Michelle Obama proudly shows off her new AARP card on her birthday and proclaims that she’s ’50 and fabulous’

Michelle Obama has proudly joined the AARP as her 50th birthday marks her automatic acceptance into the seniors advocacy group.


The First Lady posted a photo of herself holding a membership card to her Twitter account this morning, saying that she is ‘excited to join Barack in the 50+ club today’.She can count herself among the senior advocacy group’s 37 million members and the $16 she paid to enroll in the group buys her a year-long subscription to their magazine as well as discounts on cruises, Denny’s meals and Kindle readers.

‘Not only is Mrs. Obama helping to change and reshape the way people look at aging in this country, but she’s also showing folks how great 50 looks today,’ AARP CEO A. Barry Rand said in a statement. Continue and more pics after the cut...

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‘We’re proud to be able to call her a member of the AARP family and know that she will continue to set a great example to all by showing that age sets no boundaries on what you can achieve in life.’

In addition to celebrating with an extended vacation in Hawaii topped off with a party in her honor at Oprah Winfrey’s house, Mrs Obama will be feted this weekend at the White House where Beyonce is rumored to be included in the lineup.‘I have never felt more confident in myself, more clear on who I am as a woman,’ she said of turning the big five-oh.
Though her confidence is high, the first lady and perennial fitness advocate says she just can’t rule out any future nips and tucks. 

‘Women should have the freedom to do whatever they need to do to feel good about themselves,’ the first lady told People magazine in an interview hitting newsstands Friday, her birthday.

While she’s not intending to celebrate with her first Botox injection or eyelift, she says one or the other could very well happen one day. 

‘Right now, I don’t imagine that I would go that route, but I’ve also learned to never say never.’ 
Her message to women is to be healthy. Mrs. Obama says she has never missed a health checkup, including mammograms and Pap smears. She’s also had a colonoscopy.

By her own account, she feels more relaxed now that President Barack Obama’s days as a candidate are over.‘That layer is gone now. It gives me a little more room to breathe,’ she told an interviewer.