...these are the cards that arrived before my birthday...
...I had 'instructions' to dress in something cool...shorts OK...but nice enough for a restaurant...okie-dokie...
...so we started the day off with cake...it's
the Adonis Cake...and it's still warm...so the icing is slipping off...
...so delicious that way though...
...and then it was time to open some presents...I'd been wanting an air popper for a while...
...so happy that it fits in the cupboard too...
...sissie's present...some beautiful bulbs for the flower garden...and the traveling card...of course...
...perpetual flowers from the Man...
...these are so pretty and so much fun...
...I put the butterflies while I was chatting with the Grandbabes...they loved telling me where to put the blue ones...and the pink ones...so sweet...and it's a really pretty bouquet...
...and then the front door bell rang...which hardly ever happens as everyone comes to the back door...but the florist that Our Airman called from Alaska did not...as her GPS probably told her that she had arrived...with this beautiful bouquet of real flowers...still chatting with the Grandbabes...and Big Sissie loved being able to READ the Happy Birthday on the front of the vase...
...then it was time for our lunch date...the weather was a gorgeous breezy 86° F (30° C)...unheard of here at this time of the year...
...we sat outside and this totally new to us TOTALLY vegan restaurant...I asked the Man if he 'matched' on purpose...haha...
...SO MUCH food...my plate weighed about 5 lbs...I got vegan spare ribs with mac and cheeze, collards, purple cabbage, and lima beans...these sides are available at a lot of southern restaurants...but they are almost never vegan...the Man got a Nashville Hot Chick'n sammie with waffle fries...
...this was so fun and delicicous...
...and then we downloaded a parking app...as that's how you pay for downtown parking now...and spent the afternoon wandering around downtown...
...it was a lot of fun too...mostly shady...and breezy...
...then we stopped in a little main street cantina...and had chips and dip before walking back to our car...it was such a fun afternoon...
...and on the way home we stopped and got groceries...a novelty to have the Man with me...
...standard groceries though...
...when we got the groceries stowed I packed up the leftovers...
...I'm guessing there's at least two more meals here...
...so probably about 5 meals counting what we ate at the restaurant...
...and we ended the day with popcorn...
~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!
This really looks like a cool birthday!!!! All the flowers! The grand-daughters! The vegan restaurant! I'm surprised to read that it's unusual? so sad! I'm joining the others and wish you the best for this "new" year!
ReplyDeleteAwww, that is such a nice day!!! That vegan restaurant looks fabulous for you! Love, K
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday!!!
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