Happy Birthday to ME!

Happy St. Patrick's Day to each of you!

In honor of my birthday, I've decided to post something (amazing, huh?).

I've already had so many fun things I've done for my birthday. I've gone for a pedicure (love them!), went to dinner at 5 guys burgers and fries (yum!), and went to see a movie. I also have enjoyed having Jeff's sister Aileen and her family in town this weekend, along with Jeff's aunt Marilyn and cousin Jenny in town.
Jane, Susan, Aileen, Aunt Marilyn, Jenny, and Aunt Carol and I had a day out. We had so much fun shopping, eating, and laughing yesterday. Read more about Marilyn here. Went to Tai Pan and found some treasures, then to Gardner Village for more shopping and lunch. It was great.

Then I hosted dinner last night and had Jeff's family over. We put the trampoline cover back on (took it down for the winter) and the kids had a blast bouncing all over the place. Here's the 11 cousins that were all together. We missed you Katie & Jack! They had a ball. I made "Herbed Chicken in Puff Pastry" for dinner. I'll post it on my recipe blog soon. It was yummy!

Looking forward to lunch with my girlfriends today - I'll post more soon!

Thanks WAMU!

Yesterday morning I had a call from our bank that they had declined my debit card that morning for an online purchase. They were wondering if we had authorized the transaction.

Come to find out, someone was trying to buy something from an Italian website (computer equipment, go figure) for $179. Our bank thought it was suspicious, and declined the payment. It was fraud, and they are reissuing us new cards.

Jeff and I were very relieved that they caught it, and hope that is the end of it. Now we are going to check our credit report and make sure it it still as it should be.

Let the shopping begin!

We'll be taking part in the mayhem at midnight. The smartest thing retail ever did was to start opening stores at midnight, for those of us night owls!

What about you?