While I was away on vacation last week, I turned 28! My birthday was on Saturday, but since we were traveling, Ryan saved my gifts for me to open at home when we returned from our trip.
Last night was birthday celebration night in our house!
Check out one of my snazzy gifts:
Pretty sweet, huh!?
Though this may seem like a rather random gift, there’s actually a story behind the pajamas.
When we were in Ireland last March, it was freezing and one night when we were outside walking around, I said, “All I want to do is cuddle up in a pair of ridiculously warm pajamas.”
“The kind with the feet?” Ryan asked.
“YES!” I said. We then went on a mission to find footie pajamas and searched in a handful of department stores with no luck.
Obviously I was pretty darn excited to get a pair of footie pajamas for my birthday… Just in time for summer in Florida. Ha!
Workout
Today’s workout began on the elliptical before I headed into the weight room to complete Workout B from Tina’s Best Body Boot Camp. It felt good to make my muscles burn a bit!
Breakfast
After my time at the gym, I headed home and made myself a breakfast sandwich with eggs, cheese, strawberry jelly and Ezekiel toast.
Sweet and savory! I love it!
Now I’m off to work. I am working late today, so I don’t think I’ll have a chance to blog after (or during) lunch, but I’m not sure how lunch breaks work just yet, so we shall see!
Question of the Afternoon
- What is the strangest gift you’ve ever received?
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Happy belated birthday! When I turned 16, two of my friends thought it’d be funny to get me a pair of little girl Dora the Explorer sandals, which was easily the weirdest gift I’ve ever received for my birthday!
My mom gave me a scale for my birthday a couple years back. I thought she was trying to tell me I was fat, but in reality we needed one and Kohl’s was having a sale. I look back on it now and have a good laugh….the unexpected gifts are the ones you remember.
We have the same birthday! I turned 25 on Saturday! Happy Late Birthday!
happy birthday to you, cathryn!
I turned 25 on Saturday too! We’re birthday twins! 😉
Well Happy Birthday to you as well, Vicki!
Happy Belated Birthday! The pjs are super cute!
My boyfriend bought me a giant stuffed polar bear for Christmas one year because they are my favorite animal 🙂 It’s seriously my size!
I got a stove for my 26th birthday, which my husband bought for our house right before our wedding. 🙂 It was a convection oven and 5 burner cook top, so I was really excited!
I read that first sentence, “I got a stove”….and started laughing out loud. Seriously, that is so awesome and hilarious. I have never heard of a person getting a stove for their birthday. I mean, that’s really cool and so random!! I kind of want a new fridge, that’d be pretty sweet! Thanks for unintentionally making me laugh 🙂
Happy belated birthday! If I could save that picture of you in the pj’s as my background, I would…because it makes me smile!
My parents brought me back a reindeer skin/fur thing that you lay on the floor like a bear rug when they went on a trip one time. They also brought back a whale tooth from that same trip. 🙂
Probably a horse back riding lesson from my boyfriend last year! I’ve been begging him to take me horseback riding, I thought it would be really romantic on the beach, during the sunset. You know, the whole nine yards. Instead it was a vocal Russian lady yelling at us to get out butts up higher during out trots. It was still so fun, but funny looking back. Ha
The oddest / best gift ever was LASIK!! My mom got that for me last year! My birthday is May 7th and I actually tore my ACL last week and I am still on my parents insurance. My mom is giving me grief about all these birthday medical procedures. Trust me I would rather anything than a torn ACL for my bday this year!
You are just ridiculously adorable.
Happy belated birthday! For my 10th wedding anniversary, I was the lucky recipient of Skecher roller skates. WT??? Needless to say, my husband isn’t the best at gift giving. We were newly married and for Christmas he got me long johns. I cried. But he said they were from Victoria Secrets. I thought he was telling me to cover up. 🙂 We are at 21 years married now, so I guess I it isn’t about the presents but the thought that counts.
My grandmother bought me a men’s electric razor one year. I thought it was a joke and that she accidentally gave me the wrong present..turns out it was not a joke and she just claimed it was great for shaving legs lol Who knew
haha those pjs are the best. one time a guy gave me a brick as a present. yep, a cement block. it was weird.
My birthday was Saturday too! That’s so cool!
Hahaha awesome pjs! happy birthday!! That egg sandwich looks SO good.
Strangest gift…I received an ornate golden dolphin bracelet from a boy when I was 15. We weren’t dating and it was hideous. I still have it.
Happy Birthday!! Those are awesome pajamas! Where did Ryan find them?!
Happy belated birthday! I loooooove the footie pajamas!
Happy Belated Birthday!!! Those pajamas are to die for!
Haha I love it! My sister and I have a pair of matching footie pajamas. We wear them when I’m visiting home. So fun!
This past Christmas my husband got me a pressure cooker (for canning). Ha! I told him I’m probably one of the only girls in the world that would be excited for a pressure cooker on Christmas morning. He got lucky, haha! Love the PJ’s and I would so rock those too! 😉
My mom always gives the oddest gifts. One year, as an adult, she gave me a package of markers, a coloring book, and a pencil pouch. I actually still have, and use, the markers and pencil pouch. Not often but it does get used.
Happy belated b-day!! I have to say you look pretty darn cute in the footed pjs and those are really going to come in handy when it’s cold!!
Those are quite possibly the cutest jammies I have EVERRRRRR seen. Well done Ryan!
Happy belated birthday! Those footie pajamas are way too adorable!
I don’t think I’ve personally ever received a strange gift, but after trying my Justin’s nut butters, that’s all one of my friends wants for his birthday. I’m planning on shipping him a box of just Justin’s nut butters. 😀
I looooved footie pajamas as a kid, haha! Yours are too cute 🙂 My mom always seems to get me one weird gift for Christmas every year. This past year she got me a 1/2 cup food processor. Seriously, it was SO tiny I could never have used it!
Happy belated birthday!! Those footie pajamas are pretty epic. Inside joke type gifts like that are always the most thoughtful! Glad you had a great birthday!
Haha they are the “in thing” in the Uk at the moment and they’re called a Onesie. Happy Belated Birthday 🙂
Happy birthday!! This pajama is cool jaja
I’m a 18 year old girl from Barcelona (Spain) and I definitely love your blog!
Kisses from the Mediterranean 🙂
Those footie pajamas are too cute! It’s currently snowing in Montana so I could definitely use a pair right now!
I bought footie pajamas for my entire family on Christmas but I had to send them back because they came late. I got them for my brothers and I as a gag gift – complete with the OPEN butt flap. hahaha! You better believe this year I’m ordering them early so we can all sleep in style 😉
When I was 16 my Dad gave me a personalized Bible. I thought I was getting a car. All these years later, though, I still have Bible and it means a lot to me. Not a fun present when you’re 16 though.
Happy late birthday, Julie!! Hope you had a great one, although I bet footie pajamas and a trip to Peru never hurt 😉
Hahahaha I love footie pajamas! My friend and I actually went out and bought matching ones one time.. we are alittle dorky sometimes 🙂
Haha! Happy belated birthday! Those pajamas are too funny. I love warm PJs and those certainly look like they fit the bill.
Happy belated birthday Julie!
Your breakfast looks delish as always! I got a snow blower for Christmas a few years back from my dad. We had just had two really bad winters in a row with snow over 3 feet. I guess he was tired of helping me shovel out my car 🙂
I love footie pajamas! So cute.. and practical! Maybe not in the summer though!!
Happy Belated Birthday! 🙂 Love the footie pj’s! I used to wear them all the time as a kid! I remember my puppy back then used to chase my feet around in them and bite at them! Hah.
Happy (belated) birthday! I thought it was near the end of April, but didn’t want to randomly shout out, esp b/c I wasn’t super sure. Hah.
LOVE the pajamas. They’re super cute!!
Happy (late) Birthday! What a great way to celebrate.
I have pajamas like that too from J. Crew — They’re a little less light weight though. Happy Belated!
Haha those are adorable! Happy belated birthday!
Love the PJ’s … they are so you! 😉 Happy Belated Birthday!!
Those are ridiculously awesome! Happy belated birthday!
Happy Belated Birthday! Haha I’m actually wanting to get Ellen (like Ellen Degeneres) footie PJs for my best friend for her birthday, just waiting for them to come back in stock!
Absolutely love the jammies! That’s just crazy awesome 🙂
Happy Belated!! And seriously, how FUN are those pajamas?! Pajama party at your place! 🙂
Happy Belated!!! My best friend turned the BIG 3-0 on Saturday as well!! Good times! Here are some highlights 🙂 I feel there’s nothing better than jammies!
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Happy 28th! Weirdest for me would probably be a USED slap chop (that infomercial machine that chops veggies). It was during an office white elephant gift exchange. 🙂
Happy birthday pb fingers!! Hope 28 is great 🙂