October Birthday

So am here to congratulate my self upon pulling off the Surprise of the year (in my small world, at least)... I love planning for celebrations & events. I like doing the behind the scenes work and seeing it come out beautifully at the end. I derive a sense of joy in seeing my loved ones happy!

Let me back track to how it all started...Being that the hubs birthday this year fell on a busy Monday day, am talking first Monday of the month when I have like a hundred reports to submit 😆😆😆 I simply had to rise to the occasion and make lemonade, as they say... "when life hands you lemons,..."

So, somewhere every September, my head starts to spin and wonder how to celebrate our October birthday. The last birthday I had done a surprise weekend getaway, and the year before, I sent a present at the office, hmmm, so this time, I decided to go with a surprise birthday dinner on a Monday evening, inviting a few close family friends.

Here goes, our invite... which I somehow crafted with the help of my dear friend Google, and Ms.Paint program.  Sent these out on Whatsapp for the guests.

Then, I decided to go with the black and gold theme to make my own simple table linen & decor; since I hosted the dinner at a restaurant (for obvious reasons), I needed to sort of customize the table settings a lil bit... Didn't turn out too shabby, I guess... Even my random home decor projects I do in my rare free time, got to work as a center piece...(yay!)

Then, the esteemed guests did turn ALL turn up, as were invited. Was extremely honored for getting a quorum in these our busy days of our lives.   And our B-day boy was extremely surprised, seeing as he hadn't even reealised the day was his birthday (!) Well, the story of tricking him to come to the venue, is clearly a story for another day. It wasn't any near easy...but I still smile whenever I remember it.

Moral of the post: Is to try to appreciate our dear ones in whichever little way, whenever we can. Life's too short to keep whining and bottling up so much negative energy. Choose positivism, any day. Thank you God for the gift of family & friends!

And what's a birthday without cake...?

What do you do when celebrating birthdays for loved ones? Hmmm, sharing is caring...