Best Shot Monday: "Birthday, Birthday oh what fun*..."

Himself has been taking birthday shots for me. There were scores of the things all in excruciating detail, clear as a bell and reminding me that my face seems to be constructed out of some type of corrugated material and my arms of blancmange (click on these images at your own risk)! On the up side the Baby Angel looks great and we had a lot of fun doing it!
This is my favourite. She's trying to pull me over and as we were crouched down, squatting at the time it was relatively easy. :-)

As of this birthday I am officially in my 'late forties' *sigh* although the Bestie claims she will not be until she is 49 and will continue to be 'in her late 40s' until she is 54. Still, as a very good friend of mine who lost her Mum to cancer at 43 says; it's better than the alternative.

It was a pretty laid back birthday with Baby Angel presenting me with her present and card over a home cooked breakfast by Himself in the morning. She gave me a set of very lovely bowls in gorgeous sky blue and lime green colours. Ever practical, Himself bought me a large case of good New Zealand Sav Blanc and a DVD of 'The DaVinci Code'. Mind you he had set the bar way too high last year when I received an ipod (out of the blue...I hadn't even asked for one!) and a wedding band/eternity ring for our anniversary on the 17th. (My original wedding ring was a gold and diamond combo to save buying an engagement ring...now I have a pair).

The Bestie has bought me a ticket to 'Miss Saigon' in January as a birthday present and her Mum and Dad gave me a beautiful and very posh handbag; just the right size, right length straps and lots of pockets inside :-).

In the evening I had some friends over with Mum and Dad and we played 'Cranium'. Himself and I won again!!!! He claimed he was only playing because it was my birthday however :-D

So that was my lovely birthday. In the old days, Mum wouldn't let us put up the tree until after my birthday, to try and keep it separate from Christmas. That went out the window when my youngest sister was about 5 or 6 and I was a teenager and no longer so worried about birthdays. We then started putting the tree up on the nearest Saturday to my birthday, or ON my birthday. When I moved out of home I designated the first weekend in December as tree weekend and felt very daring in doing so!! Birthdays lose impact over the years but I don't think Christmas ever has for me.


Have a wonderful Best Shot Monday everyone!

*From the musical 'Winnie-the-Pooh'.