The Findings of Me: The 30 Club

Well, over the weekend I joined the 30 club. Having a birthday which falls on a holiday weekend, a long weekend, is wonderful. I had a fabulous 30th birthday/weekend. I actually remembered to take pictures of most things, so this will be a long picture filled post.

Thursday night started out the celebration with a small happy hour gathering at the house. It was sweet of all my friends to celebrate with me. I will admit it wasn’t quite as wild as I had imagine it would be last year, but I did have a lovely time. Brian was the sweet husband which he is and planned the whole thing. He even got me a cookie cake to celebrate! Thankfully, no one tried to put candles on it.

Friday I took the day off to start the weekend out. We were heading to my parents for the weekend and a party which my sister and Mom planned. It was family and a few friends from school. It was great getting to caught up with friends I typically only see at Christmas. I know y’all are all waiting to see the AWESOME cake my sister made for me. She really out did herself!! I had no idea what she was planning or decided to do.

The 30th cake!!!!

Side views of the cake. She put different things that were me: Angry Birds, Honeymoon to Disney, knitting, Nook, music, my “signature” lsh, Ole Miss, and Apple logo. How awesome is it!!!!

She made an Ole Miss, but it was too big to put on the cake, so she had to redo it. How cool is this!? It’s made out of gum paste, so I got to bring it back with me. Same as the Angry Birds.

Saturday Mom and I went shopping around town. We hit up a consignment sale and picked up a few cute things for Zoey. I wanted to go in the Robin’s Nest to see if they had anything. Of course I could have spent a TON of money in there, but was good and only bought a couple of things off the 50% rack. I was good and didn’t buy one of every smocked dress I saw. I really could outfit Zoey in all smocking for the first year and be happy. We hit up a few other shops I had never been in downtown. I found the PERFECT thing for Brian, waterless soap, "Oh My Goodness”. Yes, I know you are thinking that’s what anti-bacterial gel is, but this is better. It doesn’t dry your hands out. I also thought of picking up some of the Poo-Pourri, but I’ll save that for Christmas.

Sunday we headed to the Westin at Bridge Street in Huntsville for a getaway. We had hopes of laying by the pool, but plans changed and it rained. We walked around shopping instead. When we arrived, shortly after getting settled in the room, we had a LOVELY surprise…

Chocolate covered strawberries!! Casey was so thoughtful and had ordered these for us!!! How sweet is that! I could not get over it. I will say, these were some of the BEST chocolate covered strawberries ever.

We had dinner reservations at The Melting Pot. I could not wait to take Brian here, he was a fondue virgin. One of the things I love about the Melting Pot is that it’s a romantic spot. They have booths which are in little nooks. We had a blast.