Happy Birthday to moi!

Today is my birthday! 

I'm headed to work for a typical Tuesday, however, I have a hot date with B tonight at a steakhouse downtown.  E&J are babysitting Spencer so that we can have drinks, dinner, and grown-up conversation!  I am SO excited! 

I'm going to make B get french onion soup as his first course so that I can have one, very small, bite.  Seriously, the best gift I could receive is getting dairy back into my life.  I miss cheese!  I'll get a salad with a vinagrette dressing, I'm sure.  Desserts are almost always filled with butter or ice cream of some sort, so we make have to skip this entirely (or perhaps another teeny tiny bite).  Really though, this is ALL about the steak!  I am a serious carnivore and I crave steak like no other.  I think that B and I have gone to a steak restaurant on my birthday every year for the past 5 years.  It's always my first choice. 

I'll be having a glass of bubbly tonight to kick off my 33rd year-

won't you join me?  I'm hoping that each of these bubbles contains restful nights, cozy Sunday mornings, unforgetable family experiences, and lots of random sparkly experiences that I can't even begin to imagine. 

October!

Photo from www.staffords.com

Oops!  I missed October's beginning yesterday!  I just adore this month.  It's a glorious time of year.
My favorite things about the month are:
1.  My birthday (the 26th!)
2.  Pumpkin and apple flavored anything
3.  Getting out my sweaters and my riding boots
4.  Annual trip to Petoskey to see my family and for B to play golf (such good deals and gorgeous color along the lake)
5.  My new fall haircolor- I went darker (just slightly) and I really like it
6.  Being chilly when it's bedtime and having a cozy bed to snuggle into
7.  The changing of the leaves
8.  Raking!!!!  It's definitely my favorite fall "chore".  The air is crisp, the leaves make great noises, it's great exercise, and it feels so productive.
9.  Seeing people decorate their houses for fall and Halloween.  I love seeing pumpkins out lining walkways, mums in planters, spooky cobwebs in windows.  It doesn't thrill me as much as Christmas lights, but it's a close second!
10.  My birthday (did I mention that already??)!!  Apparently B has my gift already purchased, so I won't be going through a "things I would like to receive post".  It must be good if he got it 2 months early!!

What do you LOVE about October?