birthday wishes...

happy last day of the year, beauties! hope the year has treated you well.

i can honestly say 2011 has taught me a lot! i definitely have had many memorable things happen {some good, some not so good}. as the year comes to close, i'm taking the time to reflect on it and look forward with excitement at the thought of what 2012 will bring.

among other things, the reflecting includes two days that happened just this week: the blogiversary of bgm and my birthday. my little blog is 4 years old as of the 28th ~ i can't believe it! where did the time go? i can't thank you enough for all the positive feedback and just for reading this!

and speaking of time, i turned 32 yesterday...hello, what?!! i had a fabulous day, full of fun moments and a surprise.

some of the highlights...

after my early morning yoga practice, my daughter surprised me with a huge card that she took the time to make especially for the occasion {isn't she sweet? love it!}. when she asked me how i liked my other gift, i was a bit confused, until she pointed it out to me...


a Keurig! wow was i in shock! and no, i hadn't noticed it because i hadn't even been in the kitchen to see it at that point of the day {about 6:30 am}. it was on my counter, just as you see it in the pic, set up by my love the night before. i've wanted one for a long time now, but wasn't expecting to get one anytime soon. my guy is the best...


breakfast followed after a 30 minute walk/run/skip outing with the dog and kids {fun cardio!}; i washed my hair, dolled myself up, and the kids and i headed to the mall, of course. ;)

MAC was the first stop since i did have some items for Back to MAC, wanted to have my makeup done and play with the new goodies...

Fast Play, a pretty neutral pink/mauve/brown, was my lippie of choice...

a few store visits later {Sephora, Macy's, H&M, a watch store to have some links taken out of a new watch i received for christmas, Teavana}, we headed home and had a picnic in our backyard...


we watched Ratatouille {Remy is the only rat i love, LOL}, sipped coffee {me} and cocoa {the kids}, lounged around, caught up on some reading and had a quiet dinner.

we then headed to my mom's house. since my son gifted me with a huge box of chocolates for christmas, i thought in lieu of a cake, it would be the perfect day to open and share it. the kids, my mom, brother and cousin {who was in town visiting before heading off to the Army next month} were all quite happy with this...

my daughter snapped this pic of my ensemble...


in addition to an adorable pink raincoat {i forgot to take a pic, but i'll write a blog post if you want to see it. just let me know...}, my mom gave me a gift card to Macy's {yay!}. :)

sprinkled with many birthday wishes via facebook and twitter, the first day of my 32nd year was splendid. true, my love had to work all day, but i was blessed. and even more so when our kids replied with "fun!" and "really good!" to his question of how their day had been. :)

here's to many more fun and really good days in 2012...

all pics my own :)