Birthday kidnapping: Mission Spoil Your Wife

There are times I would defy anyone else to say they have a better husband.  While I was out of town visiting my brother, Jeff got together with my best friends here in town and planned my birthday surprise.  It started with my getting a text from Tara “What size dress do you wear?  I’m looking at bridesmaid dresses.” 

On my actual birthday I went out with Jeff and the kiddos.  They had very carefully bought and wrapped my present.  Complete with about 20 cards they’d stamped.  I’d pull each one out, Jeff would take a picture, and the kids would explain what each one was.  “Mommy, this one is the people at your wedding.” {stamps of monsters, what is he saying?}

Of course, this is the mess they left from the wrapping, which they had to go in and clean up later that day.  Everything always seems to end up wrapped in Christmas paper, probably because that one roll has a dog that looks like ours.

Well, the Saturday after my birthday Jeff said, “I have errands to run, and I was thinking we could stop and get lunch somewhere, but first let’s go by Barnes and Noble.” Stop by the bookstore, yes please.

I had happily collected a stack of X-Men and Batman graphic novels when my friend Amanda comes in, says “I have something to show you,” and pulls me out to her car (I did not have my camera at the time, so this is obviously a much later picture).

 

I felt rather like the girl from Terminator, having the guy appear saying, “Come with me if you want to live.”

 

Then we went and got massages together and just happily chattered for an hour or two.  As we came out Tara was there.

“Put this on,” and she gave me a new fancy dress.  Then I was whisked off to Ulta for make-up.  We spent an hour or so there, and they made me all fancy.  Then Tami joined us.

I didn’t have my camera, or know to take pictures with my phone, so no pictures of Tami or getting my hair done.  Tara has all of those photos, so this is Princess, Tara, and I at dinner that night.

 

Then we headed back to the house where I was beset by wandering monsters.  Where after putting on jewelry I was swept off to dinner with all of my friends (minus Tami who had to attend her niece’s birthday party).

Where many photos were taken, because how often is everyone all dressed so fancy?

There was soooooo much food, and it was a lot of fun to have almost all of my friends together and we just talked and had so much fun.  It’s pretty much the perfect birthday celebration.

All in all, I would have to say Jeff’s “Operation Spoil Ticia on her birthday” mission was an overwhelming success.

 

And that is the story of my birthday celebration.  It can’t get much better than that.