Sarah, I'm humbled. Your words brought a tear to my eye. I hope to live up to them one day.

Awww, you already do - every single day on this forum. <3

That is an unexpected but amazing new style direction. You really do look great. But on top of your natural beauty, you radiate happiness, which is even more attractive. The food looks fantastic, and picture 33 makes me laugh. In my mind, Sam is being civilized and prim and proper for the photo, but there's a little look in his eye that says, "I can't wait to rip into this squirrel and have some fun!"

Thanks, Aquamarine and Paula. Sam will agree with you that he's cute - and has us wrapped around his tiny paw.

Sarah, (((HUGS))). You are awfully kind.

Echo, how sweet you are. I'm blushing. Thanks for the gracious words. We had a VERY happy weekend. And you're dead right about Sam humouring us in that pic. Squirrel's tail is coming off. Poor squirrel is about to become a casualty.

Thank you for the wonderful birthday surprise! It was delightful looking at your birthday photos, and wonderful to see you in your new gifts looking happy and glowing and beautiful. You know I love your new shoes and may have to come with my ferocious team of felines to nab them ! Greg and Sam did not disappoint (not that I expected them too)! Glad you had the wonderful birthday break you deserved and are recharged and ready to tackle NAS!

Thank you for sharing your special celebration with us! You look radiant and joyful, and the new additions to your wardrobe are perfect choices for your style -- kudos to Greg! The food looks amazing, but is slightly upstaged by Sam and his new squirrel friend.

I'm so pleased you found time to enjoy one another for your birthday. Wishing you the best year ever!

Looks like a happy birthday. The food looks delicious and you're positively glowing!
The care you put into this blog is reflected in the loving comments here. It truly is a wonderful community you've built.

This thread begain and expanded while I slept!

Dearest Angie, thanks for sharing so many special things about your birthday with us. I love you in that navy blue top. The food looks delicious - I think I spotted a dim sum meal there - one of my favourites.

So pleased that you and Greg carved out time to spend together for a whole weekend - a little breathing space before NAS.

It was my pleasure to start a birthday thread - a little advantage of our time difference - and so lovely to read everyone's appreciation of you.

Sounds and looks like a wonderful, delicious, weekend. Thanks for sharing it with us.

WOW!!! Happy Birthday Angie (many apologies that it's belated) - I'm so glad you all had a wonderful weekend. You look absolutely gorgeous in each of your outfits, stunningly pretty and your happiness just shines through. Sam is cuteness itself and he looks super adorable with his new toy! Thank you sooooo much for sharing these lovely pictures.

So glad you had such an enchanting weekend, Angie!! Your birthday prezzies are super stunning (and what luck with the gorgeous blouses!!), and the outfits you and Greg put together with them just take my breath away!!! The utility pants are such a fun wildcard, yet already feel totally you in combination with that pretty blouse and the fab new shoes. Other outfits are absolutely swoon-worthy too.

Food looks uber delicious!! How fun and thoughtful of Nishino to add a little birthday candle to your dessert!-)

Also: what a fun tradition that Sam gets a prezzie on your birthdays too.

First, Happy Birthday! Thanks for this beautiful post I enjoyed reading every single word and also looking the pics. The food is really very nice served , looks yummy. The cake made by you super, bravo! You outfits are gorgeous, your blouses are extra, I couldn't stop looking you with that floral blouse and white pants, extraordinary so elegant, you look like princess Angie. Sam is so cute and looks adorable.

Happy belated Birthday, Angie! It has definitely been a wonderful day. Thank you for sharing the beautiful pictures. Sam looks cuter than ever!

This post was such a treat to read this morning. Beautiful pictures, food look sooo delicious and you look radiant and lovely as ever. It is obvious that you had great time. And of course, birthday presents are very beautiful and you wear them well. I am curious to see where this new style direction will take you.

Angie thank you for sharing your birthday weekend with us. I love your new blouses, shoes and utility pants. Utility Pretty sounds awesome as a new style direction. I can't wait to hear more about it. You look gorgeous and happy in the pictures. 47 is a great year.
Greg does have great hair.
Sam is beyond adorable. His squirrel is so sweet.

So glad that you got to spend time with your boys, Angie. The food and outfits all look fabulous, and I love the floral blouse on you.
Sam looks suitably pleased with his new squirrel - bless him!

Delighted with the picties, thanx you!:-) Love your new blouses and Happy Birthday, Angie!

Thank you so much for sharing your birthday adventures, presents, and treats. I adore the new birthday outfit, and if you don’t mind my saying so, Greg looks quite dashing in polka dots. It’s good to hear you were able to get some family together time.

Is that a birthday peach?

Stunning outfits! You look beautiful and positively glowing. I love that polka dot top! I also love that Sam went swimming and gets a present on each of your birthdays. Way to go Sam!

It sounds like you got exactly what you deserve - a spectacular birthday weekend!

So fabulous! It's a treat to see pics from your celebrations. Your presents are lovely and the food looks delicious. And of course, your boys are charming as always! I'm so glad you had a wonderful, well-deserved birthday, especially with such a hectic time coming up. XO!

What a lovely celebration! Your boys are to be commended for their efforts. Keep celebrating and enjoying the fabulous food (and sharing it all with us, of course!) Wishing you much happiness and all things beautiful.

What beautiful new blouses! I love the black floral especially. I was wondering what had happened to your outfit posts and was missing seeing your lovely outfits - I'm glad you were able to snap a couple quick photos to show us. Sam looks so cute all wet from his swim (wet dogs are so funny - their legs always look toothpick thin). I'm loving your new blue shoes. Oh, and the food! The sushi looks too pretty to eat.

Happy Birthday Angie I am so glad you enjoyed your day and beautiful pictures.

And this is what happens when I don't visit YLF that often: I miss out on birthdays. Sending you lots of fabulous belated birthday wishes.

What a lovely birthday weekend! Thanks for sharing.

Jaime, come on over to my Comfy Flats Party. Sam and I have tea, cake, and milk for kitties.

Beth Ann, Sam takes centre stage - as he should. You are lovely as always.

fashiontern, what a nice thing to say. I’m blushing, and thank you.

Anne, you’re a honey-pie, and I appreciate your loyalty and thoughtfulness more than you know. (YES to Dim Sum - a favourite for us too).

Barbara Diane, it was FABULOUS.

AmyIsabella, your gracious words make a difference. Thank you for taking the time to convey them.

Inge, my sweet, kind, cheerleading and very dear friend, adore you with all my heart.

Mirjana, you’re a sweetheart. Your compliments are kind, and your consistent YLF participation does not go unnoticed. Love having you as part of this community.

Sisi, Sam is the cutest and sweetest. (Very biased Mummy).

Anchie, your words tickled my toes. Thanks for writing them.

Style Fan, you’re a gem who always says nice things. I’m lucky to be the recipient of your compliments. Sam will share his squirrel with Sophie.

Very pretty blouses, and I'd love to the see the Stella M in more detail ! I'm not sure I have recovered yet from reading that Angie Cox wore a pair of utility pants, but now that I'm sitting back in my chair, I'll go back and look at them in more detail. I'd never be without a pair !

Happy Birthday once again, and I'm glad to see you enjoyed such a lovely celebration.

Summer, Sam loves his squirrel, and I Iove how nice and positive you are.

JAileen, Naz, Ledonna and Lyn67, thanks for the good wishes.

Janet, the quality time with my boys was the most precious thing of all. They ARE ultra charming. And I’m a lucky lady. Thanks for the kind words, and ongoing YLF support.

Xtabay, your kind words make me happy. Do you want to throw in a birthday fig dish?

Scarlet, Greg is divinely dashing, and we appreciate the compliments from your warm heart. (That’s birthday mochi).

Karie, always the best for our doggies. Cosmo Edward and Callie Anne can come on over to play and swim. Thanks for the sweet words.

Sara L, such a lovely comment. Thanks for the compliments. We can’t do outfit pics at this stage, and are trying to do the best we can.

lisa p, never a dull moment. Always evolving in some small or large way, right? I put the Pretty back in the Utility, so less of a stretch in my mind....(thanks for the good wishes).