Thank you to everyone who posted birthday greetings, the sentiments are greatly appreciated.
I ended up being taken for a really nice lunch by one of my friends and then had a few drinks with him afterwards, came home got my cheesecakes and cupcakes and then went to my best friend's house for a few more drinks, been a lovely way to spend my birthday and next week my parents are taking me for dinner somewhere nice, so I look forwards to it.