Birthday Blessings
This is the tower of goodies that my sister sent me (well, ordered for me--they don't have this in Morocco). S-Boogie and I were both impressed by the cute little boxes, and I was happy to open them and find yummy treats like fresh pears, cheese, mixed nuts, chocolates, and dark chocolate-glazed caramel popcorn. Yum!
I've been receiving lots of fun packages, cards, and letters this week. My mom sent me a nice temple dress and I was able to use it yesterday when I went to a session. I got a cool new cookbook from Ambrosia and some fun books from Master Fob. He also made me a nice dinner on Wednesday night; S-Boogie got me a bag of "goodie worms" (another fun malapropism from her). If by now you are feeling sad because you didn't get me a tangible gift, don't worry. I don't love you any less. The massive amount of comments I received the other day really warmed my heart. It truly is nice to have so many friends, many of whom are people I've never met in person. I hope that I can be as good a friend to you as you all are to me.
Today I decided to go to the mall and get myself a birthday present from my parents. Master Fob also gave me a gift card for Eddie Bauer, so I decided to make today my own little "extreme makeover day". After my day at the mall I ended up with three pairs of pants (one black, one khaki, one dark brown), a black skirt, a plaid linen skirt, two tops, and two pairs of shoes. The best part about the trip was that everything I got was on sale; I am a super shopper! Now I feel like I have a decent wardrobe of comfortable, work-appropriate clothes. If only I had a job to go with them...
The other thing I did at the mall was get a haircut. Before I got to the mall I had decided to splurge and spend some birthday cash on a nice haircut from a real salon. Then I chickened out and went to MasterCuts like I usually do. I think that was a bad idea. In the first place, I had to wait for a really long time and that put me in a crabby mood. Then, I ended up with the weird guy. He was very strange and kept muttering to himself. Then he confiscated my glasses and wouldn't give them back. After I explained what I wanted and even pointed to a picture, he still seemed unsure of what I was asking for. I also got scared after he spent a very long time on the back of my head, snipping and snipping for what seemed like forever. The front looks great, but then I turned to see the back and realized that I basically have no hair left back there. Usually I like a blunt cut with a bit of layering for fullness. He extended the layers all the way up my head and I look like a boy from the back. Yuck. Hopefully it will grow back quickly and not to strangely. At least I have some hot new clothes to make up for my scary hair.
Comments
Glad you treated yourself to some nice stuff.