30 And Pregnant...

Happy Birthday to me...Happy Birthday to me...Happy Birthday to...Meeeeeee...Happy Birthday to me!!!

Yup, that's right, yesterday was my birthday and what a great day/weekend I had...turning 30 doesn't weird me out...turning 40 in ten years time doesn't really weird me out either and as a mater of fact neither does 50, 60, 70 or any age for that matter. Thank you to all who sent me an e-card, called me, etc. Love it!

All last week the only thing I could focus on was this weekend and it did not disappoint one bit. Hubbie and I hopped in the car and drove 2 hours north to South Deerfield, Massa-two-shits (Masschusettes) and went to Yankee Candle Company. That's right, we drove 2 hours/118 miles (according to mapquest) just to go to Yankee Candle Company. It was so much fun. We hadn't been there in a couple years and the place had changed just a little bit, for the better, and we spent hours just walking around. We even got snowed on...okay not the real stuff...but in one of the many Christmas decorating/ornament rooms they had like 10 huge (fake) pine trees in the middle of the room and as I'm looking in the little room adjoining it, Sean yells to me to go out into the main room and what I find there is...It's SNOWING!!! And it wasn't exactly that fake crap they put in store windows or use in a blizzard on TV either...it was melty stuff...man made...but melty all the same. It melted pretty much instantly, but was fun anyway. SO COOL!!!! I HEART SNOW!!!

We got home at about 6:30/7 p.m. I guess and the only reason it was so much later was because we stopped at the mall on the way home to drop off a package to my friend ES and decided to roam the mall too...and then stopped to pick up salad fixin's for dinnering...yum!

And what Saturday night is complete without 2 episodes of "Cops" and an episode of "America's Most Wanted". **sigh** Watching those shows makes you really think that you aren't so bad afterall...seriously...where do they find these people?

So Sunday (October 1st) morning (MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!) rolled around and after first going to church, we came back home and made some breakfast...okay...hubbie made breakfast...but he does it so well, why would I do it? Then, we were off to Tranquility Spa to get massages (thank you DL and BA for the gift certificates to get a pregnancy massage...it was AWESOME!). I won't mention the robe that happened to crawl inside my bag and just so happened to come home with me.

Then, we went to The Candlelight Inn restaurant and had some of their out-of-this-world hot wings coupled with football...what a delectable pairing!

Then we were homeward bound for a little rest and relaxation before our dinner plans with mom and the godmother. Our dinner was delicious. We had 5 o'clock reservations at Rraci's and man it was so yummy...topped off with Creme Brulee! Double YUM! I even took the virgin drink concoction recipe the bartender in Kentucky introduced me to and asked for it for my birthday dinner. So, whoever you are in Kentucky...thanks for the drink idea...ideas for interesting drinks when you're pregnant are few and far between. That was a really good mixture of club soda, OJ, pineapple and grenadine. Sometimes, you just can't drink another glass of water!

What an awesome birthday weekend. I was hoping for a little bit more fall foliage scenery driving to and from Massa-two-shits but it wasn't a total disappointment. I just knew we would completely miss the foliage here in NY while we were in Hawaii in t-minus 14 days and counting. WOOHOO!!!

So, I highly recommend a drive to Yankee Candle, it's worth it.