Coz it's my birthday! I marked it in the most over-the-top way I could manage — a sweeping lilac tulle gown with pearl detailing, big enough to fill the whole sidewalk, in Wellington, Florida.

Roopsi Bansal in a sweeping lilac tulle off-shoulder gown, holding a small ladyfinger birthday cake topped with a pink donut, in front of the Versailles community gates in Wellington, Florida

A little ladyfinger cake with a pink donut on top, a bouquet of peonies tucked into the tulle, and the Versailles gates and swan pond behind me — a properly sweet way to spend a birthday.

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