Oops, my birthday

I forgot to brag about how awesome my birthday was! (It was kind of a while ago.) See when we lived in Utah Travis & I loved eating at Wingers. Those are the only wings I've *ever* liked, and we spent much of our time living here (yes Maryland also doesn't have Wingers) trying to replicate those tasty wings. Most of our attempts were pretty disgusting. So over Christmas, Travis picked up a bottle of ORIGINAL sauce when he went to Wingers with his brothers, and for my surprise birthday dinner, he recreated the authentic dining experience! Complete with candles in the wings! It was so fantastic!!!PS the popcorn (Wingers serves popcorn) was from the store, but my present (which arrived today!) was a stovetop popcorn popper - I don't know what you call it exactly but our friends rave about these! I'm SO EXCITED to pop some *real* popcorn for American Idol tonight!!!

CAKE: Yes I made my own. Except that the last time I made this same cake, we all had a slice and then it sat on the counter until it got moldy. I mean it was good, but you can only eat so much chocolate cake, right? Plus we must have had lots of other goodies around because usually we don't have this problem. So this time I made half a cake. It was just right. (And still isn't gone. I finally froze the rest and have been re-enjoying it this week.)
AND THE ICING ON THE CAKE: I have always had a hard time frosting cakes. Trouble with the frosting process of course, but even more with choosing a frosting that is as delicious as if it came from a can (let's be honest; frosting from the can tastes much better) but without the trans fat! (I know I'm a freak.) Thanks to Martha Stewart, I finally found this recipe in her baking handbook. And may I say it was downright amazing. It tasted like the inside of a Lindt truffle (can you tell I've had too many of those this season?) - HOWEVER, it was so rich I couldn't even finish a single slice. But still delicious and I will post the recipe later.

THANKS cute family for making my *cough* third twenty-fourth birthday the BEST EVER! I love you!!!