Party Recap

so this birthday was one of those birthdays that lasted all week. actual birthday, then birthday dinner on friday with em and mike (at bonefish grill which was, despite my aversion to seafood, incredibly delicious), then most awesome party ever on saturday night! click here for the quick-and-dirty-recap(pun fully intended, rach), or read on for further details.

after a lot of preparation, including the setup of balloons, party food, two life-sized marilyn monroe cutouts, noisemakers, and confetti, my awesome party guests began to arrive.

and i do have the most amazing friends.

in addition to nostalgia bubbles, french kiss liquer that tastes so amazing it doesn't need a chaser, a pink elephant by amanda visell, and one rock ass card about prepositions, i got another very special gift: all of my friends pulled together and started a send-ashley-to-france fund.

and to think last week i had been rambling to donna about how i wasn't sure i was going to be able to make it there if i couldn't afford a plane ticket. well, thanks to some of the most amazing people in the world, i can now afford one-third of a round-trip ticket. and i have full faith that i will be able to come up with the rest of the money.

thanks again, awesome party buds. you don't know how much you are appreciated.

oh, yeah, and the midnight walk on the beach was pretty much one of the best times i've had.

Reason #56 why i love smart boys:
when i asked tim why the moon looked red, he was able to explain the reason to me using science talk. i can't repeat what he said because i was intoxicated. sorry.