28th Birthday Post Mortem Pt 2: Happy Endings

Sorry this took so long to get up, but I just haven't been in a posting mood. It was a chore to even get the last post up. Today was a really good day though, and it has something to do with my birthday so here we go :)

Though I had my birthday party the day before, I was taken out to dinner at Red Lobster on my birthday by my fabulous mother. I went through plenty of cheddar bay biscuits, and almost all of my shrimp. After that we went to the mall to get my birthday present: a jacket from Old Navy that I'd had my eye on for a couple months. Unfortunately, they were all out and weren't getting any more in. It was disappointing, but my Mom felt worse about it than I did. She suggested I leave it for my birthday, and, well, this happened.

She more than made up for it by buying me five volumes of my favorite manga One Piece. It's going through a sped up release schedule, with five volumes per month, so it was a great help :)

But that jacket. I wanted that jacket. It was so cool!

It looked like this.

GASP! Is that the jacket that I wanted? Why yes it is! I had today off, and I was once again sitting on the couch, looking around online when I decided I would go out and DO something with my day off.

I went out to the mall expecting to look around the few stores I frequent (Barnes and Noble, Old Navy, and GameStop) and have lunch at Chico's Tacos. After a quick glance through B&N, I went to Old Navy and began looking around not expecting to get anything when I saw it.

Once I confirmed it was the jacket I wanted, I called my Mom to let her know she didn't need to feel bad anymore. She shouldn't have felt bad to begin with, as she was only telling me to be patient and responsible with my money.

That doesn't matter now though, as she is officially off the hook, and I got the birthday present that I wanted. Since I was feeling pretty good about finding the jacket, I thought I would spoil myself a bit and maybe get something else while I was out. I got lucky though :)

I bought a new copy Advance Wars: Days of Ruin for the DS for super cheap ($10 instead of the usual price of $35), and volumes 34 and 35 of One Piece (leaving 36-38 for later). I also treated myself to lunch at Chico's. All in all, a very good day. And now...

... I can finally look cool.

The birthday posting isn't quite over yet. I still have pictures of the incredible cake that I had for my birthday, and that will take a post in and of itself.

Not only that I was really hoping to hang out with my friend Amber on my birthday too, but she's been in the cold grip of multiple employers so unfortunately that wasn't an option. She even got me a present, so until I get it my birthday isn't quite over yet. Just come back for part 3!