it’s my birthday, but it’s your celebration (#3)
Today, I woke up, met the BIG 3-1, put on my old school Keds, a twirly skirt, and added a little bit of extra make-up to hide my awesome stye on my right eye, and have thus far survived the day!
And since today is actually my real birthday, I figured I’d give away something to my lovely readers that 1) I would totally want as a gift
2) would make the receiver feel extra special
3) would be something very “me”
so… this is what I’d like to give you on the occasion of my birthday:
You’ll have your choice of: HOT TO TROT, BREAK THE ICE, DRAW THE LINE, TAKE HEART, and ON CLOUD NINE.
Here’s how to enter:
just leave a comment sharing your favorite birthday treat!
(dessert, candy, dinner out, sugared cereal, coffee drink, fruity cocktail, etc)
BONUS ENTRY: Tweet & share the contest … and come back to leave a second comment saying simply “I tweeted!” and you’re good to go!
I’ll pick the winner on Monday morning (which is the last day of “the fest” – the awesome celebration of days between my b-day and my BFF’s b-day).
GOOD LUCK!
121 Comments
Laura
My fav bday treat is dinner out!
Stephanie Michele
Favorite birthday treat = my turkey birthday cake (cake shaped in a turkey that my mom gives me each time my birthday falls on Thanksgiving)!
Ali @ His Birdie's Nest
My favorite birthday treat has become my Dad’s “Tomtinis” (his name is Tom and they are lemon drop martinis.
Happy Birthday!!! I just love these bracelets, I gave one to my cousin for Christmas :)
Stephanie Michele
I tweeted!
girlLawyer
Ramen noodles! Sounds weird, I know! But in Chinese culture, noodles symbolize long life (it’s gotta be long noodles, like spaghetti) which is why you eat them on your birthday (so that hopefully you will live a long life!). My birthday is so near Christmas that I am almost at my parents’ place for Christmas and it’s the one meal that my dad always makes especially for me!
Ali @ His Birdie's Nest
I tweeted!
girlLawyer
I tweeted!
Jennifer
Every year my mom makes homemade sweet and sour pork for my birthday. It’s the one dish I can’t seem to master! I look forward to it every year!
Happy Birthday!
danica
My favorite birthday treat is an excuse to eat whatever I want all day! Spending time with friends and family is awesome too, especially when we can all enjoy cupcakes with sprinkles on top!
Jess @ Jessica is Getting Fit
My favorite birthday treat is a decadent red velvet cupcake!
Kelly | Glamour This
Macaroons! You want to make me happy then get me that for my birthday. I can never eat too many macaroons.
Deanna
My birthday treat is getting to spend the day with my fiance because he is a chef and is always working!
S
Nothing beats birthday cheesecake!
Heather
Happy birthday!!
My favorite birthday treat is strawberry shortcake. I looooove it and on my birthday I ask my husband to make it from scratch, and he does! It’s so good and I eat it pretty much all day long.
Jen @ Living a Brighter Life
My favorite birthday treat is going out to a local wine stroll which conveniently falls on a weekend near my birthday every year!
Those bracelets are so cute! I’m already thinking of which one I’d pick if I win! (Positive thinking!) I was thinking Break the Ice (goes well with my theme of missed opportunities – see latest blog post) or Cloud Nine – to remind myself to be grateful and happy all the live long day!
Heather
I tweeted! @familyandfur
Kira @ hernewleaf
Chewy, sour candy is my favorite treat any time!!
Leslie
I love ice cream cake on birthdays!
Liz
Red velvet cake w/ cream cheese icing, yummm!!
Courtney
Ice cream, preferably in sundae form!
Jen @ Living a Brighter Life
I tweeted!
Kira @ hernewleaf
I tweeted!
Maya
My favorite birthday treat is red velvet cake– nothing makes me happier! Happy birthday dear :)
Colleen
favorite birthday treat: grocery store sheetcake. Seriously!
I love those bracelets — gave them to my bridesmaids, always wanted one for myself!
Liz
I tweeted!
Jade
Happy birthday, Kim! <3<3<3<3<3
Since my birthday always falls around Thanksgiving, my favorite treat for my birthday is being able to celebrate with my family, and enjoying pumpkin pie (along with birthday cake) for dessert. Memories of the holidays are always tied to my birthday, even now that I celebrate my birthday 3000 miles away from my family.
Maya
I tweeted!
Jenni
Cake! Cake! Cake! Hope you have a wonderful birthday!
Tracey @ Tropicalhappiness.com
These are adorable!!!! My favorite treat… probably double stuffed oreos dipped in coffee. Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it!
Tiffany W
Happy Birthday! I hope your birthday is spectacular!
oh and my favorite birthday treat… buying myself a birthday gift! (does that count?). Otherwise, it’s dinner out!
Anne L.
Hazelnut cake with buttercream and chocolate shavings… or Strawberry shortcake… Yum!
lala
My favorite birthday treat would be going out for dinner and drinks. It doesn’t happen very often with two kids under 2.
Hemborgwife
My family always celebrates birthdays with pizza for the guests and then the birthday person gets to pick there own special meal. I always pick steak with mushrooms and then for dessert white cake with chocolate frosting!
Danielle
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
And oh man, BEST giveaway ever.
My favorite treat on my birthday? Fried oreos if I’m feeling wild… or just some cupcake topped in piles of sweet frosting!
Sarah G
My birthday treat (request) every year is a home-made mud pie: oreo cookie crust, hot fudge, and two types of ice cream, one of which is coffee-flavored. It’s the best part of my birthday!
Rhey
Yellow cake with chocolate frosting and chocolate ice cream. Yummy!
Margot
My family gets me the same tiramisu-flavored birthday cake every year! We eat out for dinner but come home for dessert and presents. Happy birthday!
E @ Oh! Apostrophe
Happy birthday Kim!
My favorite bday treat is an ice cold martini :)
Margot
I tweeted, too! http://twitter.com/#!/msbruschetta/status/63346814191009792
Karen @sugarspiceliving
Oh, how lovely. Happy Birthday to you. I have a summer b-day, so I always want ice cream and brownie cake!! Yummers.
Amy Ramos
My favorite birthday treat is going out to dinner and having a sinful dessert.
Lindsay
My favorite birthday treat will forever be the birthday cake of my choice courtesy of my grandmother. Like clockwork, my grandmother would arrive with the most delicious strawberry shortcake. However, one year, I changed my birthday request and asked for these scrumptious custard cups she had made a few weeks earlier. Apparently, this didn’t qualify as a “birthday cake,” so I ended up with a cake and custard cups. Nothing beats grandma…and her birthday treats.
Aimee
Happy b-day!
Every year we go to a the beach (usually Point Reyes) and have a picnic with macarons or passionfruit cupcakes.
The Mr has also started a small tradition of a surprise party with fondue every three years, which works out nicely for me!
stacey
Tiramisu! Mmm, makes for a wonderful birthday. Or just a regular day, I’ll eat it anytime. :)
Tiffany
My favorite birthday treat is cheesecake! Yum!
Galen
Wegman’s chocolate cake!! With a side of vanilla bean ice-cream, of course!
LatteLove
my favorite birthday treat is a blondie, dripping in sugar!
Galen
I tweeted! ;)
Holley
Happy birthday, lady! What a sweet giveaway! My fave birthday treat is skipping work to read a good book! (And to eat a cupcake, if you must know!)
serena @bigapplenosh
Fun!! Happy Birthday! :) My favorite birthday tread is Friendly’s Watta-melon roll!
Christi
my birthday is the only time I’ll request cake. Gotta have cake on your birthday!
Mrs. Puma
Happy Birthday to you! My favorite birthday treat is cake. Any cake, but always cake. No pie, tart, etc – it’s all about the cake.
Mrs. Puma
I tweeted as well: http://twitter.com/#!/soonerpsych/status/63356445575479296
Donelle
Cupcakes! Happy Birthday to you!
talda
happy birthday again! my favorite birthday treat is the good old fashioned cake. yum.
Stacy
Favorite birthday treat is ice cream cake :)
Amanda
What an awesome giveaway! My favorite birthday treat is the entire meal that my hubby makes me – we have a tradition of making the other person whatever meal they want on their birthday, and it’s such a fun/special thing that I look forward to every year!
Natalie M.
Cake Batter Ice Cream and strawberries-YUM!
Nancy
cake and ice cream – in no particular order. even better when it’s an ice cream cake!! :P
Nancy
i tweeted too! :) .. @toastietweets
ABC
Happy birthday! My favorite birthday treat is red velvet cake with cream cheese icing. It never gets old! Enjoy your day!!!
talda
i tweeted!
Meagan
My favorite birthday treat is Strawberry Cake with Rainbow Chip Icing. I get it every year. YUM!
Lindsey
On cloud nine and I love to go out for Mexican on my birthday!
Evelyn
I don’t like to make a big deal out of my birthday, because I hate the way the attention is on me all day.. but I do enjoy birthday cupcakes. :)
Happy birthday!
Aubrey @ My Simple Everyday
My favorite treat is chocolate lava cake — from anywhere!!! Yum!!! How awesome are those bracelets!?
katie r
love on cloud nine! :) I love strawberries and angelfood cake
Jessica G
My favorite birthday treat is cheesecake :) I try to restrict it to just a few times a year, since it’s obviously not the most healthy item…
Rachel
My favorite birthday treat is a delicious dinner out…preferably at Melting Pot! I love fondue! And I loooooooooooooooooooove those bracelets!
Amanda
Happy Birthday Kim!
My favourite treat is Ben and Jerry’s Half Baked ice cream… mmm…
Katie
I love going out to dinner! Such a treat!
Katie
I tweeted!
Cathleya
Happy Birthday! :) My fave birthday treat is a unique cocktail—something I don’t usually get like a blueberry mojito or basil gin rickey!
Lucy
My favorite birthday treat is cake with no guilt :D
ML
My favorite birthday food is Korean rice and soondooboo (soft tofu stew)–it’s delicious and I’m not very good at making it, so it’s such a treat!
Anne
Happy birthday! I love those bracelets! :)
abi
Drinks out with girlfriends! Happy Birthday!
Carly
Happy Birthday, Kim!! What a wonderful and generous giveaway! My favorite birthday treat is a cupcake from Vanilla Bake Shop. YUM! :)
Msnels
cookie dough ice cream with fudge and sprinkles from Coldstone – we get waffle bowls and feel all sick afterwards and it’s glorious!
Michelle
Favorite birthday treat: Going out to dinner, on someone else’s dime and eating chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. :)
Michelle
Also, I retweeted on Twitter!
Happy Birthday!
Melanie d'Haene
Happy Birthday!!! My favourite birthday treat is some kind of cake or cupcake but an ultra delicious kind! And a delicious dinner!
Avita H
My favorite birthday treat is a day on the beach with my loved ones and a snuggie!
Avita H
I tweeted!
laura
Happy Birthday! My favorite birthday treat is strawberry shortcake ;)
Penny
I love german choco cake!!!
ep
Havent done it in awhile, but my favorite bday treat is high tea with a glass of champagne to end :)
Happy Birthday Kim!!
Chrissie
So cute! I always try to get my birthday on the little “birthday greetings” thing on the local morning show :) And my favorite treat for eating is anything strawberry. This year, my mom made strawberry chocolate chip cake!
joyjoy
My family has a tradition of letting the celebrant pick the dinner restaurant on their birthday. For me, my favorite treat is taking my whole meat-loving family to vegan/vegetarian restaurants on my birthday! It’s the only time they’ll go. :-)
As for a food treat, I can never pass up ice cream. Ice cream is always good.
Sugar Scientist
Ice cream cake!
Lyndsey
Cake is my favorite birthday treat. Cake is reserved for birthdays and weddings here, so it is always a special treat.
Amanda
Ice cream is necessary on my birthday!
Mei
cake, cake, and more cake!!!
Tanne
I love ice cream cake. Mmmmmm…. Happy 31st Bday, I hope you had a lovely day!
Danielle
Homemade carrot cake with real cream cheese frosting…mmm. I get this once a year — on my birthday!
Tamara
dang, amazing giveaway! i loooove going out to eat AND having cake on my birthday. oops : )
Tamara
eek, what manners… i forgot to say: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! i hope its a great one. : )
Megan
My favorite treat is french toast for breakfast! I eat breakfast every day but it’s always cereal or cottage cheese, so it’s nice to start the day with something special and delicious! Plus bonus points for the years when Dave makes it for me ;) Hope you had a very very happy birthday!!
Megan
Tweeted!
Jill
My favourite birthday treat is my mom’s black forest cake! I request it every year!
Sandy
Birthday Donut!
marienkafer
Favorite birthday treat is sleeping in followed by a big brunch! Which isn’t always possible during the week… But I settle for a weekend brunch happily. :)
Happy Birthday!
HamiHarri
Happy Birthday again Kim! What a fab giveaway :)
My fav, must have birthday treat is a layer birthday cake. Must. Have. Birthday. Cake.
Mara Simon
What a fun giveaway! My favorite birthday treat is going to out to dinner somewhere nice and ORDERING DESSERT! I love love love dessert at resturants but rarely order it since it adds 8-10 bucks to the bill but on my birthday, I order dessert and it is glorious :)
Happy happy birthday!
HamiHarri
Tweeted :)
Julie
My mom always makes me a double fudge cake with double fudge frosting. It is the ONLY time during the entire year that she makes it, since it is SO rich. I look forward to it every year!
Julie
I tweeted!
Megan
My favorite birthday treat as a kid was was a Baskin-Robbins ice cream cake. I even had one for my 30th birthday.
Megan
I tweeted too.
Laura
I tweeted ;)
Maegan
These days my favorite birthday treat is sleeping in! I never get to anymore thanks to a little munchkin running around ;)
Maegan :)
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Vicki
I absolutely LOVE white cake with fresh strawberry filling and whipped white icing.Yum!
Shanea
My favorite is spending time with the people I love: smiling, laughing and eating chocolate cake!
Tina C.
My favorite birthday treat is dinner at my in-laws (my mother in-law is an AMAZING cook) complete with lemon cake. YUM.
Tina C.
I tweeted!
holly | bijou lovely
Happy birthday!! How generous of you to share with us on your bday, thank you! My favorite birthday treat is my mom’s homemade german chocolate cake…it’s to die for!
brooke @ claremont road
Happy belated! :) My favorite birthday treat is any kind of lemony dessert…and I’m not just saying that because you’re Mrs. Lemon!
Aliya
HBD! Sounds weird, but sushi is my favorite birthday treat. The hubs isn’t a fan and I don’t go out for it on my own that often, but on my birthday I of course get to pick the meal!
Marie
Happy Birthday! I love a chocolate cake from the local bakery as a birthday treat!
Jessica K
My favorite birthday treats are macarons! And last year I had ice cream sandwich macarons! :)
kelsey
Oh yay, what a great giveaway!! My favorite b-day treat is white cake with white icing. I know it’s not that exciting, but I look forward to it every year.