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Do you celebrate your birthday and do you have the day off work?
Victoria Sponge
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What do you do on your birthday? Do you have a party? Go for drinks? Have cake? Do you have the day off work? What has been the best birthday you have ever had? Do you like your birthdays or do they not mean much to you? Just another ordinary day?
On my birthday I always have something nice to eat.
My best birthday ever was last year when my friend took me on a surprise foodie tour of London which she assembled herself. We started off for breakfast at Duck & Waffle on 40th floor of Heron Tower. Then cocktails at Sushi Samba on the 39th floor. Then more drinks at Coq d'argent at Bank. Lunch at Smiths of Smithfield. Dessert at Choccywoccydoodah. Then home and Indian takeaway for dinner with an episode of the Sopranos.
Then part two of my birthday surprise was a few days later - Zoo Lates at London Zoo, where my surprise guests turned up to join us one by one.
I totally forgot to make any birthday cakes.
This year I will be having a quieter one.
What do you do on your birthday? Do you have a party? Go for drinks? Have cake? Do you have the day off work? What has been the best birthday you have ever had? Do you like your birthdays or do they not mean much to you? Just another ordinary day?
On my birthday I always have something nice to eat.
My best birthday ever was last year when my friend took me on a surprise foodie tour of London which she assembled herself. We started off for breakfast at Duck & Waffle on 40th floor of Heron Tower. Then cocktails at Sushi Samba on the 39th floor. Then more drinks at Coq d'argent at Bank. Lunch at Smiths of Smithfield. Dessert at Choccywoccydoodah. Then home and Indian takeaway for dinner with an episode of the Sopranos.
Then part two of my birthday surprise was a few days later - Zoo Lates at London Zoo, where my surprise guests turned up to join us one by one.
I totally forgot to make any birthday cakes.
This year I will be having a quieter one.
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Me and my twin sister always celebrate our birthday, usually a day out, a nice meal, a few drinks, along with our closest friends and family. It would be odd not doing anything at all.
It was really amazing. My sides were bursting when I had my cake at Choccywoccydoodah before catching the tube home.
I repaid my friend on her birthday by taking her to the Sanctuary Spa (sadly closed recently) for a surprise. We got out of Covent Garden station and I made her close her eyes while I walked her over there. And then a meal at all you can eat Brazilian buffet. And a combined birthday party a couple of weeks later for her and out other pal.
That's lovely having a twin to celebrate with!
My best party was when I was 11, I have no idea why I had one at 11, but it was good. I never had one since.
I'm not one for any sort of fuss at all and not even a fan of the fact that my workmates put balloons and streamers over my desk
As well as having a beautiful holiday I also decided not to age a year - as I wasn't here it doesn't count and I am still 33
I have only ever worked one Birthday and that was when I was doing an exhibition abroad with work, thankfully the colleagues I went with were complete party animals so we had a brilliant time.
Some years I have had big gatherings, I had a massive party for my 30th and other years it's just me and OH. I have also been away for other Birthday's - my Birthday is in June so it's a nice time to go on holiday.
Whatever I do it almost always involved wine (barring the two birthday's I have been pregnant) and cake.
Before that I used to make a point of going to the cinema on my own. it's something I enjoy so I used to make the point that I should always do something I enjoy on MY birthday.
I'd be happy to go back to doing that really and may well do in the future - birthdays don't really mean much to me any more.
I still don't get why people expect others to make plans or join them for their birthday etc. I sometimes forget mine its such a non event for me!
Not really, it's nice to celebrate special occasions with friends and family, birthdays, anniversaries etc
I love spoiling my loved ones on their special day, it's a way of affirming how important they are to me. Life would be dull without the occasional celebration.
I vowed then that I will no longer be celebrating my birthdays in the future.
However, in my family, my birthday is a big deal. My dad celebrates my birthday for the entire month. I'm an extremely indulged child. On my actual birthday, it has always been a strictly family day. I'd usually have the party for friends during the weekend, and if my birthday fell on Saturday, then it was the following weekend.
Back in the day, when I was in school, my birthday was alwaaaaays around exam time. That's the worst. I've written many an exam on my birthday over the years. I wish I could've had the day off.
It was our pal's birthday a few days ago and we clubbed together to get a voucher for this place called Circus in Covent Garden. It's a restaurant and bar where there are live circus acts for entertainment as one drinks/dines. She was thrilled.
My last A' Level exam was on my 18th Birthday.
WRONG!
I turned 23 last month! I wish I was 22!
Did you have a lovely birthday? Where did you go to eat?
I only take the day off work if it's a Friday or a Monday - I like having the long weekend. If it falls in the middle of the week taking the day off seems a bit pointless.
This year however, I took a whole week off for my birthday. I was moving at the same time, so it made a lot of sense. It also meant I had a lot of time and ended up eating out/meeting with friends every day for the entire week, it was almost like a week-long celebration.
But this year I cashed in my nectar points for a PS4 and bought myself a brand new car. I was awake at 5am like a kid at christmas, played PS4 until time to pick up my car then went for a drive.