Dear 2stop,
A birthday, eh? okay, here are some inexpensive and doable ideas:
Make yourself a cake, a delicious one with real whipped cream for frosting. Invite a friend or two over to have a piece and have a small gift ready for each of them. Say it's to celebrate being alive. You'll floor em.
Grab a camera and start taking pictures of the sky at various times of day. or pictures of trees, snow drifts, pretty, artsy things that are beautiful and soothing to look at. Use a whole roll just for your pleasure.
Can you get reflexology? I love to have someone touch my feet! And my head! A scalp massage is nice too. So is a hot oil hair treatment. Mmmmm
Write to someone who means something to you who you haven't connected with in years. A teacher, a neighbor, a classmate....and mail it. The response is your birthday present.
Put good music on and pull out the watercolors. Without judging, paint whatever comes to mind. I think this is really fun (okay so I don't get out much!) truly though, if I do this in a meditative way, it can be very prayerful....
32, eh? The best is yet to come
love ya,
mamabear