Birthday Maddness!

So yesterday was my 22nd birthday! It was a blast. I woke up a little bit depressed because to me, a birthday isn't really about presents. It's about all the people you love getting together to just show their love for each other. That's right, I'm saying birthdays are not about presents, they're about the PARTY! But the people I really wanted to see most (like Rosie and Michael) are spread all over tarnation. Then I found out my Aunt Jean is in the hospital (again) and my mom wouldn't be able to have a fun girl day of shopping and getting our nails done like we planned because she needed to go see her. So I was a little bummed out. Also, I was scheduled to work. But things quickly started to look up! My parents gave me a giftcard to Best Buy, which I quickly spent on a new camera. I got myself a little Cannon Powershot-- it's AWESOME! And when I got home from Best Buy, guess what was waiting for me? A bouquet of flowers sent by my wonderful boyfriend all the way from Texas.



And this is how excited I was!



He is just too good to me. So then I went into work and a girl who was scheduled as an extra offered to take my shift!! So instead of a yes or no I said, "It's my birthday!!!" And she said, "...Ok?" And in the end I was able to go home :) So I dropped by Maggi's house for a bit and she gave me MORE presents. Maggi is all about hand-made gifts, which I love because she didn't have to spend any money and the presents were still SO amazing. She made me a purse! It has lining and a pocket inside and everything! She is so talented, I didn't want to keep it. I wanted her to sell it and make some money off of it! But she insisted, so of course I accepted. She also made me a CD of this artist named Madi Diaz. She is seriously good, if you haven't heard of her, I will loan you my CD.

So then I decided I wasn't going to sit home alone all night, I did have the night off work after all. So I headed to the city to see Rosie. She was thrilled about the idea of getting our nails done, so we did that first. She gave me some GREAT ankle boots that I had my eye on a month ago but was too shy to buy them. Rosie of course knows me inside and out and could tell I really wanted them, so went back to get them for me. She's so awesome. Ok, remember that thing I said about birhtdays not being about gifts? I still really love the gifts. I absolutely love all my presents!



On a different note, my brother and his wife are out of town, so we are babysitting his dog, Sissy. She is so adorable.



You just wait until she releases the full power of those eyes while you're trying to eat your dinner. You can't help but give her a bite :)

Michael is coming to town tomorrow!! I seriously can't wait to see him. It's been a couple of weeks since we were able to spend the weekend together. I'm so glad he's driving all this way just for my birthday. Get ready for LOTS more pictures since I have my new camera! Hope you had as great of a day yesterday as I did!