I hope everyone has family and friends as funny as this!

So I turned 40 at the beginning of October and I threw myself a really fun party. The t-shirts some of the guests wore (snarky, smarmy and plain old funny) were my absolute favorite! Who knew I had such creative friends/family? My brother & his wife made shirts with some very flattering photos of me on them (sorry, no photos - I wasn't in charge that night & the people who were supposed to be were um .... hammered). Two of my friends made t-shirts with this gorgeous photo of me on the front and 10 reasons why they love me - my favorite was "she's always the happiest at happy hour."


I will have to say that my favorite shirt was the one my 80 something year old grandma was wearing. Now to make it funny, you have to know that my grandma is a bit of a diva. She once owned over 80 pairs of very awesome high heels (even orange). She HATES the f-word. She recently had to start using a walker because of a bit of a balance problem and she HATES it. Her shirt said "It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's freakin' hilarious." That's funny.


My mom made me an amazing (tasting & looking) cake. It had edible photos of me on it, which made for a lot of off-color jokes (use your imagination here).


I did jello shots (made by my lovely sister in law) with my other 80ish grandma. And that pretty yellow vest I'm wearing in the previous photo? It's a Knights of Columbus fundraising vest that says "help mentally handicapped citizens." Don't ask me where my friend got it because I'm a little afraid she assaulted an old man and stole it right off his back!


I got loads of really funny gifts too. I'll have to say that my parents got very creative with this one. Don't recognize it? It's the money tree that my dad always referred to when we were growing up if we asked for anything that cost money. As in, "Hey dad, can I have some gas money?" "Sure honey, I'll just run right out into the backyard and pick it off the money tree." My parents are kinda sarcastic that way! What an awesomely funny gift! I was also the lucky recipient of a black velvet painting of Michael Jackson (pre-plastic surgery).


And - did you know that you can order M&Ms with a photo on them?? One of my aunts ordered me pink & purple M&Ms with a really flattering photo of me on them from many, many years ago (yikes!). Cool!


My undies were hung on the ceiling fan in my bedroom (even the granny ones - thanks!), there was a black velvet clown painting in the bathroom AND a clown head in my bed when I finally hit the pillow. What a great night...