VBecks celebrated her 35th birthday last night (yes, she does age!) with pals Eva Longoria, Katie Holmes, J Lo, Kate Beckinsale, Ken Paves, and Nicole Richie (what?).

Our spy inside Cecconi's in WeHo where the party raged, tells X17online:

    "Victoria was in a great mood - she looked as happy as I have ever seen her, being that she usually looks so miserable and sullen. They all arrived at around 9:30 pm and left at around 1:20 am - a LONG dinner. They were seated at a huge table on the outside terrace. They were drinking Moet Chandon champagne to celebrate. The delicious gnocchi and swordfish were the preferred plates for the evening, though most of the women ate only half of their already small portions.

    The women all looked gorg and happy to be there celebrating their friend's birthday. They ate, drank, and sang happy birthday to her."


But a bunch of skinny women partying wasn't ALL that went down at Victoria's b'day bash ... the COPS were outside busting paps for hanging out, waiting for the party-goers to leave!



Fortunately X17 photogs escaped this fate and were able to get a few shots of the revelers (stay tuned for J Lo and others ...).

Because of all the chaos outside ONE partier had to smoke her cigs INSIDE the restaurant in the service area - guess who ... KATIE HOLMES!!!



I didn't know girlfriend smoked! What does Tom say about this???!!!