birthday surprises

i've very delayed in posting my big birthday surprises, but everyone is usually impressed by kelvin's ability to surprise me so i will not deny you.

my birthday this year was on a tuesday, and i didn't really expect anything since we had tickets to see Wynton Marsalis the next weekend; boy was i surprised.

on thursday before, kelvin wanted chinese so we planned that i would meet him at our usual place around 5.45. i finished up work and went by the house to let the brat out and i noticed evidence that kelvin had been home-- laundry in the dryer, leftovers gone and the dishes in the sink, a spot of carpet cleaned and the cleaner machine not in the exact spot i had put it in the basement. i assumed he spilled something on him at work and came home to get it in the wash during lunchtime.

jumping back in the car, i called my friend j to see if she got the package i sent. i talked to her the whole way to the restaurant, even through some traffic. trying to get off with her, i walked into the restaurant to see kelvin sitting in the booth, with someone across from him. i think i squealed in the phone when i realized it was my friend S who had flown in from Tampa to surprise me for the weekend.

kelvin sent us to NYC for the day Friday. we at at Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill and met up with my friends c&j for cupcakes at magnolia bakery. we also walked around and did a little shopping.

saturday k had planned for s and i to go for mani & pedi at a nice spa. we took out a little early to grab a yummy salad at Panera before our appointments. we drank wine and got pampered. we headed back to the house with the plan to pick up kelvin, go see a movie and get some dinner out. boy, was i surprised when i opened the door to find 20-odd friends here in the house. they had all come from NYC, Baltimore, Delaware, Easton and of course Florida to celebrate my big three-oh.