pennywhistle

Yesterday was my 6th annual Penny's Benihana Birthday Dinner. I've been going to Benihana in Cincinnati with my friends to celebrate my birthday since 2002. YAY JAPANESE FOOD! To tell you the truth, I honestly prefer Sake in Dayton a little more; their sushi is better, their prices are lower, their service is usually better, BUT! They do not have banana tempura. Therefore I journey down to Cincinnati every year for BANANA TEMPURA.

This year I was joined by Carlette and her boyfriend Nick, my friend Courtney from work, my cousin Jenny,

suraimu,

kerinda,

box_o_spiders,

nicci,

anadaseva,

abluemeanie, and

barenakedrachel.

It was so nice to be surrounded by my friends and made to feel like people really cared about me ^_^ Everyone got along wonderfully for the most part and had a great time. I was so happy that everyone could come out and make me feel special for one night. That itself was a wonderful birthday present ^_^

The food was delicious, even though they got my order wrong. I ordered "Rocky's Choice," which is steak and chicken. Somehow the waitress wrote that down as "teriyaki steak," so I didn't get any chicken :-( But Jenny and Jonathan both gave me all their shrimp, so it's not like I went hungry or anything. On the contrary, I have a full box of leftovers to eat for lunch tomorrow! Courtney was nice enough to buy my drinks and my dessert. She is so sweet.

People bought me things! Which was totally unnecessary! But they did anyway!! Lisa gave me this awesome card that says "NICE BUTT" in huge letters on the front and "Is there a card more perfect for you?" on the inside. LOL. Rachel got me a Hello Kitty scrapbook set!! It is made of awesome ^_^ I can't wait to start using it. I feel so lucky to have people that know me so well. Every present was something I could use or something I would have bought myself.

Thank you again to everyone that came and made last night so wonderful ^_^

PEEKTURES! You can view the entire set here at the Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/61299712@N00/sets/72157602423373576/

Hey, here I am in front of this fence...