My 32nd Birthday

A long weekend affair

I turned 32 last week and had a self declared Birthday-Long-Weekend and it was just lovely.

It started at 6.30am with a sunrise swim & coffee with the girls. I’ve merged some old and new friends in the last few months and it has been so special. We got a beautiful pink sky & later that day I saw the local news instagram post the photo below… turns out there was a photographer on the beach that morning 🥹 This felt very me-coded and I was obviously delighted to be papped.

I got absolutely spoiled with presents, flowers and a white chocolate & raspberry cake. That night I went with my oldest friends to a little neighbourhood restaurant in Blues Point that is now a certified birthday tradition. We sat on the street, sipped margaritas and the whole restaurant sung happy birthday to me. Divine.

The next few days featured a bunch of lovely little moments:

• An impromptu coffee with my boyfriend who had to swing by my office

• A margarita at our local and fish & chips for dinner

• Sitting at the chefs table for lunch at Freds in Paddington - enjoyed a spicy margarita, oysters, fougasse, snapper, zucchini, tagliatelle, potatoes w/ french onion dip (!!) and a bottle of chablis

• People watched with a spritz at The Royal

• Snuggled up on the couch with the girls watching a moving and eating homemade cupcakes

• Had my parents over and got my Dad to fix, measure & advise on all my home improvement ideas and sent Mum home with two ceramic pieces she will be mending for me <3

• A biscoff acai bowl

• Speaking to my Grandma on the phone who turned 97 a few days after me. She told me her and her friends had polished off a bottle of Bollinger at lunch. Goals.

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Some things I’m looking forward to this year:

• My Dad living in the same country for the next 6 months

• Meeting the babies my best friends will be having

• Being in Sydney during Winter to see the whales migrating

• Wearing my new knee high boots

Life is good. Thanks for reading.

See you in the next one,

Bridget