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a very merry faux birthday

June 29th, 2009 @ 7:59 pm | life | Post a Comment

My real birthday last week was nice, and made better by all the lovely wishes from the internets, gifts from friends from afar (new coffee maker!), being treated to lunch at my favorite lunch spot in DC by my sister-in-law, and being taken out for drinks (too many!) by my coworkers, but there’s still something about going to the office on your birthday that kind of sucks, don’t you agree?

Which is why the husband and I celebrated my faux birthday on Saturday, possibly the most divine day of the year (weather-wise) in DC.

We started the day by sleeping in, a Saturday necessity. Then we hit the golf course for my very first time ever playing nine holes of golf. Me learning golf is more like a gift to my husband, because he loves it a lot, but it’s also a gift for me because it means we can spend more time together on the weekends. (It’s not like he was ever going to pick up a hobby like sewing or baking; if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em; etc.)

He found me a nice set of (cheap!) used clubs on craigslist, and I managed to shoot somewhere around double par. Also known as, the maximum score allowed by the rules. But out of nine holes I think there were one or two double bogeys in there, so perhaps there is still hope for my future LPGA career?

We followed up four hours in the golfing sun with….three hours laying at the pool with my DC-BFF. She and I have a good arrangement going where she comes over for Sunday dinner and I go over for Saturday pool time. At least, this is my plan for the rest of the summer because it was so fabulous.

Once we were sufficiently toasted, we came home to get prettied up and the husband and I went to our favorite restaurant for celebrating semi-special occasions (like faux-birthdays), Montmartre. Absolutely delicious French food - I almost felt like I was back in Paris, except that the waiter came to the table more than 1.5 times! This particular restaurant doesn’t post their often-changing menu online, so I wasn’t sure what the night’s offerings would be, but on the way there I told Andrew, “Tonight I would like nothing more to eat than fresh gazpacho, scallops, and something chocolate for dessert.” And whaddyaknow, that is exactly what I had! I was so happy to see those items on the menu; it was as if they read my mind.

All in all, I feel pretty darn spoiled (as always), and, as much as I shun birthday attention, it always feels nice to be loved and cared for on your birthday.

Next task: Thank you notes!

comments

  1. How fun! Happy Birthday!

    written by Janssen

    June 29th, 2009 @ 9:05 pm

  2. Yay for faux birthday’s!! I’m so glad you had a fantastic day!

    xox

    written by heidikins

    June 29th, 2009 @ 11:38 pm

  3. Bless you for taking up golf. You are obviously a much better wife than I am. :)

    written by RA

    June 30th, 2009 @ 6:21 am

  4. I love golfing. I’m not very good either, but it is fun and a good workout.

    written by Jackie

    June 30th, 2009 @ 6:38 am

  5. Your day sounds amazing! You are the second person today to talk about Montmartre. I think I need to try it soon. :)

    written by Ashley

    June 30th, 2009 @ 8:41 am

  6. sounds like a fabulous faux birthday celebration. i’m thinking i should probably learn golf one day too, something fun to to with the fiance.

    written by katelin

    June 30th, 2009 @ 3:48 pm

  7. Did you go to M in Paris? I am so happy you LOVE that restaurant because I do too! Let’s go there for our 20th friend reunion and rent the place out… we’ll be able to do that by then, right?

    Sounds like a nice birthday!

    written by Alexa

    July 1st, 2009 @ 4:43 am

  8. So glad you had a good birthday! Don’t you just love when a great day comes together like that?

    written by doahleigh

    July 1st, 2009 @ 6:33 am

  9. Yay sounds awesome! Colin will be jealous your taking up golf.

    written by the ambitious mrs

    July 1st, 2009 @ 7:33 am