Birthday Week

That's right, it was my birthday this week. Well technically it was yesterday (Sept. 7) but as many of you know, I tend to celebrate my birthday for a week. Shane didn't believe me when we were first married but it seems this year he has caught on. I came home from work on September 1 and found this scene in our entry way:



A present for everyday of the week leading up to my birthday. Yes Shane likes to put presents under the tree, it's not a Christmas tree fyi. The great news about this is I got to open a present everyday! How fun is that? I was so excited!! So each day I've been opening a present and here is how it went:

Day 1: 3 packs of my favorite apple, pineapple gum
Day 2: Candy Corns (remember how much I like Candy Corns?)
Day 3: 100 Grand candy bars
Day 4: Candy Corns (yes I was almost done with the first bag! oink, oink!)
Day 5: A new set of washcloths (I needed some bad and just never get around to buying any)
Day 6: Candy Corns (do you see a pattern?)
Day 7 : My actual birthday. This present had actually been sitting under the tree since the beginning of August. It came in the mail and Shane just wrapped it and stuck in under the tree to torture me for a month. He would give some hints but I had NO clue what it would be. So I finally got to open it up and this is what I see:



Doesn't it look like chocolate covered pretzel sticks to you? That was my first thought. Then I saw that it had a screw on the top of it and they bent in all sort of directions. Still had no clue what it was. Shane finally helped me out and it's a mini tri-pod for my camera. I LOVE it. I can't tell you how many times I am looking around for a place to set my camera to take a picture so both Shane and I can be in the picture. Now this will allow me to not only set it on something but bend and move it to make it just right.



I had a good birthday. I took the whole week off from work and have just been hanging out and relaxing. I read Mockingjay, Shane treated me to a manicure at Brickhouse retreat. We went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner and a movie, Inception. I also got to go to Young Women's on my actual birthday and they were nice enough to get me a cake and sing to me. Everyone seemed to remember my birthday this year so it was fun hearing from old friends and getting caught up with people.

Happy Birthday to me, another year!