We’ll Always Have Paris
I wouldn't say I'm a difficult person to plan something exciting for, I'll just say I'm finicky. Yea, that sounds perfect. 😉
So, my birthday is coming up and it's a big one. Can you guess? Yep! I'll be turning 25… again. 😄
Let me fill you in real quick. My birthdays are everything. I take this day, the whole month hahaha, very seriously. To be fair I give that same energy to the birthdays of my loved ones. I mean, it's the best holiday to celebrate! We're talking about a whole year around the sun, a whole year filled with blessings, sadness and maybe even some disappointments but guess what, we’re here, we made it through and that in my opinion deserves top shelf celebrations.
Granted, it's been said that some birthdays are more special than others. I've never thought that, they're all very special so, I celebrate them as such. 😂
This year my love suggested Paris. Now guys, before you come for me let me give you my side of the story. Paris is my dream trip. I've been to a lot of beautiful places and could have done this trip many times over but the timing just wasn't right. I always imagined going to Paris with my significant other. The vision required for it to be in the winter (which my birthday falls perfectly) and snowing preferably. I have a whole movie scene played out, lol. We would have the most perfect evening dinner at a Michelin-star restaurant and after we would take a stroll on Pont Alexandre III bridge and I would spin around in circles with my tongue out to catch beautiful snowflakes as they fell from the sky, lol! Ok so now that you know how serious I am about this particular trip, having painted that colorful picture for you I can fill you in on the response I gave when my wife suggested Paris. Well, it wasn't a response it was more of a look, lol. Kinda like a wide fake smile showing clinched teeth filled with questions and concern, lol. 😬
See, she knows Paris is my dream trip so I know she thought she was gonna get the best wife award for this one, lol. She was so excited when she when she told me y'all, It was so cute! 😆
Not the reaction she hoped for at all, lol. She didn't know it then but In a sense, I saved her from feeling like she didn't do anything for my birthday. Guys I would have taken over the whole trip. I already have everything planned, from the car service I want to use when we arrive to the hotel I want to stay at, the restaurants I want to have dinner at, and all the places I want to visit. I have had a whole itinerary planned for Paris for years and now that I have my girl I can execute operation Paris, lol.
This would have been a birthday trip I planned for myself had I agreed and that wouldn't have been fair to her or me, lol. She understood once I explained myself but her initial reaction was, who reacts like that when their spouse tells them they want to take them to Paris? Hahaha, anyway back to the drawing board she went but before then she asked me 2 questions. The first of the pair was, if there was anywhere else she couldn't pick? Which, my answer to that was, no. The final question she asked was hot or cold? To that I answered, cold. Of course! I chose cold. I get to wear these fifty thousand coats and boots I don't get a chance to wear in Florida. To expand on my decision, her birthday is literally 2 months after mine. She’s 2-12, I’m 12-12 and If a trip is involved for her birthday she'll choose tropical for sure, always. 😄
My birthday is around the corner and I've already started going through my archives. What that means is, I go back to all the orders on my profile of the sites I order from. Refer back to a blog I wrote what seems like centuries ago, lol. Anyway, that’s the best way for me to know what I have in my arsenal. This has allowed me to create my mood board for the outfits I'll be bringing along with ease. I'm getting excited! 🥳
What's that dream trip you've been planning? Let's compare lists!
Till next time. Later readers. 😊
Ronda