I've actually liked the last couple of years of birthday plans -- last year's "just go see theater for the whole month" was at least half me going by myself, but I had fun anyway. And year-before-last's "make one-on-one plans with people for the whole month" was nice, too. And in both cases I did the thing more often going forward, so that was nice.
It's been ages since I had an actual *party* on my birthday. Now that I'm neither drinking alcohol nor eating cheese my old traditional "port, cheese, and chocolate" party doesn't suit me anymore and it's been several years and I still haven't found a replacement that makes me happy.
Aynjel's lobbying for a Mocktail Party. They're right; I should just do that and stop worrying about whether ppl will think it's silly.
@sev Go all-in on the silly: get everyone to wear cheap costume animal tails. "mock tails"
:-P