….GET READY ITS LOOOOONG….

For weeks (if not months) TT’s been continuously nagging me to get an outfit, preferably a dress. Now as much as I was really keen on buying a new outfit (’cause that’s what us shopaholics like best – SHOPPING!) my bday story never changed – ‘I’m not going anywhere for my birthday, I wanna stay in and sleep!’. That was my attitude since the day I found out I wasn’t gonna be going home to be with my family.

Eventually TT’s ‘You need an outfit’ turned into ‘I have a surprise for you’ so at this point you could imagine my anxiousness and elation. Conveniently, my tune changed. I no longer wanted to stay indoors and do nothing. Rather, I started looking forward to my BIG day.

Within the space of 2weeks my ’surprise’ turned into ‘dinner for 3′ (me, shazza and tt) which I really didn’t mind, because I would still get to dress up in my new outfit and be with 2 of the people I like best. So I wasn’t mad or disappointed, I actually thought that TT was just joking about there even being a surprise in the 1st place.

In attempt to make my dinner extra special and symbolic of the fact that this is ‘bye bye teens hello 20s’, I started my search for a sexy, mature, black dress, preferably strapless and body-con…I searched and searched but to no avail.

Eventually I found a dress that matched my ideal description to a T except for one tiny detail – It wasn’t black, it was red. Then I thought ‘Hmmmm, RED is SEXY!’ which made it PERFECT!! LOL!…Anxiously, I went into the store. Story of my life: one size was too small and one size bigger was too big. I couldn’t believe this was happening to me, this dress was my last resort, a perfectly NICE one at that!!!

But anyway, I’m persistent…So I tried the ‘too small’ size one more time and guess what?? It fit! Lol…I look so HOTT and SO SEXY!! I loved that dress so much…What’s the catch? Credit Crunch! I was broke and couldn’t get it at that time and soon after it sold out!! No one in this world was more upset than I was…

Anyway, I gave up and once again, I no longer felt up for the dinner and my B’day and Xmas and all the other December excitements.

Xmas day came to pass – that turned out alright….Finally the 29th rolled around and I found myself in Lewisham back on the dress hunt and panicking because to that very minute (a few minutes before my dinner) I still hadn’t found anything to wear.

I mean really, which girlie-female would not be frantic about not having an outfit for her own B’day dinner?? Urrrgggghhh!!

I phoned everyone I could think of and I moaned and moaned about not finding an outfit and not having anything to wear and about leaving Lewisham Shopping Centre empty handed and outfitless.

Instantly I felt depressed and heartbroken. Nonetheless I made my way back to TT’s house, selected a dress I brought from Luton just incase I hadn’t found anything new in London to wear, picked a pair of shoes, re-did my make-up, fixed my hair THEN I got dressed and was out the house and headed to the restaurant within 20 mins…

We finally got to the restaurant 2 hrs late…lol (Ok, that wasn’t really funny).

We met Shazza there as planned, we walked to our table….

Just as I was about to sit, in walked my guys Dessie, Tyreezzie and Yawie…I was stunned! I was in total shock for a good minute or so!! I mean, I had already made up my mind that it was gonna be just me, TT and Shazza…But no, the 3 guys added to my day, my smile was even bigger!!

A glass of white wine and a sip of Mojito later I was given yet another grand surprise…

Sharon covered my eyes and someone came up from behind and gave me a biiiiig kiss on the cheek….IT WAS MY JOE JOE!!! Just when I thought my B’day couldn’t get any better – Joe, Thompson and Melvin arrived!! I was in my element…and really happy to be around good folks!

The time to open presents came around and little did I know there was another big surprise in store – my mommy, my sister and my brother had sent TT two presents (a jewellery set and a nice framed picture) to give to me at my dinner. I felt a rush of emotions wasn’t sure if I should laugh or smile or just cry! I guess my teary-eyed and smile-on-face expression gave away the fusion of emotions…In addition I got a CD, a teddy-bear (I named him YAWIE), even more jewellery, a perfume set…

It’s not easy being me! But I LOVE IT!!!!! I felt like a princess, I felt loved and I felt oh so special…

I was laughing and smiling allllll night….

Thanks to Cynthia and Rita for phoning me up – Wish you guys could have made it to share all the excitement with me!! Kisses!

Being able to live to see another year is meant to be specially celebrated and thanks to my lovely friends and family my 20^th birthday was very very special!

Thanks to everyone who came out to TigerTiger to celebrate my birthday with me, much thanks to the organisers TT, Shazza and my Mommy. I really appreciated all the FB wall posts and inbox messages, the text messages, the comment on my blog, thanks for all the beautiful presents and all the phone calls…

Thanks a million for making December 29th 2008 one to remember!

PS: I’m gonna add the pics from Xmas and my B’day later in the week.

Blessings…

xoxo, Ms.Zindzi