My AMAZING 25th Birthday!!!! =)

Just like any other birthday, I made sure to celebrate it multiple times! Happy 25th to me!

The weekend of my birthday, I had a classmate happy hour at the Burrito Bar in Brooklyn, went to dinner with a group of friends in the city to a pizza place with GF pizza, Karen Nelli came to visit, we painted pottery at the "Painted Pot" in Brooklyn, and Matt and I went out to dinner and to the Harry Potter exhibit in Times Square! Check out some pictures here!

I also got some great gifts, including the new Justin Bieber CD from Karen (YES! haha), some awesome Vera Bradley stuff from my family, some fun things from Kim (including Peeps), and a UKULELE from Matt!!!!! Sooo fun! =)

Of course the greatest gift is having friends nearby to celebrate. A great group of friends joined me for my "Amazing Birthday Race" that many of you contributed to as well! Basically the race is a photo scavenger hunt throughout NYC with clues all about the birthday girl! They learned about me via questionnaires that friends and family filled out. It was such a blast! Even in the pouring rain!!!! Here I've shared some pictures from each team! Oh, and for the teams that didn't have me, they got a picture of me on a stick that HAD to be in their pictures! =)

The detour...I wasn't allowed to know about it. Even from my team. Each team had to make me a birthday card with things they had collected along the race. Some VERY creative cards came out of that! They presented them to me at the end of the race, which ended at Chipotle! =)

Also, just like the show, there was a roadblock and a detour. The roadblock, unfortunately, was about my least favorite word in the English language. The "M" word. Any picture we got with our team and something "M" we got 2 points. =)

Take a picture with a Glee CD/DVD, "M" word (rain!), and 25th street (because I'm 25)


Take a picture in the Disney Store with all the princesses, in Little MissMatched looking dizzy, and with a margarita!

Take a picture with a subway musician, get 3 people to do a kickline with you, with a Glee CD/DVD, with "Balto" a dog statue in Central Park (because of Rocket and Finn)

Take a picture of 10 strangers holding hands in front of the LOVE statue in midtown, in Little MissMatched looking dizzy, with someone wearing Sox or Bears gear, and a softball uniform.

My team won by 4 points! We got t-shirts and medals! Woot woot!!!!!



Overall, it was a FANTASTIC birthday! Thank you all for the wonderful birthday wishes and I hope this post finds you well! =)