Surprise Outing
Once my pal wakes up and goes downstairs, she expects everyone to be there, waiting for her having the candles previously lit on the birthday-cake and waiting to burst in to "happy birthday". We enjoy cake and cups of tea for brekky. Following on from a relaxed brekky, all of us go out for the day's surprise outing, usually planned by myself.
In past years we've gone to the theatre, on a ghost tour, and to a tango hall. It does not really make much difference where we go as long as it is a secret and the girls all come along. After that it's the moment for a tardy luncheon and a couple of refreshments before heading home to get ready for the evening's activities.
Obviously the place needs to be a secret. This year we're heading to a live music performance, then to a nightclub.
Each summer in the run-up to her birthday my pal does the same act.
She claims she does not wish to overdo her birthday and that she doesn't want to arrange a plan for going out.
She pretends it's merely one more day and that she doesn't want anyone to make a fuss.
I have been friends with Emma for years, so now I know how the whole thing develops.
Initially I made the mistake of believing after my mate asserted she wasn't bothered with regard to her birth day. I picked her up a birthday-card, but I did not organise an activity or bake a birthday-cake. I can't even recall whether I purchased her a present or not. A massive mistake.
She became extraordinarily furious with all her pals and demanded on the day that we cancel our plans to go out with her to toast her birth day.
Now I realise it's just how she is. The majority of folk prefer to make all of the decisions when it's their birthday.
She prefers for someone else to do it. As far as she's concerned, the main bonus about a birth day is that you don't have to take a decision, but your day is still filled with friends and distractions that you adore.