See I told you I wouldn't take a 957485735375 million years to update again. So my 25th birthday was this past month. Jan 18 to be exact. It didn't really hit me that I was 25 until a couple days after my bday and then I officially felt like an old fart :(
Anyways, I decided to celebrate my bday on the 16th (Sunday) since my real bday fell on a random Tuesday. It was Martin Luther King Jr. weekend so I figured most of my friends would have Monday off. This year I decided I wanted to go full on out since I was turning 25... that's quarter of a century!! I had this whole idea in my head that I just wanted a party with all the things I love... which is of course Hello Kitty & animal print!!! I chose to have my party at Ichiriki Loft which I thought would be the perfect little place to throw my bday bash. I hadn't been to the Loft in over a year but I knew that the setting was exactly the pefect place to have a HK party. I was in total party mode and even went to Party City (which seriously has almost everything you would need to plan a party) and got decorations and little party favors. I was so excited that I almost thought party planning could be a new career for me. Boy was I wrong!!!
The day of my bday party, I was kind of in panic mode. Not ONLY was I sick and coughing like crazy.. I also found out last min that another guest was coming and I didn't have enough party favors (NOTE TO SELF: Always buy extra just incase!!!). I didn't want that person to feel left out so I actually went all the way back to Party City which is kind of out of the way for me and got extra party favors.
After I got that done, I told myself OK I have lots of time to get ready for my party. I also told myself... I want to be there EARLY so that I can set up the party favors before my friends arrive. Well I guess my timing was off cause I ended up being late. Even the cupcake girl who delivered my cupcakes had to wait for me to get there... how sad. I was running around like a maniac and when I got to The Loft, 2 of my friends were already there!! Thankfully they helped me set up and calmed me down a little bit.
My party deco came out a lot cuter than I thought... thanks to the peeps at The Loft! I was pretty happy. All my friends came in animal print like how I wanted! I did find out though that the guest who I went out and got the extra party favor for ended up not coming!!! So I really didn't need to go all the way out to Party City!!! But that's okay. I was just happy all my friends & lover was there with me to celebrate.
Despite being sick... I wasn't going to let that stop me from having my party. But it did make it a lot harder for me to enjoy my time cause I was hacking away. Why of all days did I have to get sick around my bday??? *sigh*
There was, however, a few bday blunders... like Uhhhh the 2 HOURS wait we had for our nabe. Seriously... so unlike Ichiriki.. but we literally waited 2 hours to have something that we had to cook for ourselves anyways. I was a tad bit annoyed, especially since we had to be at Oceans by a certain time for our vip table.
Not only was the wait long but our servers weren't very attentive and we had to like literally go up to them and ask for where our food and drinks were. We even had to ask for utensils to eat with! I don't know if we came on a bad day but they knew there was a 15 ppl party coming in. They should have expected it!!!
The plus side, the food was pretty good but I couldn't thoroughly enjoy it since I was rushing to eat it so that I could get to Oceans on time. Food wise.. great. Service wise.. HORRIBLE.
As if anything else could go wrong.... I was also dissatisfied with my $93 Hello Kitty red velvet cupcakes that look like something I even could of made at home. Ordered it from Frosted. Be warned, if you want superly over priced cupcakes that look like an amateur baker could of made.. then order from them because that is what you'll get.
Although things didn't go as expect, I tried to make the most of it and just had fun with my girlies n hubby at Oceans. We got a vip table and drank & danced the night away~
Alcohol + being sick... was probably not the best idea though!!
I decided this will be the last time I'll throw a big party for my bday lol. Or at least until I'm 30!! Seriously, it takes too much work!!! Plus there's not much to look forward to after 25? I am still gratefull , however, for all my awesome friends who came. They are the best =) And so is my hubbster ♥ Ok on to the pics!!
HK Fiesta @Ichiriki LOFT
Party deco~
Party favor for the girlies~
Kawaii ne?... thanks
Sascha for the confetti idea!
Brent &
Sascha in the animal print spirit!
Even Brent joined in the animal print fun~
My bday nails! mix mix ♥
My bday shot glass ;)
Drinky drink time
The Russpoo & I
My lovely friends ♥
My pretty in pink prezzies
Table setting
My $93 cupcakes.
Should of just asked my mom & sis to make a ginormous cupcake like how they did for their friend's bday
The girlies
Cran vodkas @Oceans808
January babies
My friends Candi & Tiana
My sis Tiffany and I
Da boyz in their white tees
Celebrated my real bday at Taormina... had no complaints there!! Food is delishhh.
My grandma & cousin Erica
Isn't my obachan cute?
Even the caesar salad was good
Seriously best bolognese pasta everrr.
My sister and her super cheeesey lasagna
Tiramisu love.
wee happy bday to me.
so gooood...
I literally ate almost the whole thing :X
The fambam
All my goodies :)
One of my kiddies that used to be my class brought this for me at work :) Zippy's chocolate dobash cake... how thoughtful!!
Another pork curry type dish
Fish curry... that was my fav.
