A Rosé Filled Birthday

Well, I’m 25 now! My birthday came and went, and I can honestly say I had a good time. I still expected more from my day, but this year I learned that, expectation = disappointment. Throughout my years I have learned that expectations rob you of your happiness.

It is better to go through life not expecting anything and then being surprised when good things happen, rather than expecting something that will most likely not happen and then being disappointed when it inevitably doesn't happen.

Anyways, each year I try to consistently lower my birthday expectations so that eventually I will have no expectations and in turn be happy with anything to happen. But in all honesty, THIS. IS. HARDDDD!! A birthday is the one time of year that everything can be all about you..

I still had high expectations for my birthday, because that’s just me, but I wanted all my happiness to come from myself and not anyone else.

Friday afternoon I started off my birthday weekend with a cupcake, some rosé and a fabulous birthday gift from my boyfriend. I wanted to keep it chill that night so we just ordered some pizza for dinner, watched real housewives and of course, drank some rosé. This was the perfect time to relax before really going in on the celebration during the next two days.

Saturday I was able to sleep in and then take my time getting picture-ready for a little photoshoot. We had some avocado toast for breakfast paired with bellinis and another cupcake!

Later that day my boyfriend had planned a socially distanced outdoor bar crawl for us and another friend. We met one of my best friends downtown and started off with some homemade frosés. We walked around and went to a few of my favorite bars and I got a frosé at each bar because duh, what else would I get?

The only thing that would have made my birthday better is if I didn't get so tired after a few drinks. Sometimes I can go for a while, and other times I get exhausted and have to go home, and this was one of those times. My main disappointment was from myself, because I was having such a fun time and I didn't want it to end. Good thing is I’m pretty good at listening to my body and giving it what it needs so I rested up for my actual birthday the next day.

On Sunday I woke up fairly early and was able to take a nice walk by myself, get some free birthday Starbucks and listen to a podcast. I then got ready for yet another birthday shoot and had some more cake and bellinis. That day I had a nice picnic in central park with a few friends. We love a good picnic in the park with a charcuterie board, some berries and, you've guessed it, rosé! I ended my birthday facetiming my family as they sang happy birthday to me.

After all is said, was my birthday everything I expected and more? No. I expected to constantly be happy for these three days, and as we discussed above, expectations lead to disappointments. I did however have more good moments than bad moments and that's all the matters.

Bottom line is I love my birthday and will always love my birthday and it's good to know I spent my birthday the way I intended, with good company and all the rosé I want.