This is a (Not So Wordless Wednesday Post) Mini Me Turns FIVE this weekend! I’ve known for a while that we were going to have an Avengers themed birthday party with matching birthday cake! I have an Avengers filled weekend ahead of me with lots of fun and games including playing Avengers Battle For Earth on XBOX 360 Kinect!
*The following post you are about to read is 100% true, SAD but… TRUE!* I was recently planning a birthday party for my husband and wanted to do something really special to celebrate his 35th Birthday. His birthday is in March and I thought it was about time I got the party planning started. The last time I did something of this magnitude was when he turned 30. His 30th Birthday Bash was super successful and is still talked about today. I started to plan the event choosing a venue, getting a guest list together and was working on the birthday invitation design. It was to be a destination Birthday Party on a boat! I was keeping the details a secret but, wanted to make sure he kept his schedule open and told him I was planning something special for his 35th Birthday. He told me that it wasn’t a big deal and not to worry about planning anything. I totally ignored him saying it’s a milestone and we need to celebrate. As I got more and more into planning I started to think about my birthday.
My birthday is in October; as a matter of fact I usually celebrate the entire month of October dubbing it JENtober. Every weekend in October I do something to celebrate my birthday. I celebrated this past October and had a ball, documented everything on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook. I started to think about what I’m going to do to celebrate my birthday. Now I will say that my husband is older than me but, not by much. He’s about a year and a half older than I am. The only problem with my previous birthday is that until recently (meaning like a day or two ago) I didn’t add on one year. Yup! I celebrated a birthday and didn’t take into consideration that I got a year older. I don’t know maybe I got all caught up in celebrating. How this happened I’m still trying to figure it out. Anyhow! I apparently did the same thing with my husband because instead of correcting me about his actual age (35), he just said we don’t need to celebrate this milestone. What a husband!
A conversation between me and the man led me to do the math and come to the realization that I apparently celebrated both our birthdays last year but, we didn’t get any older (in my mind)! Ha! Can you imagine the embarrassment I would have felt throwing my hubby a 35th Birthday Party when he’s turning 36. On the upside of things, I can now take all his plans and make them my own since I’m the one with a milestone birthday coming up this year. I’ll plan a trip for his birthday instead. I definitely got a reality check! So, have you ever forgotten your age? What about stop counting once you hit a certain number? Oh wait… I know some people that start counting backwards once they hit a certain point.
Bonus: The hubs and I went out on a date the other night and he orders a Long Island Iced Tea, our server cards him and he says “I can’t believe I still get carded. How old do I look?†The server looks at him and says… “You look like you could be my age, like twenty!†I just looked at both of them with the side-eye and chuckled. My husband looks younger than his age but, she was pushing it!
My birthday is quickly approaching and being the procrastinator that I am… I thought it would be fun to highlight what I’m doing at this very moment. I usually celebrate my birthday all month long dubbing October to be JENtober until Halloween! I create events all month long to keep my friends, family and of course myself busy. However I have ONE official birthday party and that’s next Saturday. I just created my invitation last night. So, where did I go from there and what am I doing to pull this off? Let’s take a look!
Who’s coming? Get your invitation out! In this day and age I don’t know the last time I used stationary or printed invitations for myself. I’m all about Evites! I designed my birthday invitation in Photoshop and created a Facebook Event and started inviting all my friends. I’ll probably have to send out a few emails and text messages for people not on Facebook and I may even tweet it out to local my local twitter peeps so it will give us a chance to connect.
Will there be Food? Well, that depends… I’m actually hosting two events in one day and neither of them is in my home. One event will have food while the other won’t. The first event is my “Pole Party†celebration with all my girlfriends. I’ll have light party snacks, refreshments and cake which we’ll enjoy before the party begins and work those calories right off. Lol! The second event is taking place at a lounge/ nightclub and there will be a cash bar and no food is allowed. Therefore I can’t bring food into the establishment. If I would have opted to have a house party, I would have gone shopping and prepared a fairly non complicated menu along with the ingredients to make the BEST cocktails!
Decorate Much? While I won’t go overboard I think some simple birthday decorations will do at the pole dance studio and lounge/ club to set the JENtober tone. Besides I love balloons and any reason I have to use balloons and streamers I will. I won’t go as far as confetti that can be a bit of a hassle to clean up! A HUGE plus is that I opted not to have a house party so I didn’t have to massively tidy up my home and there’s no clean up after the party for me!
Send Reminders: As the event gets closer, in my case it’s next weekend… Send out reminder messages on the Facebook event wall, email or twitter. I’d say a few days before and then the night before or the day of the event so that everyone has is in their mind! If you want to get snazzy make a cute little video and add some “birthday†music to it and send it to everyone. I think I’m going to do that this weekend, My Video Birthday Invitation!
Enjoy your Day! You’ve done everything to get your event(s) embedded in everyone’s brain so just relax and get ready to have FUN! Being that it’s a last minute event… Don’t get stuck on the number of attendees. I always have a great time with my friends whether it’s two of us or fifty two of us! However I feel if you are hosting you’re birthday party, your friends will know it’s the place to be and won’t want to miss the event. If you have any additional last minute party planning tips, please share.