Yay for birthday weekends! Thursday was my last day as an 18-year-old and I didn't have work and Devin did...so I started the day with donuts (duh) and ended up at the Museum of Arts and Design in Columbus Circle. The main reason I went there was because the museum offers free admission for 18 and under and I wanted to commemorate the fact that that wouldn't be an option for me in 24 hours! I just went by myself in the afternoon, but that might be my favorite way to tour museums. I love reading all the little info plaques and watching the movies and just going at my own pace. I feel like I miss half the museum when I'm with someone who rushes through in an attempt to see the whole thing. Which is yet ANOTHER reason I feel so lucky to live in the city. One time is just not enough!
Anyway, I had to work on Friday, my birthday day, but Devin picked me up on 77th and Lexington and laid out a wonderful plan in which I got to pick out a brand new outfit, plus shoes. What an adorable boy he is...he even let me stop at the puppy shop by the train station because he knows it's my favorite. Someday when we have a cute little apartment and a cute little life, we will get a cute little puppy to go with it.
We went to Soho, one of the places we spent the most time at when we first started dating (we even saw our first movie together at a perfect little Indie theater on Houston called Sunshine Cinema) and I found some mint green lightweight skinnies at the Pacsun pop-up store. Then we went to Uniqlo, which I originally wasn't excited about at all, but turned out to be great because--I don't know why I didn't realize this earlier--all their clothes fit my Asian-wannabe body perfectly since they are designed for and by Asians. Go figure. I got a salmon and cream pinstripe oxford shirt to be twins with Devin since he has one just like it, and a great black maxi dress. I've been looking for a decent maxi dress that didn't require hemming for FOREVER so I just couldn't pass this little number up! $12.90, can you believe it?! After Uniqlo we went to Shoegasm, where I almost exclusively shop for shoes for three good reasons: their service and decor is stellar, the European brands are unique and high-quality, and the prices are too good to pass up. How I love options like these! Gone are the days of K-Mart and Famous Footwear. I think I've found my favorite shoe brand, called Chelsea Crew. They're European, generally made of real leather and incredibly stylish. I already have one pair of Chelsea Crew shoes and bought two more for my birthday presents...I'm obsessed!
When we got back to Devin's that night, his sweet mom and sister had gifts and a cake waiting. What gems! Its hard to miss home too much when I'm so well taken care of here.
The second part of my birthday weekend was bike riding on Saturday. The day started off disastrously and it took a very long time to figure out how to use the new CitiBikes installed in docks all over the city. I think we called Customer Service about 5 times trying to figure the dumb things out, but once we got going it was a blast! We rode a loop through Central Park, walked down 6th Ave through the huge annual street fair happening that day, and than went all the way down Broadway to Houston and back up to Union Square to see World War Z at our favorite Regal theater there. We stopped to eat at Subway along the way, which probably wasn't the best idea because I was so hungry from all the activity that I downed an entire footlong...thank goodness for those bikes. All in all, A+ to my wonderful, sweet, thoughtful, patient, adorable boyfriend and one million kajillion thanks for a great birthday away from home!
My family also sent me gifts. For some reason, getting things by mail is so much funner than in person. I don't think I'll ever stop sending postcards to my family just because I get excited thinking about receiving one. Devin and I also send postcards back and forth, which might be my favorite thing in the whole world.
Now, I'm a newly-19-year-old very much in need of sleep for tomorrow, my last day to get ready for my sister coming on Tuesday!! I'm excited beyond words.
P.S. you'll have to subscribe to my instagram, bigcitylittlegirl, if you want to see pictures of any of this stuff. I'll probably always be too lazy to post any here!
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