Suffice to say I was not looking forward to it this week....
I was worried about being ill for my birthday and ruining it for the people who wanted to spend it with me.
My general feeling is that it puts pressure on me to be in an overly good mood (like at my age I should be thrilled to be getting older?!) regardless of how I'm feeling.
The people who love me enjoy my birthday as much as I enjoy theirs but I feel stressed at the thought of not being in control of the plans & presents. The anxiety of not liking something that somebody else has arranged or gifted also panics me.
I'd hate for somebody to go to a lot of effort and then for me to ruin it by hating it all!
On that note...
...Fast forward to Wednesday February 4th 2015...
I wake up at boyf's house, surrounded by purple (my favourite colour) glittery presents and a ginormous birthday card!
He disappears downstairs and returns singing "happy birthday", holding a chocolate cake! <3 such a sweetheart!
I carefully peel open my shiny pressies (the paper is too pretty to tear!). They include various Bare Minerals skincare products, 2 boxes of my favourite Lindt luxury chocolate selection, a gorgeous little penguin Pandora charm & a gift voucher for Lush!
Perfect presents for me!
We then nip to Starbucks for breakfast; a latte & a nutella cookie! :D nom!
Afterwards, we go to my Dad's house, where I find a beautiful bouquet of pink roses & lillies from my Mum, ANOTHER huge chocolate birthday cake on the coffee table, a "birthday girl" banner across the ceiling, pretty, pink wrapped presents & a moo cow card from my Dad.
Pressies from my Dad include the Urban Decay Naked2 palette & a yummy smelling reed diffuser!
Boyf then informs me of my biggest birthday surprise...
He has booked us a table at Donatellos restaurant in Brighton (my favourite) & invited my Mum & brothers to have a birthday dinner all together! So unbelievably happy!
We have a typical crazy family time with my Mum & i giggling like a pair of idiots and cracking rubbish jokes and one liners to each other whilst the rest of the table (and probably restaurant, maybe the rest of Brighton/Sussex/the world) cringe. I LOVE seeing my brothers and am so thrilled that they are at my birthday meal...
...Boyf & I got back home super late and had to work early the next morning so that was a pain but this year's birthday was absolutely perfect in every single way and I felt like a spoilt princess!
I was made to feel so special & loved by all those around me & it was by far the best birthday I have had for years! There was no pressure or anxiety & I was naturally in a great mood all day, being showered with love and affection. I couldn't have asked for anything more, nor thought of anything to improve it.
The day after my birthday, my Dad & I went for a Nandos in Reading, just him & me (since he didn't get a look in on the day haha!) it was lovely to spend some quality time with my Fruit Jar & he took his first selfie of us together lol! We then went back to his place and I made him sing "Happy Birthday" so I could blow out the candles on the cake he had gotten me haha!
It was such a lovely couple of days. :)
It will be seriously hard to top this birthday next year.
But I have every faith my man will be able to achieve it in some way or another.
I feel so grateful that he went to so much effort to make the day wonderful just for me.
To those who speculate, this is why Boyf and I are together. We love each other endlessly. We fight, we row & we scream. But we love just as passionately and that is what I live for. Behind closed doors & all that...
He is so loving, affectionate & thoughtful.
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