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It Was A Lovely Birthday

09/28/16 | birthday

Birthday Recap - Flowers and Balloons

Thank you for all of the sweet birthday wishes, I had an amazing day yesterday and really felt the love! I have spent the last week celebrating my favorite day of the year and it was incredibly wonderful.  I have one my year until my golden birthday but celebrated this one like it was golden or a milestone year (which it was not).  The next month I have crazy travel plans and in order to make sure I was able to celebrate to the fullest my family had gorgeous flowers delivered to my office a week early so I could enjoy them longer. Starting with Friday night, let me take you through a birthday recap – over the weekend I had an incredibly wonderful and relaxing weekend doing all of my favorite things – eating, drinking, shopping, working out, and spending time with friends.

Sephora Birthday PurchasesSoft Serve with Sprinkles

Saturday night nearly 20 friends were able to join me at one of my favorite bars on the Upper East Side for drinks in a low key celebration.  In a very un-Kelly like fashion I did not get a ton of photos of the night as I was too busy running around, making sure I got to chat with everyone, and having a great time. 

Leopard Birthday Outfit.Birthday Drinks Collage

Sunday was the best kind of day where I caught up on life, got ready for the week, and started packing for my non stop travels. Then on Monday, I started out my official birthday week the best way I know how, with a great spin class and the worst day of the week was made better when I was when I got invited to see DNCE and De La Soul perform at the Spotify Opening Gig of Advertising Week. If you follow along on Snapchat or via Insta stories you saw the live videos of Toothbrush and Cake by the Ocean but in case you missed them check out a few pictures I took at the PlayStation Theater where we were third row at the Time Square hotspot! 

Joe Jonas and DNCE Performing at Spotify Opening GigSelfie with Joe Jonas at the Spotify Opening GigDNCE Performing at Spotify Opening Gig

Then onto my actual birthday, Tuesday, where I started the day with a crazy high intensity workout at one of my favorite ClassPass spots, Solace New York, where I sweat for an hour and then posed for quick pic with my workout instructor who just so happens to be Kenny from the Real World. (Yeah, this guy).  It is a great class and if someone is going to tell you to do burpees at 7am it might as well be him.  

From my workout I went to work because it was Tuesday and my coworkers were the sweetest between decorating my desk and scheduling an afternoon meeting with red velvet cupcakes and champagne.  My wonderful day ended with dinner on the Upper West Side with my brother where I enjoyed a delicous seafood ceviche followed by a massive brownie sundae.

Morning Crossfit Body Class at SOLACE New YorkBirthday at the OfficeBirthday Brownie Sundae at A.G. Kitchen

A big thank you to all of my friends, family, and coworkers for making this birthday so special. Sure, it was just a random Tuesday but I sure have felt the love the past few days! Thank you all and cheers to what I am sure will be the best year yet!

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Comments

  1. Lauren says

    October 12, 2016 at 7:36 pm

    I’m so late on this but happy birthday! 🎉 You are looking SKINNY girl!!

  2. Lucy says

    October 6, 2016 at 11:26 pm

    Happy, Happy Belated Birthday! I am so glad you were able to celebrate so many times!

  3. Lily Kanaya Widjaja says

    September 30, 2016 at 4:26 am

    Happy birthday, what a fun night to celebrate birthday with friends 🙂

    – Lily Kanaya
    http://www.Glowlicious.Me

  4. TAMMY says

    September 29, 2016 at 9:58 am

    Happy Belated Birthday. Looks like you had a blast. I love your Saturday night party dress and high heel ankle booties.

  5. Jenni says

    September 28, 2016 at 8:06 pm

    Happy belated birthday! That’s so cool you saw DNCE live! 🙂

  6. Maddy says

    September 28, 2016 at 6:18 pm

    happy belated birthday – looks like a complete blast! which so refreshing because I definitely don’t feel like celebrating my birthday as I age haha.

    xo, Maddy
    http://cassidylou.com/

  7. head to toe chic says

    September 28, 2016 at 4:14 pm

    Happy belated birthday! Looks like you had a great day celebrating!

    xo,
    Angela

Hi, I am Kelly and welcome to Sparkles and Shoes, a fashion, travel, and lifestyle blog.  I am a New York City girl at heart but I moved to London in the Spring of 2018!

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