Best Birthday in March

Wow did I have a great birthday this weekend. Best Birthday I’ve ever had in March. This is mainly because I had two margaritas and my birthday is actually in January...

A group of friends from my old place of employment sent out an e-mail a couple weeks ago saying that we were all going to get together for a girls night out. Someone said we were going to Mexican food and I e-mailed, "Can I say it’s my birthday, so I can get a free sombrero?" Someone wrote back, "Yes, we can even bring fake presents to really sell it. I’ll bring empty gift bags." Then I wrote, "Empty?"

And that was the end of it. I thought. Until I showed up at the Mexican restaurant on Friday night. Pictures show the good times:



Here is the bringer of the balloons. Yes, I actually had birthday balloons in the bar area. Thank god I didn't get carded.


And then came the gifts. And oh, were they special. My old place of employment has a volunteer department that caters primarily to old ladies who volunteer in hospitals. And old ladies love them some pointless crap. So the girls went to the storage room and filled up a bag with said pointless crap. Oh, and they foud a crown hat too. Which I had to wear. Which I forgot I was wearing when I had to take a call out in the lobby area. Turns out lobby people do not understand birthday spirit.



Best of the pointless crap? This lapel pin. "You have never had bling like that before in your LIFE!"



Here is another shot of the crap, I mean presents. The Mexican restaurant? Less than a mile from the Hostess factory, where one can buy Hostess products for very cheap. And then give them to your friends on their non-birthdays.

Turns out one girl went to Bed Bath and Beyond looking for that Twinkie maker we talked about awhile back, but they were sold out. The helpful BB&B employee offered to call around to other stores to find one, but my friend said, "It's not even really her birthday, I'm not putting out any more effort here."

Please, if you will, make note of some of the other crap I received...a "Volunteering Warms the Heart" t-shirt, notecards with an otter on them, a pocket knife (who knew old ladies dug pocket knives?), candle holders, candles, a flashlight (actually it seems as if they might be catering to the outdoors-y old lady, or at least one who gets lost among the elements a lot), and my personal favorite - a can of peaches. This is awesome. Because one girl actually had this on her DESK. These are so my people.



God Bless America. And the little old ladies who think this crap is cool.


A Series of Events Leading to a Lesson


Combine Hostess products with Volunteer candles and viola! A cake. Yes, they sang.


I'm actually spitting margarita on the flame. We's nothing if not classy.


Pocket knife comes in handy.


Don't try this at home.


What is that I taste?


Knives are sharp, as it turns out. Lessons learned.



Did I get a sombrero? No. Not even flan. What kind of crap is that? We did tip our waitress 10 Hostess snack cakes though.


Part-ay


No respect for the bling.


And now, in Worst Party-Goer Ever news I had to go to a birthday party for my friend's 1 year old on Saturday. And since I had some baloons...




Can you see the kid looking at me like she knows I regifted balloons? Kids are so perceptive. Adults, on the other hand, were wondering why I bought a baloon that had a candle on it that said, "Hello, I'm back!" Leave it to me to bring that balloon to the only birthday party of the kid's life where "Hello, I'm back!" doesn't work.

Thank god I regifted the pocket knife too, so no one noticed the balloons.