Within a few minutes of my last doctor's visit I faced the decision of what to do about my birthday. Would it be wrong to go ahead and celebrate, with the looming possibility of having a miscarriage during the party?
NO. And I'm going ahead with my much-looked-forward-to Girls' Poker Party with a Poker Teacher, Full Bar and lots of Munchies (the good ones, too: shrimp cocktail, gourmet pizzas, cheese/brie/fruit platter). It may not be the larger 40th celebration my husband wanted to throw, but it is done very much in my style.
For starters, I'm having it the night before my actual birthday. I want to start with a bang... not end it. And if it starts that way, it can only get better. Second, I'm inviting a very small group of friends (8) of which one is due to have a baby any minute, so we're not sure about her. Oh, and the new neighbor who said she will probably only stop by for a few minutes (she's very shy). My whole reasoning behind the small group is that I want to be able to carry ONE conversation at a time, that we can all participate in.
Since none of my these friends of mine read this blog (they don't know about it!) I can divulge the divine secrets of my partyhood: each guest will get a personalized silver box that holds 2 decks of playing cards. Their initials will be engraved (interlocked) in the front and when you open it, there is a silver-colored heart that is engraved as: "Gabriela's 40th, November 12, 2005". Attached to that there will be chocolate cigars and since I will be wearing a tiara, the winner of the night will get a tiara as well and the loser will get a ring that's a little tiara.
I might get some other things too, as doing this so far has been great fun...! Maybe those "Cool, Wild and Swingin'" CDs or the "Ultra Lounge" one, but then again I'm the music nut, not sure they would appreciate Dean, Frank, Bobby as much as I do.
Oh, and did I mention that I also requested we have a hunky server?? And no, no strippers. The idea of a hunky server is much more appealing to me. Originally, I thought that it would be so cool to have a server for each guest, like their own personalized one, to give masagges, foot rubs... but I think that not only would it get costly, it would also overcrowd the room and I'm not sure the atmosphere would be the same, surrounded by testosterone...
Gabriela
**ONLY 2 1/2 MORE SHOPPING DAYS UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY**
** we accept checks, visa, mastercard, american express, discover -- se habla espanol **
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