Even though my birthday was Wednesday, Tuesday night Mr. M surprised me by making a cake and giving me gifts early!
The chocolate cake was from an Ad Hoc mix and let me tell you. It was delicious. Seriously delicious.
So delicious that my eyes were bigger than my stomach and I just had a hunk of it for dinner.
When I arrived to work on Wednesday, I walked in and found birthday balloons and cards in my office.
What a great way to start the day!
Within 10 minutes, the first balloon popped and it was LOUD.
I thought for sure someone would come looking to check it out because I swear, it sounded like a gunshot.
No one came.
kate spade dotted magdalena dress + keychain necklace (real necklace on sale here)
hue tights/j.crew shoes
On our way to Subway for lunch, I recruited my friend, Brenda, to snap a couple outfit pictures in our glamorous parking lot. Balloons are hard to wrangle in gusty winds. So are my bangs.
After work I did a quick change for a birthday dinner and wore another fabulous {sale} Kate Spade dress.
Stay tuned!




LOVE that dress (and it looks gorgeous on you)!! Happy birthday...
ReplyDeletethank you!
Deleteaw- gingers look fabulous in black! Happy birthday!
ReplyDeleteSometimes I'm worried black is too dark for me (if there is such a thing) so I appreciate the comment! Thank you!
DeleteYou look amazing in that dress! And I love that you paired it with purple tights...cute! Happy Birthday to you!
ReplyDeleteThank Jenni! I wanted to do something different so figured purple/eggplant tights and leopard shoes would definitely be that!
DeleteVery cute! Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteThank you Rosa!
DeleteHappy Birthday Pamela!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kelly!!
DeleteHappy belated birthday! LOVE the balloon photos and your whole ensemble :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm sure the tenants in the apt behind the parking lot got a good chuckle out of watching me with the balloons, too!
DeleteThat dress looks so wonderful on you! I've been reading your blog for a while, and I think this is my first comment, so Happy Birthday!! :) I'm also curious how you find this dress to run? TTS? Thanks and I hope you enjoyed your celebrations!
ReplyDeleteAllison! Thank you for commenting and reading! The celebrations were wonderful. And I am wearing a 6 in the dress and feel that it's TTS. I have 3 KS dresses and they are all 6's, which seems to be a pretty consistent size for me in other brands as well. HTH
DeleteAw, looks like you had a fantastic birthday - perfectly wrapped presents, delish cake, balloons, awesome ensembles! Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lisa!
DeleteHappy belated birthday! I looooooooooooooove your birthday outfit!!
ReplyDeleteMy birthday outfit was also my Christmas outfit and it may be my Valentine's outfit too. Must get $ worth! Plus I love the little dots on it!
DeleteHappy birthday! This dress is darling on you!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteSo sweet! Mr.M needs to teach my husband a thing or two....
ReplyDeleteHa ha!! He outdid himself with this cake. I thought for sure it would be in a 9x11 pan, which is cool, but he really went for it with the two layers! It doesn't hurt that he's quite the chocoholic himself ;-)
DeleteMy stomach gave the biggest lurch when I saw that cake, you lucky thing! Your outfit photos are just lovely. I've learnt to embrace the craziness of my fringe when doing OOTD shots - life's too short!
ReplyDeleteYou are so right! And my fringe (I like the sound of that better than bangs) need some serious trimming.
DeleteHappy Birthday, gorgeous girl! I LOVE that dress and it looks fantastic on you. That cake looks delicious too.
ReplyDeleteour b'day's are a week apart, mine was last wednesday
ReplyDeletelove that the balloons match your dress
brett
Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteGreat outfit!
ReplyDeleteoooh. so glad to see that dress in person! looks amazing! did it fit true to size? i only have 1 other dress by kate spade and it is a woven, but wanted to purchase that one. let me know if you have a moment. thanks!! :)
ReplyDeleteAw! What great Birthday surprises!! Glad the balloon popping didn't scare anyone!
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