It was my birthday! I worked that day, which was actually kind of fun. The office does cake when it's someones birthday. So sometime mid-morning I got an instant message that said "time for cake!" For the first time in 11 years, I had co-workers wishing me happy birthday and I sort of liked it. I got to choose the cake. Chocolate is usually my predictable pick, but I surprised everyone with carrot! All those years of having my mother give me carrot cake for my birthday cake came back to me. I wasn't always thrilled about it when I was a kid, it didn't seem right. Carrot. It must be one of those nostalgic things that you romanticize years later. Like liver and onions, mmm mmm.
After work I took the kids to a quick little thing downtown for Eva's Girl Scout troop and then home for the chaos of getting ready to go beg for candy. We took this picture right before setting out for the night. Yes, I said for the night. The kids trick or treated for candy and Tony and I? We trick or treated our favourite neighbors for wine! Yes, we really did that! It was the most fun I had trick or treating in many years! We even stayed out late and kept our kids up way past their bedtime for a school night. Way past. More past than I'd care to admit now on 11/11/11! We ended up at one of our neighbors who also have four kids like we do. We shamelessly chatted, and drank more wine, well into the night. We pretty much said hello to November in person, on a school night. Whoops, I guess I let myself and my good judgement go, and I'm blaming it on my birthday.
