the recap

My birthday started out early {for me} with a yummy breakfast at Ruth's Diner up Emigration Canyon.

Then lunch at Spaghetti Factory with my parents and Grandma.

Followed by an afternoon at the zoo with Lt.  

{and before you send a flurry of curious emails: just great friends.}

The zoo was a wonderful idea.  Sunny afternoon checking out animals?  Yes please.

I didn't think I had a favorite animal, but I do.  Giraffes!  I love them.  Graceful, curious, purple tongue, gorgeous eyelashes and that coat they wear?  Very designer.

This little lady was snacking on some twigs while keeping an eye on us.  I swear she winked at me when I said, "Hello."

I finished out the night with a party downtown at a warehouse with a couple hundred of my closest friends. 

{I pretended they were all there for me, not Halloween.}

The theme of my costume this year:  "Go Cougars"  

I thought it'd be a funny choice since "Cougar" is a term for the older ladies preying on the younger guys. 

{thanks to Coree for her Kingwood Cougars cheer uniform!}