Old Soul, Young Heart

It pays to sign up for e-newsletters from companies. You get all sorts of free stuff at your birthday! (Thanks to Hannah for the idea to get all of these emails. Worth it!) Free bowl of noodles from Noodles & Co. Free double steakburger and fries from Steak N Shake Free 10" pizza or half chicken from Tobin's Free entree from Moe's Southwest Grill Free sandwich or 8" pizza from Schlotzsky's Free scoop from Baskin Robbins Free sundae from Culver's Other deals: BOGO Blizzard from Dairy Queen BOGO creation from Cold Stone $5 off at McAllister's

Right after dinner, we cut the cake. I was really against walking right in and doing the cake even though I've seen other people do that. I understand the reasoning behind it (get it over with, gives people time to cut it up for the guests), but I just always think that's so weird because dessert comes after the meal. So we waited until we were done eating. The cake turned out cute. (Though I wish that photo would've been taken from an angle where the top wasn't mashed looking, but that's okay. I realize that I'm way too picky.) I thought about doing a cake topper, but couldn't decide on something, so I just decided to go plain and it was fine. Cake toppers are ridiculously expensive... another unneeded cost. The cake was hard to cut! It was super thick--double layer, of course--and we really had to saw through it and it took a second! Also, it was really awkward trying to feed each other food. All of the other photos have a big brown do

But love goes on forever.