Mamarati

So, my birthday came and went without too much fanfare. I’m officially older than shit and just five years away from 40. The excitement is just overwhelming. Or maybe the overwhelming part is just that I find a new grey hair every day now.

Still, only one grey pube in my lifetime… so I’m not quite as close to being a nursing home resident as I may think.

Boyfriend got me cool birthday presents… he’s so good at that. We went to Ikea to look for me a new pillow because (speaking of old age) I just can’t seem to get up in the morning without my neck killing me and causing me headaches. I blame the pillow, so we found a contoured job that seems to be working pretty well. While we were there we picked up a cool tablecloth and a French press. The French press didn’t work so well, but then maybe we’re doing it wrong because his dad swears by the thing. We thought it just made really bitter coffee and the clean up is a bit much.

Back to the found-by-the-roadside Bunn-O-Matic…

The two best gifts that he got me: Bread machine. We were at this thrift store in Alabama, which was the best thrift store I have ever seen in my entire life. They had everything at this place. When we were there, we saw all these bread machines that had been used maybe once or twice and I was like, what a great idea to get one of these here rather than paying full price. We didn’t really have room in the car to get one then, but we went to a thrift store here in town and found one and I love it. It makes the best bread and is so simple. I don’t think we’ve bought a loaf of bread since we got it.

And these pants. It’s not every day that you find someone in life who can buy pants for you. Pants that you won’t have to take back because they’re too small, too big, too long, too short, too not my style, etc.

These pants are perfect. They’re khaki and cargoish, which is my thing… pockets and comfort… and he got them in my size and got a petite even. The cool thing is, they’ve got these buttons on the outside that connect to a little strap on the inside so I can wear them like capri pants or like regular pants. Very awesome and they’re my new favorite pants, EVAR!

Good times.