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Happy New Year, Bitches!

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My husband threw me a big New Year’s Eve/40th birthday party. My friends Phil and Angeline sent me some flowers and balloons to get me in the mood. Lots more pictures to come!

UPDATED TO ADD: My dress code for the party was black tie OR mutton dressed as lamb. As you can see from the full-length photo, I opted for the latter with this vintage Versace.

I hope you’ve all noticed the bows!

UPDATED TO ADD: My friend Kara Baby just sent me this party picture.

Terri Berry, Kara Baby and WendyB

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  2. And a wonderful and truly fantastic party it was! The champagne was superb, the food delicious, and most important of all, the people were all great. I enjoyed meeting Mauricio , Tina Tang , and everyone else at the table too. Thanks!!

  4. Yaaay, Wendy! I love that your posting at 4:01 am. You are a hard core blogger. Happy Birthday/New Year!!!

  7. I see you’ve worn the eye candy that’s caused such frustation to us readers! Nice blings.

    New dress?

  8. ^^New-old dress. It’s a vintage Versace that I got six months ago and saved for last night. So does that make it new or old? Hmmm.

  9. Wow, that dress is gorgeous. Though my personal weakness is for the balloon and your nail polish 🙂

  11. wendy brandes is a better brand name by far…

    wishing you my very best wishes for 2008.

    cool blog.

    TAYO

  14. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WB, you are the smokingest 40 to come down the pike in a long, long time! We should all look this good.

    Dress is delectable!

  15. Happy Birthday! 40 is the new 16, so I hope you asked for a car with a ribbon around it.

    Or tickets to see Hannah Montana.

    You look FAB!

  16. Happy new year and birthday, but stop being so greedy by taking multiple holidays. At least leave us Arbor Day.

  22. You look fabulous! And that dress is too damned cute (if Versace can be cute…).

    I can only wish to look as good as you, at any age.

    Hope the New Year is wonderful to you, love!

  23. Hi Wendy,
    You dont look a day over 30 !
    Is December 31 your birthday ?Or Jan 1st ?My best friends birthday is on the 31st too.
    Happy Birthday

  30. New, old, who cares – coz you look like my purdy English teacher in kindergarten, but in a don’t-mess with-me kinda way. And your dorsay pumps complements the whole look. What can I say, you never fail to look va va voom. Do you wake up looking like a goddess? 🙂

  31. stunning! your husband is a good man for pulling that off. happy birthday and new year!

  33. happy birthday wendy! looking forward to more of your hilarity this year. you look stunning in that dress! also, i love the photo on altamiranyc with you dancing without your shoes on, that’s such a perfect photo capturing just how much fun you must have been having because the shoes came off!!

  34. happy belated bday! you make 40 look like 22! YAY!

    btw, if i was your mother then that means i conceived you eight years before i made it to my momma’s womb. or maybe you’re getting metophoric on me and i don’t even know it!

    happy happy days missy! now, get that website done!

  37. I love love love this dress, and your legs look stunning!!
    happy new year dear Wendy:)

  39. Beautiful! I am in love with your dress. It’s got an awesome 50’s kicky element… lovely.

  41. Happy Birthday + Happy New Year!

    You look beautiful and radiant! I also love your sense of life + humor, it’s refreshing.

  42. Those are some legs you got there!

    Happy Bday, Happy New Year!
    (Hope we are going to see more of you + latex!)

  43. Gorgeous! Sorry I couldn’t join you (you know how I love to dance to “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” I busted up a pair of shoes dancing to that song at your wedding!)

  44. The dress is fierce. Hope you had a good new year/birthday (in a dress like that though, who cares what the company’s like?)