She had a great day .. started off with opening presents from her dad, her uncle (who lives in SA) and me, and a bonus gift of $$ from her brother. Then her friends at school wore party hats at recess and bought her a birthday muffin - with candle and all, and of course gave her gifts.
The usual family dinner was planned for that night and I'd asked her to bring some swanky sandals from her dads' place, but she couldn't work out why as they don't really go with the clothes she would normally wear ... but they certainly go with this!:
(apologies to the persons from whose e-bay store I nicked the pic, couldn't find any other one)
- which is what I gave her when I got home from work - although in black. It's just gorgeous - velvet body, lace bodice panel, lace ups the sides of the bodice and bell sleeves (I think that's what they're called). It's just stunning, and she looked stunning in it. We had to tie up the sleeves (no doubt that's why they have the handy-dandy tie up there) when it came time to eat.
The grin on her face matched that when we bought her ball dress. She loves it :) No idea when else she might wear it but just owning this type of dress is enough (I have two similar-ish style ones, and a top, myself).
Dinner was good - we have had to find somewhere else to have birthday dinners as our favourite local Mexican restaurant where we used to go has now closed :( The place we tried was good, but the serves were all huge ... the hunt for the family dinner restaurant continues.
All in all she had a very happy birthday, with many more to come.
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