Surprise!!!

Nicole turned 30 on Friday and her sister decided to throw her a huge surprise party on Saturday at one of the local bars. Dozens of invites were sent out and Nicole was clueless. We had to keep her from getting suspicious by going out on Friday, though. We thought about ditching her just so she'd be good and depressed by Saturday, but she went to a bar that was two blocks away, so we couldn't get out of it. Having made the effort to go out, we made the most of it and got good and rowdy and didn't slink home until well after 2.

Unfortunately, at 8:15 on Saturday when we were huddled around cupcakes and balloons in the downstairs lounge at Bar Reis, waiting for Nicole to show up, we realized that the five of us huddled were the five of us who had been out with her the night before. None of the other dozens of surprisers had shown up yet! Definitely a lame surprise.

The other guests eventually showed up, Nicole was indeed surprised despite our lameness, and the cupcakes were delicious, so Nicole's Birthday Part II was ultimately as successful as Part I.