Sunday 4 March 2012

Sunday Salon: My Birthday


Not much in the way of reading, reviewing or blogging in general has happened this week as things have been busy both at work and in my personal life.  Leaving aside work, Thursday was my 26th birthday!  I had a quiet evening in with my family - we ordered take-out and relaxed, perfect.  This weekend I've been out and about a bit more; one of my presents from my sister was a cupcake decorating course as she knows that I love to bake.


The course itself was a lot of fun.  I enjoy making cakes but up until now have been terrible at the decoration, my buttercream always goes too runny and my cakes end up looking like a slodgy mess.  It was good to learn how to do it properly although I don't think I will be creating sugarcraft blossoms or bows again any time soon!

And then this morning, I've been reflecting on life in general (am I the only one that does that near birthdays?) and taking some time to think.  All in all, I'm very content with how life is going at the moment. I have a job that I enjoy, I'm newly married and I enjoy living where I do.  2012 is a bit of a breather year for us - in 2011 we planned our wedding and in 2013 we hope to buy our first house.  At the moment we are just relaxing at home, saving all the money we can towards our deposit and enjoying being married before we get into all the house buying stuff that will come later.  I like to think of it as a year long holiday from major life events.

How has your week been this week?

22 comments:

  1. Belated birthday greetings.

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  2. Happy Birthday! :-) the cakes look great, I have to say I've never attempted sugar craft myself - it looks too difficult and scary! But cupcakes are brilliant and icing is incredibly bad for me - I've recently had to break myself of the habit of making buttercream just so that I can eat it out of the bowl :-/

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    1. I kind of think life is too short for sugarcraft - the actual techniques were quite easy to pick up but it was time consuming. I love buttercream too :)

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  3. I just saw your comment on my blog, and saw this post in Reader, and wanted to let you know that we indeed share a birthday, though I'm apparently seven years older than you. :) So happy birthday! Even if I'm a few days late. It's awesome that we also share a birthday with Ron Weasley. :D

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    1. Obviously all the cool people were born on March 1st! :P

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  4. Happy Birthday! My hubby's birthday was also Thursday.

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    1. Thanks :)
      And as I said to Amanda, all the cool people were born on March 1st!

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  5. Happy birthday! I rarely do cupcakes because a cakes so much faster but the little flowers are so cute!!

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  6. Happy belated birthday! Sounds like you had a wonderful day.

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  7. Many happy returns from me.

    The cakes look yum and good to eat whilst reflecting on life!

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  8. hope you had a thoroughly wonderful day...

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  9. Happy belated birthday! You're right to spread out the major life events if you can! :)

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  10. Happy birthday Sam. Those cupcakes look delicious.

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  11. Happy Birthday, Sam! What a great birthday idea from your sister - the cupcakes look lovely!

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  12. Happy belated birthday!! Well done on the cupcakes ..very pretty and looks absolutely yummy!! ..Happy relaxing and much success to getting your house. :)

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  13. Wish you a very happy belated birthday! It's wonderful to know that your life is beautiful - that is just the biggest present a birthday can give. :-)

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  14. Sorry I didn't see this earlier, but happy belated birthday. The cupcakes look delicious.

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  15. Thanks to all for the birthday wishes :)

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  16. Happy birthday! Those cupcakes are beautiful!

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  17. Wishing you a belated Happy Birthday - love the cupcakes! What a great gift idea.

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  18. I'm a little late, but I still want to wish you a happy birthday, Sam. I hope you have a worry-free breather year. :)

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