boulder birthday for becky

Not quite a full two years ago, I took the most wonderful birthday (24!) trip with Sadie. Lindsey and Kara had planned a 10-day 'xcursion to Hawaii and had not invited us and - insult to injury - had planned it over my birthday, so we planned our own soiree. It took about 10 minutes of careful research on some Southwest flights, and a phone call to a friend asking for a place to stay, and we were Colorado bound! Corbin and Hank graciously welcomed us into their home in Boulder, and we set about planning our long weekend: beer tours, skiing, hot tubbing, ice skating, tacos, and a drive up to Wyoming. It was such a satisfying trip and I'd go back in a snowflake. Below are some pics, then I'll get to the scarfy part.

Fun in the brewery

A summary of our day on the slopes

Winter wonderland!

So the scarfy part - As you know, this was a birthday trip. Or a trip that started on my birthday. Either way, I was celebrating my birthday with only a few friends, which meant my other friends had a grand opportunity to celebrate me in creative ways! Sweet Allison came over early the morning we left (before work!) with Krispy Kreme donuts and a little gift. KK = most surely the way to my heart and the most foolproof to confirm one's love for me. Inside the little gift was a soft heather wool scarf, very purposefully to take to CO! Now, here's the thing about Allison. She's a sweetheart, no doubt, but she's the kind of sweet where you know she puts some sweat into her sweetness, because she knows what you love. (Exhibit A: Once for Valentine's Day, she was going to miss our annual party and brought over a dozen heart shaped and sprinkled Krispy Kreme. Talk about a track record!) This scarf was 1) a scarf 2) wool = warm 3) easily smooshed into my suitcase the day of go-time. All in all, it was perfect. And I snapped the perfect pic to show my appreciation for it.

Got all my textures in! Wool, rabbit, hidden denim, and a field jacket to fight the wind. A very meaningful thank you note was written to express how meaningful the scarf had been to me, and still is.