Green Pants Birthday

So, I'm calling this my green pants birthday because I am in total denial about getting older, so I bought these bright green pants and I don't care if you all think I'm getting too old to wear them.

I'm sure I'll be one of those 75 year old grandmas walking around in pink pants with purple heels and lots of gold necklaces and rings.  Ha!

I forgot to take pictures but my dad took Sam and me to lunch at Cafe Rio.

Can't let a birthday (or a week, for that matter) go by without a trip to the Rio.

 Sam and I did some shopping up at Gardner Village.

Remember my birthday curse?

Well, this year wasn't so bad except for two things:

1 - I woke up from a terrible nightmare at 5:00 a.m. where my kids were drowning in a pool and I couldn't run there fast enough to save them.  I woke up in a terrified sweat and couldn't go back to sleep.

and

2 - Jeff was out of town.

Boo!

He got home late on my birthday and when I woke up the next morning, I found these Mickey and Minnie plates and bowls on the counter.

They made me so happy!

And my mom made me Mickey and Minnie cupcakes for my birthday dinner on Sunday.

Wow!

Here's to 37 years!

Blah.

Stripes

I was organizing my closet the other day when I discovered that I have a disproportionate amount of striped shirts.

I didn't even realize how many until I started grouping them all together.

For some reason I am drawn to stripes when I shop.

(Notice they are all horizontal stripes--isn't that a big fashion no-no?)

I went shopping today for some spring clothes and when I came home to hang up my new clothes I realized 4 out of the 5 shirts I bought were striped.

I was not even aware I was buying all these stripes when I was in the store.

So, what is it about my attraction to stripes?

Next time I shop I will pay more attention and try to branch out a little...

...and get more shirts like this one ;)