Birthday Suit

No, not that one!

Yesterday was my birthday. Those numbers just never get smaller, do they? Ugh.

It was a relatively boring day (OK by me!) but the evening made up for it. Here's my outfit for the night —the new Favorite Things Cute Skirt with my Burda WOF 07/06 #109 blouse (remember that one?). A perfect match! There's something to be said for constantly buying and sewing in the same color families. And, yes, white shoes before Memorial Day in Florida is a law. ;-)

The "men" took me to dinner at The Cheesecake Factory where we started with a sampler appetizer for four which included Avocado Eggrolls, Spinach and Cheese Dip, Pot Stickers, Summer Rolls, Quesadillas, Corn Cakes, Buffalo Blasts and Calamari. We should've stopped at that because there was more than enough to call it dinner. But no! DH had a chicken pasta entreé, DS#1 had Grande Burrito, DS#2 a honkin' big bacon cheeseburger/fries, and I ordered fish tacos (of which I ate half of one and brought home the others). Were we done? Nope! Dessert. One Chocolate Tower Truffle Cake, one Lemoncello Cream Torte, and four forks. Again, enough for 10 people. Other numbers not getting smaller yesterday? My waistline!

After dinner, we drove over to Channelside to hit the movie theater. We love this theater because it's new and modern, and never crowded. Downtown Tampa has too few residential dwellings to keep the theater busy. More and more buildings are going up so it's only a matter of time. But until the real estate market picks back up and those condos are sold, we'll keep this theater our little secret. ;-) It's only takes about 20 minutes longer to get to than the local 24-plex, and well worth the drive. Did I mention it has free valet parking?

So, what did we see? Premonition, starring Sandra Bullock. Yawn. Save your money. Lame, lame, lame — especially the ending (which I won't spoil). The boys kept reminding me that 300 was playing right down the hall but I'm not sure I want to see that one either so we stayed planted. Still, it was nice to be out with my family even if we were just making fun of the movie toward the end.

Once home, I opened my presents. No big surprises there since I'm required to supply a list. LOL! Some kitchen gadgety things I've wanted, a CD, and a HUGE chocolate chip cookie that DS#2 picked because he's the one who really wants to eat it.

By the way, after we got out of the car and had started walking toward the restaurant, DH asks, "Is your slip showing or something?" Typical. ;-) (But I wouldn't trade him for anything.)