Birthday

Turning 42 was pretty uneventful. I couldn't remember how old I was because it seems I've been saying I'm 42 for almost a year. I might have skipped 41 altogether. What the heck, it's not much of a milestone anyway.

I remember how sad my father was, on his 40th birthday when his favorite singer died, Harry Chapin. He thought it was a terrible omen of things to come! Having Farah Fawcett and Michael Jackson die on your birthday just plain ole stinks. I realize they had to die on someone's birthday but why mine? Wasn't she Farah Fawcett Majors for awhile? I keep thinking, 'Beat it Charlie's Angels'. Bad!

I took the day off from work today, after having a pretty decent work week. We got up early this morning and was on the road by 9am to do our annual West Farms Mall birthday visit. I believe our annual West Farms Mall spending spree originated one year with us shopping for vacation items. It's something I've been doing with Victoria for the last few years.

Instead of looking forward to Build a Bear Workshop store, she was looking forward to Sephora. What a year will do to your little girl! She did offer to make Xavier, my nephew, a build a bear but I told her the point is sort of lost when you make one for someone else. I knew what she wanted but this tween business is something else. Victoria wanted to shop for her friend Jessica. Victoria is at her very first sleepover this evening for Jessica's birthday. Unfortunately Jessica did not get anything from Sephora but we did find some things in Claire's and Victoria is very happy to supply Jessica with a suitcase of makeup! She also liked Vera Wangs scent, Princess. I do too but the bottle really appealed to her. The price was a little out of reach for her.

We shopped Sephora and picked up a few items and headed over to the Disney Store. I managed to pick up a few things at their Annual Sale in the Tween section but the pickings were slim. I did finish Xavier's birthday shopping with some toys from the Movie Cars. We had lunch at the Rainforest Cafe too. Getting the Safari Membership was one of the best things I've done. The Safari Membership entitles you to a Chef's appetizer with the purchase of an adult entre. I also had my birthday 5 dollar off coupon so all in all lunch cost 20 bucks rather than 33. I think 33 dollars for lunch is outrageous but the RFC reminds us of Disney so we indulge.

I took my birthday 10 dollar coupon to Origins and couldn't really find anything there. Last trip I bought tons of stuff there but I really did not want to stock up on the Ginger cologne and lotion again. I did refill the Peace of Mind pulse point lotion. I didn't realize how the stuff does not last very long. I have last year's bottle in my desk at work and it no longer tingles when you put it on the pulse points but the bottle we opened today was very fresh. Lesson learned: don't stock up too much on those products because they get stale.

A little side trip to Godiva and Harry and David and we called it a day.