Cupcakes for breakfast? Of course! It’s my birthday!
My mom and I met up for lunch at one of our favorite delis. I didn’t eat much (I had a late breakfast), but I did enjoy hanging out with my mom in the middle of her workday.
After lunch with my mom, I popped over to my favorite local indie bookstore, Tombolo Books. I took my time perusing their shelves before settling on a sapphic romance by one of my new faves and the latest book from Nita Prose. (I loved The Maid!)
After bookstore shopping, I went to Starbucks to get my free birthday drink. I had some time to kill so I found a cozy chair and read about 70 pages of this adorable romance while I sipped on my peppermint mocha. (I also got a warm cookie!)
I booked a facial at my local Hand & Stone spa for 4pm. I always love to do a facial or massage on my birthday—it’s the height of luxury! (And if you can afford it, I think you should do it as well!) I’ll be able to use my wellness reimbursement towards this facial so it was free for me. The hour flew by and before I knew it, my spa time was over and it was time to get back to the real world. Wah!
I headed over to my mom’s house after the facial because we had dinner reservations with my brother and his family. I kept trying to take a selfie and my younger nephew kept trying to “photobomb” me, ha.
We went to a new restaurant for dinner that wound up being very expensive, but my mom was gracious enough not to hate me for picking such a fancy restaurant, ha. Our dinner was delicious, though! And the restaurant let me choose a free dessert for my birthday. Best of all, they lit two candles and did not sing to me. Whew. Crisis averted!
An us-ie after dinner! My brother hates taking pictures, but he suffers for me. I love these people so much.
I have to give some love to my ladies! After dinner, I came home and started working on this post. Ellie wanted some extra attention, which I was happy to give to her.
And, finally, my Lila Bear. She was all tucked in for the night and ready for me to come to bed! Unfortunately, I had some tidying up to do and a nighttime routine to tackle.
All in all, a very excellent birthday. It was a great way to start this new trip around the sun!
How do you like to celebrate your birthday?
What a perfect day for you! Happy happy!
Your day looks like it was great from beginning to end. Happy Birthday.
There’s a Hand & Stone near us but I’ve never been in. I assumed it was about manicures/pedicures not massages. Read the fine print, Ally Bean!
Happy belated birthday, Stephany! It sounds like a perfect day!
What a lovely day. I love that it ends with kitty cuddles, which is how all days should end.
I am reading The Comeback by Lily Chu and I’m only five chapters in, but I have to say I like it even better than The Stand-In and I LOVED The Stand-In. I think Lily Chu is just a perfect author fit for me.
I cannot believe how grown up your nephews are getting! Where does the time go!? I’m so glad you had such a wonderful birthday. Here’s to an amazing year!
What a great day! I love that you got some Stephany time and got to see your favorite peeps too! And love that you are loving The Stand-In. Ugh. It’s so cute.
I used to love celebrating with family all day but last year I did a day of Kim and it was AMAZING.
What a lovely day your were able to spend. Looks like lots of love, good food and time to spoil yourself. Happy birthday.
I think my favorite part of your day was when you browsed in the bookstore, bought two books, then went to Starbucks and read. I want to incorporate that into my next birthday! The whole day sounds awesome though. Glad you were able to fill it with your favorite things (and people.)
I love how you spent your birthday. Some self-care and pampering and lots of time with your favorite people 🙂
What an absolute perfect day. It was kind of like my shouldless day but with lots more celebration and treats! Yay!! I can’t get over how big your nephews are, though. I don’t even recognize your oldest nephew – he’s changed so much from when he was younger and in my mind, he should still be like 5 or something like that, but now the baby appears to be around 5-6? Time is weird!
My birthday tends to be a very low key event. We usually order Indian take out and I enjoy my birthday Starbucks drink for sure! I rarely take the day off, although I did last year since Kyria was visiting. I got a massage after I dropped her off at the airport so that was a delightful way to spend the day!
The older nephew is 15 and the younger one will be 9 in February! Isn’t that NUTS?!
Sounds like a lovely day!!!! Love the self pampering too – so deserved. I need to do more of that on my birthday.
I saw most of these on IG, but I just had to say – again – how much I love your self-care-focused birthdays. You do birthdays right, my friend. I should take a page out of your book, for sure. (Not for real, though! I would never do that!)