Yesterday was my 25th birthday.
My fiancee picked me up from work in the early evening and drove me blindfolded out to the park, where she and several of my friends and family had set up a surprise Indy-themed birthday party for me.
It was very much a traditional feel-like-a-kid-again birthday party, with cake and party favors and everything. She had picked up all the KOTCS party supplies (which I've kept for my collection by the way,) a second KOTCS teaser poster (the one of Indy standing alone against the orange skull background) which was used (naturally) for a rousing game of "pin the fedora on Indy," and she made an Indy cake frosted with a hand-drawn image of a fedora and whip (she's an artist, so this part actually came out exceptionally well) and topped with Map-room Indy with Cobra and Cairo Marion Adventure Heroes figures as cake-toppers (excellent idea, by the way.) She got my mom in on it by having her make a little mini-album of old and new pictures of me in various Indy costumes (some on Halloween and some just because I'm a huge nerd.) This part was great because there were pics of me at like age 7 in my first Indy costume and pics of me now in my adult Indy gear.
On the gift front, I received the Indy DVD Adventure Game, the Lego Last Crusade motorcycle chase set, and a handful of Indy birthday cards (including two different musical ones that played versions of The Raiders March.) Though not Indy-related, I also received the Hoth patrol Hasbro battle pack, which marks my first set of Star Wars figures since the mid-90s Kenner figures. It's a great set, and a good value with 5 figures for $19.99.
I have a TON of pictures, but I have to get several off one of my friends' cameras, then I'll post a bunch of pics (probably in a new Indy birthday parties thread or something.)
All in all, a friggin' AWESOME birthday and a great day for Indy acquisitions!!