Just Shana: My Birthday 2012

I was a bit down on Friday, the day before, but my family made sure to change that on my actual birthday.

I've done the whole party, wasted, hangover thing in years past.  This year all I wanted was good food, my loved ones and relaxation.  And that's just what I got!  :)

Started the day getting "the sig" a new fancy phone.  Much needed and its super nice!  I used that time to put my son to work and made him snap a pic of my bday outfit.  I always wear black, grey and white, in the summer I add bits of color sometimes, so this color blocking thing was a stretch for me but I liked it.  My hair was all over the place, haven't had a chance to curl it yet.

Followed up the phone purchase with a brief walk around National Harbor which led to brunch at Sauciety located in The Westin.  Very good food!  "The Sig" had chicken and waffles, the kids had bacon and cheese sliders, I had shrimp, grits and more shrimp (that's the actual name) and my mom had the lobster and shrimp omelette.  We also had unlimited bellinis...wasn't expecting them to be so strong!

After that my mom got me a few outfits and we headed on home to sip mimosas, enjoy my fav snack and catch up on my dvr recordings while wearing my fav fluffly slippers and robe.

I had a great time.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes!  :)

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Just Shana: Celebrating "the sig"

"the sig" and I on his bday

I realize I completely failed the February photo a day challenge *smh* BUT I do try to take pics everywhere I go so maybe I should try microblogging...hmmm we shall see...

In any event "the sig" had a birthday so while my mom watched the kids he and I escaped for a little while for brunch.  I LOVE a good brunch but hate that we have to drive to Bucharest to find one worthy of our wallets so when we got wind of The Olde Town Inn we were super excited.  Close to home, decent price and as for the food?  Well just check the pics...

his bday beverage...ON THE HOUSE!

his meal-cant recall the exact name but it had chicken and a bit of a kick

my meal - crab stuffed salmon

and not a single care was given

All kinds of good happened at the Olde Town Inn that day.  We went in for brunch but we arrived right before the dinner menu became available which of course had a more extensive selection, so we opted for that instead.  We devoured some catfish nuggets before I could even think about taking a picture.  $5 mimosas that seemed stronger than usual - thats a plus and I also had a dirty martini.  For the record I like my dirty martinis FILTHY, with vodka and EXTRA olives.  So the only minor critique was that first I received a gin martini, had to send that back, way too strong for me and then the replacement, albeit vodka as requested wasnt as dirty as I would have preferred.  It was still good though but too strong for me to finish sadly.

Highly recommended and yes we will be going back!