pizza dinner sounds ridiculously delicious. I am in love w/ the chest your mom gave you. What a sweet lady!
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A low key birthday weekend sounds pretty perfect to me! I’m not sure it gets much better than a SATC marathon, followed by a homemade dinner (cooked by an amazing guy, no less!), the return of your favorite breakfast, balloons, flowers, cupcakes (cookie dough frosting!!), and an incredibly heartfelt gift from your mom. Re-reading that, however, it doesn’t sound low key at all! Either way, I’m so glad you that you were able to unplug and truly enjoy those moments.
I often struggle with the “should I? or shouldn’t I?” photography question during holidays and special events. Part of me wants to capture as many memories as I can, so that they’ll never be forgotten, but the other part of me knows that the camera lends itself to inauthenticity. Whenever I feel like taking photos is beginning to get in the way of me enjoying an experience, I put it away. *Living* is far more important than watching life unfold in front of you. 🙂
Oh, and I am mistaken for 20 (or younger) ALL the time. In 30 years we’ll be grateful for that youthful glow (or so I’m told). 😉
Sara! I got your package today 😀 Omigosh I was over the moon, and don’t be surprised if something finds its way to you in the future 😉
I’m so glad you had an awesome birthday weekend! I’m all for celebrating birthday weekends (or weeks), my last birthday was on a Friday so I did a low-key celebration with my family on the actual day and then on Sunday I got to go to my favorite malls for a major shopping spree.
I’m always confused with my younger sister because I look like I should still be in high school. I guess it’ll pay off eventually, right?!
aah sounds like an amazing birthday weekend! It’s true, you really don’t look a day over 20 lol – always a good thing when you feel younger instead of older on a birthday right? And GAH the boy made you dinner…LOVE IT. And the oats are back! GREAT SUCCESS i can’t wait to hear the update on this!
Wow, it sounds like you had an absolutely fabulous birthday/birthday weekend!! I am glad that it was so great! 🙂
I love how you did this b-day post and it looks like your b-day was a great one! The oatmeal and cupcakes look delish. The picture of you blowing out your candles is super cute!
So happy you had a great birthday weekend! Sounds pretty marvelous to me… especially those cupcakes, sign me up!! The treasure box gift from your mom was super sweet… & so was your boy cooking you dinner. I feel awkward taking pics at family events too. BTW, you look beautiful in your b-day candle pic! 🙂
Happy Monday!!
happy birthday love!!
i use to always take pictures especially during holidays and special occasions, now i find this is the time where i put the camera away more often. i now want to actually focus on the event, the people, the experience. because that’s what its about.
it looks like you had a fabulous day(s) welcome to the almost 30 club. (i just turned 29 ugh)