…yet, after a quick haircut, my sweet (and very smart) husband says I look younger.

I must say, Friday birthdays are the BEST as it’s practically guaranteed that the festivities will last a few days. It’s even better when you share a birthday with a bff.

We started celebrating with K&M last Thursday night with a wonderfully delicious dinner at Incanto and I received a fabulous necklace that I just love!

Friday was supposed to be a “me day”. It ended up being a “mommy and me” day. Mads wasn’t feeling so well Thursday, so I brought her to the pediatrician’s office: minor chest infection that will be relieved with 10 days of amoxicillin.

Though she was “sick” (she sure didn’t look like it), I wasn’t about to give up my shopping date. Mads ran around like no tomorrow and had lots of fun climbing through the clothes racks, munching on sugar-free chocolate and going through other people’s bags (sorry TZ!). Using my birthday as justification, I picked up two cute dresses and a super cute top!

After dropping Mads off at the babysitter’s, S & I made our way downtown to meet our friends B&L for dinner at Cafe de la Presse. Next time, I’m getting the escargots – L let me have one of hers and it was so delicious, drenched in butter, garlic and tomatoes of some sort. We finished off our French fare with a chocolate pot de creme and profiteroles.

birthdays wishes at Cafe de la Presse

Now, usually, for us old folks, this is where the evening ends. Hardly the case last Friday. After dinner, we were on our way to The Ambassador for K’s fabulous 30th birthday party. It’s been a while since S & I had been out, so we stayed as long as we could. Much to my surprise when the clock said 1.30a in the taxi. I tend to nurse my drinks, so I was in pretty good shape the next morning. (I get silly, then get very sleepy, then very grumpy if I do drink a lot.) I wish could say the same for my counterpart. Let’s just say it was a rough morning for him.

Saturday, our friends JC&T came over for dinner. It wasn’t intended to be a birthday dinner but Lola brought a birthday cake from Schubert’s. I made a wonderful chicken tagine (in the slow cooker, my new kitchen bff), with couscous with golden raisins and garlic sauteed spinach.

Strawberry Mousse Cake – yum!

Sunday started off stressful (everyone is okay), but ended with an always yummy dinner at Pasquale’s. I’ve been eating there 25+ years and I still think their pizza is pretty good, though I did have the eggplant parmigiana for dinner.

So, that in a large nutshell was my birthday weekend.

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