I'm developing a sudden desire to move to L.A. :)

Looks like it was a blast!

-Sarah

What a great bunch! I wish I had been there.

I demand proof that you still knit, Laurie.

That looks like a great birthday party!

Fantastic wigs!! I love that the guys went for it, too!! You're so cute, I love the Hello Kitty tiara. Man, do those cakes look DELISH!!! I hope that you had wonderful birthday!

You look so beautiful and happy in the photos! I'm so thrilled that you had a wonderful and long birthday weekend!

With love, Liz

Yay! It looks like you had an absolutely wonderful time. And I love that last picture of you and your friend. You're so cute

You got some fantastic pics! I was admiring them each in turn, when I came to one of Laurie Ann. I thought to myself, "Aww, look! There's Laurie Ann knitting and, OMG THAT'S MY ASS!" It's a lovely picture of Laurie Ann though... maybe I can crop out my ass for her...

I never did properly wish you a happy birthday. So here it is! Happy birthday, Laurie!!!

Hello Kitty! That looks like such a fun time! I'm jealous. :) Welcome back to a full week of work... (sorry - I'm a downer!)

That look hilarious!! What a hoot! I need to have my birthday at a yarn shop/ snb. How fun.

Love the wigs and the Soba of extreme power!

Even better than I pictured it! Who's the cutie with the camera? Just curious.....

What a fun birthday you had! :) I love the wigs and cake.

Oh fabulous! It looks like you had a ton of fun on your birthday! Yay!

You are very lucky to have such a fun loving bunch of friend to celebrate with! And what great photos! Thanks for sharing.

I love the Bacardi and Cola / Starsky & Hutch shots! Did you happen to check your US mail box sometime in the past week?

Okay, the cakes look FANTASTIC, and the wigs, are a hoot, especially the Charlie's Angels girls! My favorite, though, is the turquoise wig, so the burning question in my mind is, WHERE CAN I GET ONE??? The other burning question is, WHERE IS YOUR WIG???

Glad you had a fun birthday. :-)

What fun! And the Soba looks great in that box! (And how come no one told me Faith was a supermodel?)

Yeah, where's YOUR wig, Missy?? What a great party that looks like!!

THREE birthday cakes! Now there's a popular woman!

Second picture, guy with flag t-shirt and blond wig? ADORABLE.

All of the pictures are adorable, as are you Birthday Lady, but that dude just makes me howl.

Love the "Soba in her bunker" shot. She looks like she could run the whole world from in there if she had the proper support staff and a bank of computers.

Glad you enjoyed your birthday celebration(s)!

Okay, all birthdays should be that fun! Next one involves all my knitting friends. Glad you were the center of attention and you have such great friends.

WIGS and KNITTING and CAKE, Oh My!
We're not in Kansas anymore, Soba...

Drew makes me blush...

xo

Happy Birthday Darlin'!

As much as I love my Chix with Stix, the WeHo SnB definitely knows how to party.

Ooh, the WeHo SnB looks like fun. I love those neon-colored party wigs, too. Eat (more) cake!

Heehee...what's with the wigs and knitters? I donned a Hallowig for my knitting night party, but I won't be showing that until tomorrow.

Now Sachi's post last Friday is starting to make a lot more sense. I did start to worry that perhaps you had gotten lost in Ikea over the weekend. I'm glad you had a great birthday weekend. My season is still going on and will continue to do so for at least a month.

you look so beautiful! Did you just turn 35!!! I knew it!! glad you had a good birthday weekend... you earned it!

Hello! Kitty! Princess!!!

egregarious

adj.

1. Tending to party to excess (blend of egregious, L. e- from ex, outside, + grex, herd, and gregarious, L. gregarius, herding). 2. Tending to gather with like-minded people by means of blogging or other online means (e-, pref. abbr. of electronic, and gregarious, L. gregarious, herding, from grex, herd).

It looks like a GREAT time!!! Happy Birthday!

What knitter doesn't like a little silliness. All the better with cake, booze and wigs!

Oh I LOVE the wigs... what a cute and fun idea. Glad your friends made the bd a good one. ....and Drew...what a sweetheart that boy is!

I LOVE the picture of SOBO in a box... love love love it...

oh, what FUN!!!! and those cakes probably tasted as good as they looked, didn't they?! i'm glad it was such a great evening for y'all :)

I must know the source for the wigs! Surely they didn't come from Ikea?
Sorry - didn't mean to call you Surely, Laurie : )

I think Laurie needs to get a picture of The Soba wearing the Hello Kitty Tiara...which one of them would end up with the most wounds from that battle? (Just kidding Laurie - I wouldn't really wish you to risk life and limb like that...)

Egregious + gregarious = egregarious? :)

All y'all are crazy and wonderful! It's almost enough to make a Southern girl want to move to LA! Love Soba's hideout, by the way. Now we must pretend we don't see her....

I think Laurie needs to get a picture of The Soba wearing the Hello Kitty Tiara...which one of them would end up with the most wounds from that battle? (Just kidding Laurie - I wouldn't really wish you to risk life and limb like that...)

Oh Crap! Sorry for the double post folks! Stupid work computer.

I thought the wig night was great, I just wish I’d got the memo so I could have come up with some sort of head cover. It was nice to see you and the ladies again, I hope to make it back to SnB soon. It’s hard for me what with it being north of the 10 and all, but well worth it for the good company.

that bottom photo is by far my favourite. Gold

What'd Drew send you??

Drew gave me a lovely pink Lantern Moon knitting bag!

Soba will not wear a tiara. Although I once put post-it notes all over her. hee hee.

just a note to Soba....How long did the post-its last? I put a mini hat on my cat (not even a real one - it was a large toe to a sock that I'd started crocheting and never finished) - she looked really befuddled...and kind of sad. It wasn't on her long enough to get a picture though.

What a blast! If my SnB group had been all wigged out and drinking like fiends the first time I'd gone I would decided I'd met life long knitting friends who know how to have a good time.

Oh, thought about you Friday night. Went out and had real honest to goodness Southern BBQ ribs and listened to a southern blues band play. The ribs are to die for and I had BBQ sauce up to my elbows.

Happy Birthday.

Wow, looks like you had a blast!

What was the pink thing?? Enquiring minds want to know.

That was such a fun night! I was so glad to share in the birthday frivolities and to finally meet you. I still wish I had worn a wig, though. Oh, well. :)

What a blast you must have had! Don't worry about the ones that fled SnB in terror, their curiosity will get the better of them & they'll be back, once suitably sedated.

Was I the only person who thought the SnBers were going to wear knitted wigs?

Looks so fun!
Mia

glad it was happy - you are glowing!

Oh my gawd. Y'all were such a glamorous bunch. But I have two questions: (1) who were those women with the new baby that toughed it out? They were really nice! and (2) WHO MADE THE GINGERSNAPS?!?!? Those were TO DIE for. Man, they were good. I had four and took eight home (where I had four more before the Jman could get to them.) Good times.

It was great to see you out and about. :)

Looks like you had a blast of a birthday. But where was YOUR hot pink wig, girl? WHERE? WHERE?

Looks like you had a great time! :) Now, what was the "perfect pink gift"? (you got yourself a curious crowd around here!) :) That cake made me hungry and craving for anything with a gazillion calories... Thanks a lot! ;-)

Looks like you had a great time!

Now, where's the picture of the "perfect pink gift"? Yeah, you got a curious crowd... :)

That cake made me hungry and craving for anything with a gazillion calories!! Thanks a lot! ;-)

Looks like you had a great time!

Now, where's the picture of the "perfect pink gift"? Yeah, you got a curious crowd... :)

That cake made me hungry and craving for anything with a gazillion calories!! Thanks a lot! ;-)

LOL, this was not me trying to make a point through repetition... It was either the server or my computer acting up. Sorry!

Happy birthday and well done for partying so hard. And that cake - it make me delurk! YUM.

I have a little purple lantern moon bag..I love it...perfect for hauling sock knitting around with you

Get that recipe for the gingersnaps!!!

Loved your party...looks like such fun..

Now THAT'S a birthday party! Wine, cakes, wigs. Wine. Who wouldn't have fun?!?!
But, I'm curious, does the knitting turn out okay after such partyage? I can hardly crochet even rows when I'm sober. LOL

Laurie, I hope you don't mind me doing this.

I was the Gingersnaps Pimp at the SnB. Here is the recipe for you and yours. I like to double the amount of ginger to two teaspoons for that added zing.

Extra-Spicy Gingersnaps
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_18854,00.html

Enjoy!

Catherine the Cookie Pusher

Happy Belated birthday! Aint nothin like chocolate when it comes to celebrating. :)

The cakes...I want to crawl through the screen right now!!

Happy Belated!

YEA! Crazy b-day fun! Hey, Laurie, do you really like Jose Gonzalez? Has he played Amsterdam yet? We should go! (Only because I've never been to Holland.) Also, whose Oma was it? Faith's? Did her Oma teach her to knit?

P.S. You are looking hawt in Hello Kitty!

Oh, honey pie - I'm SUCH a loser! I totally forgot the great day (spank me!)

I think the caption for birthday-ellen-darcy should be:

"Be a doll and get me a martini - oh, and an ashtray!" spoken in Joisy-ese

MWA! Many happy returns of the day, you child! You're so much younger than me (but oh so wise!)

I second the comment about the "blonde" in the flag T-shirt. Very cute picture!

"The box which contained one perfect pink birthday present from Drew" was apparently also one perfect beige and bubbly present for Sobakawa. ;)

Love love love the photos. Makes me miss my girlfriends.

Oooohhh...not that the party didn't look like somewhere I'd rather be...but I just found you and I have to say...your Soba looks like our Bitty, who went seeking her Great Reward around December some time...complete with half harlequin face...she was like a boxer when defending us from cats seen thru the door...all sleek and diamond tapered waist...so territorial our rugs still reek...and we miss her so...your Frankie is so like our precious Katie...who gradually stopped eating about 4 months after Bitty left and tolerated medicine and vet visits for our sake as she slowly took her leave...SERIOUSLY...sorry for the pathos...BUT...if anyone is contemplating adopting this sort of cat...Calico and Tortoishell, I guess...they are the sweetest and most intelligent and lovliest beasts to have in a home! Thanks for sharing them so well.

Oooohhh...not that the party didn't look like somewhere I'd rather be...but I just found you and I have to say...your Soba looks like our Bitty, who went seeking her Great Reward around December some time...complete with half harlequin face...she was like a boxer when defending us from cats seen thru the door...all sleek and diamond tapered waist...so territorial our rugs still reek...and we miss her so...your Frankie is so like our precious Katie...who gradually stopped eating about 4 months after Bitty left and tolerated medicine and vet visits for our sake as she slowly took her leave...SERIOUSLY...sorry for the pathos...BUT...if anyone is contemplating adopting this sort of cat...Calico and Tortoishell, I guess...they are the sweetest and most intelligent and lovliest beasts to have in a home! Thanks for sharing them so well.

OMG I so totally hope you guys will be meeting when I come out to visit my parents next time. You people know how to have a good time.

Happy Birthday.

Glad you had such a great time.
Happy Belated!
:)