I was lucky enough to have been born on the luckiest day of the year, St. Patrick’s Day. When I was a kid I thought all of the festivities, green beer, and parades were all for me. I felt very special .
I have held on to that feeling of celebration and I always make a big deal out of my birthday. Not in that obnoxious, get me gifts, kind of way. But in the, Yay! I’m so happy to be blessed with another year of Chasing Joy and I want to celebrate with everyone, kind of way.
As I have gotten older a lot of my friends either don’t acknowledge or play down their birthdays. (Stay tuned for my upcoming April Girlfriendology post to find out what I think about that) For a while I used to worry that maybe my friends did not like that I make a big deal out of my birthday. Maybe they found it annoying that I always want to do something fun to acknowledge the day and that I always ask people to join me.
But then I decided oh well, anyone who feels that way does not have to come. I do not ask for or expect gifts. I only ask for people to come and enjoy themselves. I am giving people an excuse to go out and have fun. Why should I be worried that people will not appreciate me asking them to have fun???? I shouldn’t.
So this year like all the other years, I invited a bunch of friends to go out for my birthday. To my present surprise the majority of people were able to attend. We headed out to a restaurant bar and had a great time. There were about 15 of us not to mention everyone else in the place getting there Green on for St. Patrick’s day. We ate, drank, and were Merry.
I am really happy with how my birthday turned out. I didn’t even cry (see It’s my Birthday And I Can Cry if I Want to). I really appreciate all of your birthday shout outs on that blog post, on Facebook and on Twitter. Also Big Thanks to all who came out to celebrate with me.
Here are some of the pictures from that night.
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| About to blow out my candles |
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| My yummy cake from Bredenbecks Bakery!! |
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| In the holiday spirit |
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| Drinking the holiday spirits |
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| My lovely friends |
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| Glowing in the dark 🙂 |
Tell me how did you spend your last Birthday?
I have a cousin who's a St. Patrick's Day baby and it's so much fun to celebrate to with her. I'm glad you have a fun time too!
I was born on July 24. I'm Mormon and it's a Mormon holiday. When the Mormon Pioneers traveled from the east to the salt lake valley, their leader announced that they finally had reached the valley where they were going to build a home.
I think celebrating with a holiday was a lot of fun. when I visited Utah, there was even a parade.
It was an absolute "JOY" to come out and celebrate with you on your birthday! And like you said, it gave me an excuse to go out cause, MAN!, I really needed it. It was nice to take a mommy break for a few hours of some adult time, drinking, laughing, talking about life. You should celebrate YOU every year. Birthdays, to me, are our own personal holidays and should be well spent focusing on ourselves for a change. I'm glad you had a wonderful birthday turnout and I'm glad I was apart of it!
JaniceR
That is so with the awesome! My great grandma was also born on March 17th and she lived to be 104! Long life to you!
It looks like you had a really great time! Happy Belated Birthday to you! I spent my last birthday working because it landed in the middle of the week. I guess that's the great think about having your birthday land on a Saturday like yours did this year…party all night…no work tomorrow! I wish you many more Diva!
woo hoo. st patty is one of my fav holidays. Happy bday and u look like u had an amazing time.