Spoiled!

I turned 30 on Friday. I've been eagerly anticipating 30. My life is pretty amazing right now and I know it's only going to get better. I was soooo ready to celebrate this milestone with some fantastic friends.

Chris planned it all and kept most of it secret from me. Friday, I was picked up from work by suave Alex and a limo. You know, it's not really every day that Schanzenfeld sees a limo. My students were asking if it was Justin Bieber's. Yes, that's right. Me and the Biebs are tight so I just borrow his ride every now and then. The paparazzi even managed to capture the moment!

I was dropped off at home and told I had 45 minutes to be ready. Fun! I was so excited to wear my new dress. I was ready a few minutes early so what did I do? Oh, took about 84 pictures of myself. :D This is when the perma-grin began and it only faded around 2 a.m.

When the limo returned, it was filled with 3 of the 5 girls. It got silly fast. I loved it. We drove to Altona and Gretna to pick up some more rowdies, then the limo dropped us off at Bravo's. Don't be too worried. Alex, our ever-smooth driver, made sure that Meg had his number. Right Meg? Still got him on speed dial?? ;)

Bravos was amazing, but I do feel the need to apologize to the other patrons of the restaurant. We might have been a tad loud - shocking if you know me, I know. Everyone that they seated in our half of the restaurant moved after a few minutes. My bad. Oh wait. And Crystal's. And Megan's. Haha. Alright, it was a joint effort.

After a quick call to Alex, who was quick to let us know that he was waiting in the parking lot, we returned to Winkler and posed for the obligatory group photo. Crystal was putting on a brave face, saddened that our driver was done for the evening.

I was impressed when I walked into our garage. Chris did a great job. Please note the decorations - a single, gigantic balloon. Classic!

The biggest surprise by far was the cake. It's no secret that I. love. carrot cake. Love. Funk's carrot cake is pretty much my kryptonite, so I knew that there would be carrot cake involved in the celebration. What I didn't plan on was the fact that my husband, unbeknownst to me, had taken 3 days off work to turn a Funk's carrot cake into a masterpiece for me.

I was so impressed! It was a HUGE upside-down, topsy turvy cake with a little hand-crafted figurine of me!

After the surprise of the cake, we all changed into our bathing suits to enjoy some hot-tubing.
We may or may not have also belted out some Glee karaoke for a while.

The rest of the evening was spent eating amazing food, singing, hot tubing, and watching a movie late, late into the evening. Thank you, ladies, for your friendship. I love you all and am so grateful that you were able to celebrate with me!