50th Birthday Celebration

Warning! Long post and lots of pictures ahead---

Today is my 50th Birthday which was celebrated in grand style this past week at work. Come along and I'll tell you about it. Bright and early Monday morning I was given this lovely ribbon to wear all week.

Tuesday, I received this lovely necklace to wear with my ribbon from Monday.

I was out sick on Wednesday, but on Thursday I have these lovely pieces of jewelry. One of them "flashed red lights" all day long.

I received new eyeglasses on Thursday too. The approximately 40 email birthday greetings from clients, friends, family began to arrive on Thursday afternoon as well. It was obvious that someone reported the event to my entire address book. (Oh my, just when I had I cleaned up my address book?)

But Friday was the designated DAY! So I was greeted with this at my parking spot!

And this in the hallway next to the office door.

The entryway!

My office window!

My Door!

My office!

Not to be outdone by my co-workers--I had arrived at the office wearing this lovely gray wig complete with "old lady" wrinkled forehead. One of our clients had supplied this nice touch to the celebration. It sure was fun seeing the looks on their faces when I had a surprise for THEM!

I couldn't forget my age!

They supplied the "drinks" for the occasion! I'm a bit of a Diet Dr. Pepper addict!

Another button--flashing no less--to add to my jewelry collection.

And a lei!

Can you guess what this is?

That was Vick's Salve to bring the sense of smell into the overall theme. Too bad I was so congested I couldn't smell it. This card had appeared somewhere along the way.

At last I turned on my 'puter to try to work some. Was greeted by this lovely wallpaper! Of course the screen saver was changed as well....something about how nifty it is to be Fifty!

A card arrived from a previous co-worker filled with this!

I did receive some lovely gifts--A house plant that is supposed to survive an owner without a green thumb.

A dozen bright and cheery roses!

The official CARD from the staff!

More flowers! I just love daisies!

And this came from the firm!

What a wonderful celebration! What a wonderful group of co-workers!