Time To Celebrate

Today is my brother’s 50^th birthday and we have been celebrating all week. We got back from Lake Tahoe yesterday. Our first stop today was at the Black Bear Diner where he got his free Birthday Breakfast. If you sign up with their birthday club, you get a coupon for a free breakfast of a waffle, two eggs, choice of sausage or bacon, and your drink. We both like thrift stores so next it was treasure hunting at Goodwill and the Discovery Shop (American Cancer Society). I love our local Discovery Shop, but I didn’t know they were having a Collectibles sales event today. We should have gone there first. Among the Disney merchandise I found a Mickey Mouse purse and a Star Wars purse. Since it was my brother’s birthday, we got a discount. He didn’t find anything today, but he enjoys looking. Most of the Disney items had already been sold, so it was a lot of slim pickings. I was happy with the purses.

We made a stop at See’s before heading home for a quick break. I got him some of his favorite chocolate. See’s yumm!

We then headed off to Folsom where my brother believed we were picking up my aunt from an Education conference, but in reality I had tickets for a dinner/magic show at Mystique Dining. I had him fooled to when we walked through the door. I finally told what was happening. He was truly surprised. The evening was great. It was the first night of their Halloween themed dinners. Course after course of food arrived and it was all delicious. The magician was fun and entertaining. He included the guests in his magic and I was one of them. It was funny when he asked, “Are you here with your husband?” No. “Are you here with a friend?” No. “Are you here alone?” No. “And you are not here with a friend?” No. I had him stumped, so I said, “I’m here with my brother.” LOL.  The theme of the night was Edgar Allen Poe and as we had our meal, a talking head, much like those in Disneyland’s Haunted House would start reciting Poe’s tales.

It was a fun way to cap off my brother’s birthday!