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In the morning when my boss came to the office, he surprised me with beautiful purple orchids. How sweet!

My friends and co-workers setup my desk with baked goodies and chocolate covered strawberries! Mmmm...! Plus I got gifts! Yay! And before I left work, we celebrated my birthday with a bottle of champagne.

That night my hubby took me to dinner at a Korean restaurant. I can't believe I like Korean food. They served us with different side dishes of spicy appetizers, including white rice. We ordered beef ribs and steak that we had to cook over the grill on our table. I also had a side dish of grilled calamari. And instead of a bread product, they gave us a basket of romaine lettuce leaves which we filled with all those ingredients and rolled it like a mini Korean burrito! Man was it spicy and it had lots of garlic! Not a good date dinner if you ask me, unless you're a couple whose been together for a while and love garlic! So bring out the toothbrushes, mouth wash and a few pieces of minty gum cause I'm telling you watch out for that breath!

The next evening, my two sisters (and my sister's boyfriend) took me out to dinner at Cafe Iberico (my hubby didn't want to join us so he stayed home). We were served tapas (which are side dishes of different types of food)! We ate shrimp, calamari, chicken, spicy potatoes and beef. The food was fabulous! We also drank lots of sangrias! It got to the point, where I could drink no more.

After our fine dinner, we went to Lalos for after drinks. There was a dance floor and the DJ was playing good music. My sisters both pulled me to the dance floor. At first, I didn't want to because as usual, I get embarassed. But I got over it and began to dance with them. And to show you how out of shape I am, I was having a hard time dancing. I haven't danced in so long, I can't remember how to. My legs began to feel shaky and wobbly and I was having a hard time keeping up. It was one of those mixes that kept going and going. I didn't think I could make it out of the dance floor without help! After dancing with my sisters, and as the night progressed, the DJ began playing cumbias and barchatas. So my sister GC told her boyfriend to take me out on the dance floor. He's such a good dancer and he was easy to follow. All I had to do was keep up with his steps, twirls and turns and believe me, I was trying like hell not to lose step and fall flat on my face! And that in itself was a lot of work! Who needs exercise when you can dance!

They kept on trying to buy me more drinks but I couldn't drink anymore. Not because I didn't want to, but because I had too much to eat and I was too full! I was glad that I got to dance a few songs just to keep moving.

I've been eating just about everything these past few days, I'm going to seriously have to watch what I eat. (yeah right!) But it's all been good! I can actually say, it's been a good birthday.

Happy birthday to me...!