My 27th Birthday/ New Year's Eve

Well, as you've read in my previous post, 2011 was a great year for us. This definitely holds true for my birthday! This was probably the most fun I've had on my birthday. Of course, anytime with Trey is fun, so that's no surprise!

We didn't do anything crazy, which is why it was so fun. We started with early reservations to The Melting Pot. They have a (silly) special menu on NYE after 4 pm, so Trey made reservations for 3:45 so we could enjoy their regular menu. We had never been there before and now we are in love! It was so fun and the food was fabulous!

Here we are before we left for dinner.

Us at the restaurant...I loved how their booths were so private and cozy.

We had delicious champagne that was mixed with raspberry liqueur. We started with the cheese fondue. We had the original cheddar fondue and it came with various breads, apples, and veggies to dip. It was SO good. We also had delicious salads. Our main entree had lobster, shrimp, filet mignon, chicken, pork, mushrooms, asparagus, potatoes, and broccoli to dip. It was unbelievably good. We were very skeptical at first and weren't really expecting the food to be good, but I might dare to say this was the best food we've had! And, of course, we ended it with divine chocolate fondue. It came with brownies, pound cake, strawberries, bananas, rice crispy treats, and two different kinds of marshmallows to dip in their chocolate peanut butter fondue. It was all SO good. And it was just so relaxing because it was dark and cozy and slow paced.

After dinner, we walked over to the Harkins Theatre to see The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It was a great (very dark) movie. We enjoyed it.

After dinner and a movie, we headed back home to celebrate my birthday with cake and presents! :)

My brother gave me the AMAZING pink cake stand for my birthday and I couldn't wait to use it. I am in LOVE with it!

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I asked Trey if I could make my own cake this year because I love to bake. I never really get to bake cakes, so I definitely wanted to do it. I just wanted a traditional white cake with white icing. I also wanted a very homemade, simple look (good thing! cake decorating is hard!!!!). I bought some Wilton cake pans that were 3 inches deep, so the cake would be tall and look pretty on my new cake stand. I loved the way it turned out. I just left the icing white and added pale pink pearl non-pareils to the top.

The beverage dispenser was a Christmas present from my mom and I love it, too! I didn't really need to use it, but I wanted to because it was so pretty. I just put pink lemonade in it.

Pretty presents and 2012 glasses

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these plates! Oh, and Haagen Dazs ice cream. :)

Two of the presents I picked out...so excited about my Urban Decay Naked palette!

And the CUTEST version of Anne of Green Gables. I cannot tell you how happy this book makes me!!! :)

Those were the two presents I had picked out, but Trey was about to totally surprise me!

These next pictures show how shocked I was! HA!

A new 50mm macro lens...SO FREAKING EXCITED!

Obviously, I wasn't expecting it at all. He totally surprised me with something so awesome!

After the awesome surprise, it was time to have cake and test out the new lens!

yum

My sweet baby girl

We watched the ball drop in NYC on TV.

And celebrated by being silly in our 2012 glasses!

It was the most fabulous birthday! I can already tell that 27 and 2012 will be a good year for me! :)