Birthday Bound
We are leaving this afternoon to spend the night in London with our friends Tim and Jessie, to celebrate Matthew’s birthday. It should be a fun couple of days! Matthew is loving the celebration of his birth week. He’s been acting like a little boy at Christmas. You’d think there was nothing else going on in our lives right now…
Come Monday, it’s back to business, I tell ya!
A while back I bought a Dorset cereal mini-pack from Costco. I love Dorset cereals and this little pack came with six varieties. I have slowly been making my way through them. Today, I tried the Super Cranberry, Cherry & Almond flavor.
It was perfect on top of some mushy apples and topped with yogurt, All Bran, and a hefty serving of Barney Butter.
Vegan today I am not. I’ve decided that shrimp, salmon, and yogurt would be the three hardest things for me to give up if I were to become a vegan.
I let Matthew open one present this morning to kick off the celebratory festivities. It did not surprise me that he chose the biggest package.
I know there is some sort of good sexual joke in that line somewhere, but instead I’ll just point out that it looks like both Matthew and Papa Pea like big packages. Just sayin’.
I got him a Swiss Army suitcase/laptop/roller thing that was on his Amazon wishlist.
Hey, I don’t claim to be creative. I just aim to please.
That’s what HE said.
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Hahaha he looks very happy with his gift!! Happy Birthday weekend to Matthew!
glad your husband is enjoying himself! good luck with the upcoming move
Happy Birthday, Matthew! : ) It’s fun to drag out a birth week ; )
Happy birthday to your man.
Aww, happy birthday, Matthew!! It’s hard to be creative with men’s gifts a lot of the time. Have a great weekend:)
Happy Birthday to Matthew! Have a great time in London!
Have a great time in London and I am the same way with gifts. If someone really wants something, who am I to not deliver?!
Have an awesome time in London!
And happy birthday to Matthew!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MATTHEW!! I hope you two enjoy your weekend with friends and have a great time celebrating
Happy Bday, Matthew! He looks so excited! Love it!
Happy birthday to Matt!
Enjoy your time in London!
Oooh, I’ve seen those Dorset cereals here too. It looks really good, but is also $7 for a small box here, and I just can’t bring myself to pay that. Another reason why my city needs a Costco!
Have fun in London!!! Happy Mattakah!
I swear its been everyone’s birth week lately!! Mine, Polly, Kim, ur hubby’s, I know I saw some more also. Sorry but November is the best
hehe
What a great gift to give. Oh and that cereal looks beautiful and tasty!
Have a great weekend in London with your friends and HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT!!!
~Justine
Wishing Matt a happy birthday!
I’ve seen those cereals sooo many time at whole foods and wondered about them. Looks good!
Happy birthday week to Matthew and have a great time in London!
Happy Birthday, to the man with the enormous package! heh heh.
Mushed apple?? scuse me but I believe that in the past you’ve tried to fool us into believing that it’s APPLE PIE!! Next you’ll be telling me that there is no Santa Claus!
It’s funny that you know another Jessie, I’ve only ever met one other female who spells her name that way. I’m actually named after my great-grandmother who was from England. She was a twin, Jessie and Bessie. Glad I got the name Jessie!
Happy B-day week to Matthew!
I love how you do birthday weeks too, as we stretch them out as long as possible (“We’re watching this show because it’s my birthday week,” and “I don’t want to do that because it’s my birthday week.” Etc.) Yes, I’m 28 and still use it as an excuse.
Anyway, fun gifts and fun cereal. I love seeing the different stuff you guys have over there.
happy birthday matthew!!!
and i’ve never heard of that cereal…i should look out for it.
He looks happy with his package!
I also L-O-V-E how the bottom of your cereal box says, ‘unadulterated breakfast pleasure!’
Great gift Lara! Happy B-day to your hubby.
LOLOLOLOL!!!! I was dying at that first picture of Matthew because I totally thought of the Justin Timberlake D*#k in a Box skit, and then you go and talk about my hubby’s package! This post just made my morning!
Happy Birthday Matthew!! Have fun in London for the weekend!
Happy Birthday Matt!
Will you still celebrate Thanksgiving in England next week? (I know it’s obviously not an English holiday).
Happy Birthday to your hubby! I don’t think I could give up salmon either. We don’t get anything cool like those cereals at my Costco. Bummer.
Awww love mini cereals!!! I remember the General Mills packs from childhood, I could NOT wait to bust open the Trix and LUcky charms!
Have fun this weekend!
Ahhhh happy birthday, Matthew! So exciting that you’re off to London for the weekend! Have a fabulous time – I’m so jealous! I am on the constant look-out for tickets home at the moment. Sigh.
Loved your vegan for the day thing by the way – I would find giving up yogurt super hard, but giving up cheese would KILL me!
excellent final line
Happy Birthday Matthew! He looks so pleased with himself – cute pictures!! I’m cracking up at your “packages” jokes and “I aim to please.” Heheheh…I couldn’t go vegan either because I really love Greek yogurt.
Get out! I was just thinking of getting my dad this exact kind of gift for Christmas. This bag is perfect!!! Did you say you found it on Amazon? Do you mind if I ask what the brand/model is? I love it!
Have a great night tonight. Birthday dins are so much fun.
Happy birthday to Matthew! The cereal looks delicious, too. I hope you guys have an awesome weekend!
aw, what a good wifey you are Lara! sounds like it’s gonna be a fun weekend! Have a blasty!
aw i love how good you are about honoring birthday week
its very important!!!!! im big on birthday week myself!
dude we both totally can NOT be vegan. never in my life could i give up little shrimpies and yogurt! no way nuh uh.
have fun in london!!! someee day i’ll get there
You’re too funny Lara.
I like seafood too much to ever go vegan as well. Mmm, shrimp.
Happy Birthday Matthew! Hope you guys have fun in London.
In reference to your wasting food post, I am the same way. HATE when food spoils, and I will create a recipe just to save produce about to go bad. Then, even if it turns out not so great, I will continue to eat the leftovers until it’s gone. We only have 1 cabinet dedicated to dry goods. I used to hate not having a large pantry, but now I’m really thankful for our 1 cabinet. Keeps me from overbuying.
Creativity can take a back seat to the gifts that I ACTUALLY WANT! You know? I would rather get a gift that I want or need, rather than something that someone went all out and spend money and time on. Homemade gifts are a whole other story, as those mean something very special all on their own.
I can’t believe that all Miss USA’s have the same Waist to Hip ratio, that just doesn’t seem possible. IF so, it’s pathetic. What a great message to send to young girls! ugh.
That cereal sounds great, and I LOVE the box!
hahahahah ohhh, you’re a clever one. And, pretty much would make Michael Scott proud with your TWHS joke.
have a fun night in London!
hahaha. big package. aim to please. whats the downside?
I don’t think I could be vegan either because I’d miss yogurt and cheese too much. Yes, they have alternatives but they don’t taste like the real thing and there are so many different flavors to cheese and such. There’s no recreating it lol. I’ve heard so much about those Dorset cereals and they sound really good. I’d love to find a small package of each of them so I can try them out
Have fun celebrating the rest of Matthew’s birth week lol!
Hope you guys had a wonderful weekend! Happy birthday again, Matthew!
That’s great! I love celebrating birthdays with birthweeks! Hurray!