Wonderful, Wacky Birthday

I only have 2 minutes but I just had to post a photo of my birthday cake! This is mostly for my friend Linda who knows how much I loved it. So, one of my favorite movies ever is Steel Magnolias. Well, there is a scene (at Julia Robert’s wedding) where they serve the groom’s cake….called a “bleeding armadillo”. Sounds gross and weird, I know. Even more bizarre was my craving for the cake….I thought it looked sooooo good for some reason! It had gray icing, and a red velvet center, my kind of dessert! Anyway, I have loved that cake for years but of course NO ONE makes something that out there…I must be the only weird one who thinks it looked good! My mom ran across a lady who could pull this off though and tonight they surprised me, big time!! Thanks to Gladys Owen who made the cake, it was FANTASTIC!!! It was a great way to top off the night. We went to Olive Garden for supper and I was traumatized to hear they no longer carry the chocolate lasagna dessert, I seriously almost shed a tear. So this was a great way to soften the blow (haha) thanks mom and Jim!!!