Getting the Party Started

I'm happy to report that the celebration of my illustrious birth has officially begun.  They gave me a little surprise party here at work yesterday...and it was a genuine surprise!  We were supposed to start a departmental meeting at 4:00 and I was waiting on the desk for someone to come relieve me.  By 4:15 I was impatient, so I was going to stick my head in the back to tell them to start without me, as I was stranded up front....surprise!!!   It was very cool.  Thanks to my bbf Milly,  they had gotten me all of my favorite party foods :-)  There was the obligatory vegetable platter (with ranch!), but there was also crackers and hummus (mmmm), salt & vinegar chips (oooohhhh), brownie bites (sweet!), Dr. Pepper (aaaaahhhhh), and a chocolate fudge cake - here are the remains of that:

Mmmmmm....oooooohhhhhh.....sweet.....aaaaaahhhhhhh!

Also, thanks for Milly's insider knowlege, they had a Steely Dan cd playing for my listening pleasure.  It was a lot of fun and I felt very cared for by my friends/co-workers.  My department people, Mrs R, GCPS, and Camper gave me a very soft teddy bear, as they know of my bearness.  They also gave me a couple of cans of Pringles and a dark chocolate bar.  *sigh*  Milly gave me her presents too!  Season 2 of Mad Men,  a daily notepad calendar that is "All About Me",  and  what she called her cheapy Chinese gift, of magnets featuring all of the Beatles albums.  All there gifts were exceptionally thoughtful and appreciated.   Really made my day, week, month!

After that most excellent ending to my work day I went out to dinner with Girlie Girl, Handsome Lad, Kick Back Dude and his gang of thugees.  We ate at my favorite Chinese food place, Golden Dragon.   Ate delicious food, the kids made a mess, played the fortune cookie game...awesome.  I took Handsome Lad to the evil W store after dinner to get him some running clothes.  On the way home we sang Kokomo together.  I know, I know...we are just incredibly cool and it can't be helped.   What a great day it turned out to be.

Hey, now that you know some of my favorite snack foods, why not tell me what some of yours are?  What would your best friend put out for you at a gathering to make you happy?