First,
my best friend Ashley is visiting us this weekend! Yesterday we drove up the coast and picnicked on the ocean and it was beautiful.
Also, she brought me an awesome mug:
Today, unrelated to her visit but in a happy coincidence, was Ben's surprise birthday party! His actual birthday is January 1, but since that's a popular travel time I had to plan it for another day. I arranged for all of our Bay Area friends to be at the dim sum restaurant by our house, then Ashley and I strategically got Ben to the restaurant about 15 minutes later.
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| Walking to the restaurant. Ben looks grumpy because we were being weird about getting dim sum at a very specific time, and bossing him around. |
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| Ben upon walking into the restaurant and finding all his friends there - including work friends I hadn't met but creepily stalked so I could invite them too. |
I'd been planning the party for over a month, and was nervous the whole time that Ben would find out somehow, so I am relieved that I pulled it off successfully. Perfect weekend all around!
