Nicole's Updates: The Ultimate Surprise

Josh surprised me with dinner and the lamp I had been drooling over for weeks. Josh seemed pretty anti-purple and gold double shaded lamp with gorgeous amber colored beads whenever we saw it in the window. So, I was especially surprised to see it in all its glory on our bookshelf. I think Josh saw it in a new light too!

Now then, from that point on I should have known something was up because that was a monumental surprise from Josh. But he had told me he had a weekend excursion planned for us as well. That is just way too much romance for one birthday to not be suspicious. So the date arrived that we were supposed to take off to an undisclosed location.

Of course, I was eager to get home and find out where we were going, so I left right when the bell rang. When I arrived at home, there were bags already packed. It was unbelieveable-Josh had even packed for me! I was curious as to what kind of ensembles he chose, but I decided not to open the suitcases for some reason. Then Josh called with a story about the bags belonging to friends of our neighbors who wanted to store them in our apartment. Okay, so that was strange, but then I noticed birthday candles on the counter. I figured that if he were to give me a cake, he would have done that on my actual birthday. I began to think, is it possible that Linda sent me an e-mail that morning and with the time change, was able to arrive the same day? Why hadn't I thought of that before? Well, I couldn't ask for more when I walked into the living room to find 2 of my closest friends casually milling about! Linda is a master at surprises I must say-Along with Helen, we had the best time shopping on Rodeo Drive, and then looking for deals at the Swap Meet.

It felt great to hang out with old friends and swap makeup ideas, clothes and girltalk!