I feel older already!

Well it's official, I survived not only teenage pregnancy, but also motherhood. As of August 12, 2011 I am now 20 years old and have started a new decade in my life. Birthdays in my family were never huge, my mom stopped parties when you hit the double digits (although my 15th was a surprise movie and dinner with my two best friends) which I am perfectly fine with now. Back then, maybe not. But what's the use of going all out for eleven? Or twelve? You really don't need a huge party. But now I'm twenty and the birthdays are different. Yesterday I took the bus to Boston (only 2 hours from Portland) and saw my sister for the last time before I go abroad! We went shopping for five hours. We walked down Newbury St. (which is a lot smaller than I remember, I haven't been down it in a while) and then went to Faneuil Hall for dinner (lots of options, my sister is a vegan) and shopped a little more there. It was so much fun to just hang out with her, my fashion tastes have expanded exponentially in the past year or so, so we could look through a lot more stuff without one of us getting bored.

As for my purchases, I got a great dress at H&M (perfect for sorority chapter and fall/winter events), a strand of pink/gray faux pearls at Banana Republic (I got them for a great price), a shirt from Banana but from a very well-known consignment store on Newbury Street, and some yoga pants and basics from Gap Body! I am very happy with everything I got! When I got home my mom had chocolate corks (extremely delicious, dense chocolate cakes from a bakery near us), frosting and ice cream and she sang "Happy Birthday". Definitely a great ending to a low-key birthday!

As for my other events yesterday, I went the the Apple Store to get my macbook checked. And I will tell you all this as a lesson, because I am not proud of it at all. Ok so during the school year I like to watch tv shows online and do my nails (clip, file, paint, etc.). I also love to sit on my bed so my laptop is right there and I can cross my legs and get to work. Well sometimes the nails fly off into the air and land right inside the keys of my macbook, making it impossible to grab them. So yesterday when the genius bar guy cleaned my macbook because the fan was loud, he found these clippings. He called them "foreign matter" and left it at that. If it was a normal day I would have been horrified, but he had already seen the joke pictures my sister sends me so that had already occurred. Also it was my birthday, so I tried not to let it phase me. But for the record, cover your keyboard next time you cut your nails near it.

Oh and one last thing (it's been a busy couple of days, give me a break!), I finally got my camera!!! I'll put the pic below. I think it's perfect for what I need it for, and total with the case, 16 gig memory card, a set of headphones (for my ipod) and the one year security plan, it cost $275, which I think is pretty good!

I also really like the gray color - it's different!

Ok now I'm off to work, back on the job!!! I'll update soon, I'm sure these packing blogs are going to be just wonderful!! I have so many clothes... dwh.