Speaking of cake, I about had a nervous breakdown when I realized The Great American Cookie Company in our mall closed and I will no longer be receiving my yearly cookie cake with lots of icing and chocolate chips. It doesn't seem very Great or American to me to keep a girl from her cookie cake. They didn't even send me a "Dear John" letter!
T is the kind of guy who likes the pressure of planning things last minute. You'd think that he forgets about important things like cake and birthday plans and making me feel like the Queen (!) because he waits until I gently remind him of my big day, but I think really he just likes the excitement of it all.
He is working all day today and won't be home until after 9 tonight. Because I am a firm believer in hogging the spotlight and making the day as much about me as possible, I planned a couple of fun things for me and the girls.
We have a play date this morning followed by lunch at Chick-fil-a with my friend Christy and her kids. If I can squeeze in any opportunity to shop, I will. And Saturday night brings the Chick Flick Club back. Some of the girls are going to dinner with me, and then we'll go see Water for Elephants, because if anyone can make me forget the grief of no cookie cake, it is Robert Pattinson.
I'll be sure to apprise you of the cake situation. Cake is no laughing matter, people. I know this is as important to you as it is to me.
And if it's not, maybe you'll enjoy the Silhouette Rhinestone Tutorial I posted earlier today. There's also a crazy Silhouette promo here that you can take advantage of by using my code SERENITY. Click this morning's post for details!
I hope you'll come back tomorrow to link up YOUR best post of the week to Weekend Bloggy Reading. Recipes, crafts, home decor, book reviews, funny stories, you name it. Come prepared to showcase your blog and find some great weekend reads.
Happy Birthday Amanda!! Have a wonderful day!!
ReplyDeleteJessica
Happy Birthday Amanda! I hope you find a cookie cake:) We get our boys' birthday cakes from this little bakery that makes amazing cakes, and I keep hoping someone will take my hint and get me one for my birthday...hasn't happened yet!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Amanda! The cookie company near us closed too :( Sounds like you have a wonderful few days planned!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! That post cracked me up ... I hope you get your cookie cake!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Amanda! A birthday without cake? Not an option. I hope you find something yummy to replace your cookie cake. Sad!! GAC closed here too.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Amanda!!! I really hope that you get your cookie cake, or at least a really good substitute... = )
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! It IS all about you! And that's how it is on my birthday too! Good luck with the cake issue.
ReplyDeleteHappy Happy Birthday! I love turning 24 too. :) Hugs and have a wonderful Day!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for Saturday and to celebrate your twenty faux birthday! I hope you like presents.... :)
ReplyDeleteSusannah
Happy birthday Amanda! Hope you have a wonderful day!
ReplyDeleteHappy, Happy Birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day! Enjoy your movie/dinner tomorrow night-sounds like fun and I hope you get a yummy, yummy cake sometime soon!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday :) Have a WONDERFUL day!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, Amanda! We're almost birthday buddies--mine was yesterday. And, it's funny, I'm 24 too!!! ;)
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday! Oh, to be twenty-faux again ;)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Amanda. And cake IS not a laughing matter. How dare they close without telling you? I hope you can find an edible plan B and that you have a wonderful wonderful day.
ReplyDeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY Amanda!!! Have a great day :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!!! I am so excited to see that movie! I keep trying to pretend to my husband that it's not because of Robert Pattinson. ("It's suppose to be the movie of the year!") He's not buying it. Enjoy, and have a great day!
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a fantastic birthday Amanda! So glad you planend some fun things for yourself, even with a working husband.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely give us the scoop on the movie. I read the book and loved it, can't wait to hear about the movie.
Happy Birthday Amanda!!! Enjoy your day. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!! Sorry about your cookie cake :( I love the double cookies with frosting in the middle. mmmmmm!
ReplyDeleteI am jealous you are seeing Water For Elephants! The book was so good!
Enjoy!
Happy Birthday, Amanda! I hope you have a wonderful day! I always joke that April is my birthday month so I get to celebrate from April 1 on. ;) Ryan tries to remind me that I technically only get a day.
ReplyDeleteWell, Happy, Happy, HAPPY Birthday!!!! I claim the entire month of March, so I get where you are coming from. I told Han Sole he had to wait until April to be born because I wasn't sharing my month!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, dear bloggy friend! You crack me up. I hope you have a fabulous day despite a few hiccups.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to you, Amanda!!! Gosh, I forgot how young you are. Hope you have a great birthday celebration even without your cookie cake. They really do rock though, don't they? MMMM!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday! I hope T pulls something wonderful off for you. :)
ReplyDeleteSweet girl, you don't look a day over 25 =) I, however, and 30 with 6 years experience, lol! xoxo Shel
ReplyDeleteHappy, happy birthday sweet Amanda!! Hope you've had the best yet!!
ReplyDeleteI, too, celebrated my twenty-fauxth birthday...for the ninth year in a row! ; )
Blessings & Hugs!!
kristi
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! cookie cakes are my fave too - yum!! Hope you had a great day:)
ReplyDeleteHappy (belated) Birthday, Amanda!
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoyed a treat that could equal your giant cookie. :)
I hope you had a wonderful birthday! And no giant cookie!? Last time I checked ours was still open...makes me crave one right now...!!
ReplyDeleteHope you and your family have a wonderful Easter!
Amanda, I hope you had a WONDERFUL birthday! I tried to send you an online card on your birthday; I don't know if it made it to you. Then somehow I never made it back online to wish you a happy day here. I finally got an Easter post written earlier today, but then didn't have time to do any visiting. Oh, well--hopefully blogging will be something I can do a bit more of this coming week. But I do want you to know I was thinking about you on the 21st and that I hope you had a wonderful day! You deserve it, for sure!!
ReplyDeleteNow I'm wondering. . . how did the cake situation turn out?!