November 16th was both Marie and Clancy's birthday. Yes: he's the gift that keeps on giving, haha! Brie said that even though it wasn't a milestone, he should have a party. I knew I wanted to get him a Texas Roadhouse gift card since he had never been there; and he could take his new girlfriend. Brie volunteered to take care of the arrangements, and I was pleased with that. Less for me to do! But to be polite, I did ask her if she needed any help, and she only wanted food recommendations which I was happy to provide. She said that since he was a member of the local Eagles Club, she would see about having it there. It was a go!
She then decided that the party should have a 70's theme, since he was born in the 70's. Okay then! My mind immediately went to disco, but she said just 70's, like hippie stuff. So she and I ordered fringed vests that came with appropriate jewelry like a peace sign necklace, dangly feathered earrings, a headband and bracelets. Groovy baby! Of course Kitty already had this great pair of psychedelic pink bell bottoms in her wardrobe (can't make this up) and headbands and a peace sign necklace. She also decided to bring her stuffed Cheetah Sunni along, and Sunni was appropriately dressed in a denim vest, peace sign necklace and headband. Brie left to finish up last minute things and I said I'd bring Kitty with me and we'd get there in time to yell "Surprise!"
I pulled into the Eagles' parking lot a couple of minutes before 5 and told Kitty to go in. I signed Clancy's card and included the gift card: thinking how he was going to love it! Then I headed inside.
I walked into the decorated room and the people there shouted "Surprise!" I looked around and asked, "Where's Clancy?" to which they replied, "This is YOUR surprise party!" I'm sure my mouth dropped open and then I started laughing. Clancy came up to me and said, "Happy birthday!" I handed him the card and said, "Happy birthday to you since it's actually YOUR birthday!" He had gotten me a beautiful arrangement of red and white carnations. They are absolutely gorgeous! Having a new girlfriend is having a positive effect on him 😊
So the joke was on me that evening. There was so much food, the cake was HUGE; and the room had people there that I hadn't seen in years, and those that are so special to me. People from State Farm, people from where I work now, and people that are just special to me in their own ways. I have much love for them and am so appreciative of the fact that they thought enough of me to come.
According to Kitty the only downside was there wasn't a mirror ball. But there were balloons, which I really enjoy because I'm a kid at heart. You know I took them home!
It was so nice to socialize as I did table-hopping so I could talk to everybody. I did finally eat, but not as much as I normally would have because I was talking to people and wanted to be sure I had room for the dark chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling and buttercream frosting. YUM! Probably the worst part of the evening was trying to pack up everything to take home! But between Brie's car and her friend Mikayla's SUV: we did it. Teamwork makes the dream work 😉
Today is my actual birthday. Here is a picture of the cake, which was delicious and like 8 inches tall.
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