I’m ordering myself a birthday cake this year. This year’s indulgence will be chocolate mousse, creme brulee, and chocolate sponge cake. I’ve done this many years before, and this year, I am doing it again. Why is this so amusing to so many people?

I was on the phone with someone at a French bakery in Midtown East today, and she asked who the cake would be for. I told her it would be for myself, and she laughed and said, “For yourself? hahahahhaha!”

Why does a birthday cake have to be purchased for you by someone else? If I want to buy myself a birthday cake, I will do it. I don’t need some loser bakery assistant to imply it’s silly or excessive to buy myself a cake. If I want to buy myself a cake every single day, then I will do it.