What did you do for your 40th?

Chelz · October 2011

:le sigh: we moved cross-country and we're not close to any family or friends. I'm kinda bummed I won't get to "party"... and kinda bummed DH can't plan a surprise party for me (haha). My bday is between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

eh, shouldn't be a big deal, really... guess we put a lot emphasis on "milesone" birthdays. I'll just have to party it up with DH and DS!

mwd · October 2011

I went to Florida with my BFF, who turned 40 right after me. Can you make a plan to go somewhere with your friends from back home? At least if you have a plan set in place, it will make the day enjoyable.

EastCoastBride · October 2011

We left DS w/ my parents and went to NYC for a 3 day weekend.

We were totally content to go if it were just the 2 of us, but we picked NYC because it's in driving distance and in January, we were able to find a hotel at a decent price. We were HOPING a couple people might decide to join us.

In the end, there were 11 of us total, and it was a blast.

Strunella · October 2011

DH and I flew to California. Spent two days in San Francisco and two days in Napa. The wine! The food! LOVE. Also got to visit with a friend who recently moved there, so he spent the weekend with us hitting the wineries. Fantastic get-away.

BrideBuddies · October 2011

Can't remember, so it wasn't anything spectacular. Probably went to Red Lobster or something!

kikijbunny · October 2011

I didn't do anything particularly special. So few people believe me when I tell them my age, that I kind of like keeping it on the DL.

Some close friends went out to dinner with DH and me, and DH and I saw a movie earlier in the day.

Pesky · October 2011

I don't tend to do much for my bdays and prefer low key stuff anyway. DH's cousin is in town for that weekend only so his whole family is getting together. I will probably offer to host which means I will likely cook. Eh. We'll celebrate the night before with the family dinner I wanted.

MsAng02 · October 2011

DD#2 was born April 29th (this year) and I turned 40 on May 7th. So I pretty much laid around. Stick out tongue

vanverth · October 2011

MsAng02:
DD#2 was born April 29th (this year) and I turned 40 on May 7th. So I pretty much laid around.

I had morning sickness which I thought was an ulcer.

dmoreilly · October 2011

I turned 40 the last weekend before I returned from maternity leave. I was still so tired, we just went to dinner with family. DH is horrible at planning anything so that was the best he could come up with.

I have informed him that the 50th WILL be something special.

dmoreilly · October 2011

Pesky:
I don't tend to do much for my bdays and prefer low key stuff anyway. DH's cousin is in town for that weekend only so his whole family is getting together. I will probably offer to host which means I will likely cook. Eh. We'll celebrate the night before with the family dinner I wanted.

Pesky - I have always meant to tell you, your kids are adorable!

Dragonflyer · October 2011

I was a week and a half away from giving birth to Finn. I am pretty sure I did absolutely nothing......

NewMrs07 · October 2011

Honestly? Not much. We had just moved to a new city and didn't know anyone so it was really low key. I remember my mom sent me 40 roses and I think DH took me out to dinner but it must have been very uneventful b/c I can't remember! How bad is that? I really don't want to celebrate birthdays anymore, lol, I stopped counting at 35

KerryHS · October 2011

We did it up. Small surprise party and a week in Paris. Awesome memories.

Sunidaze · October 2011

My 40th is a year and a half away, and already I'm sad about it. Not for the usual reasons (that happened when I turned 30) but because DH will be on the other side of this planet, in Qatar...He'll be 10 months in by that point.

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