Starr's nails

I'm obsessed.  I had never considered such a thing as gold tips, it looks so fancy.

Kim, you need to get on this action.

does this make sense?

This morning at work the girls were talking about shopping at Forever 21 and I mentioned that I had never purchased anything from there.  They seem shocked.  Every time I've ever gone in one I've left more confused and shaken than before I had entered.

Anyways, Moya offered to take me to Forever 21 on our break and, while I was successful at making a purchase this time, I wasn't any more baffled from the experience.  I asked the girl at the register how it was a good deal to get two for $20 and she laughed and said, "everyone asks me that!".

The total for two ended up being like $16 so I'm inclined to think they would have charged me $20 under the assumption that I was a rube who wouldn't notice.  But $7.80 for a shirt I can wear to work is a deal I can't turn down.

birthday gift from Jonathan

In case you forgot you can refresh your memory here but basically that is how my name was misspelled in a company newsletter congratulating me on a big sale.  It quickly became a favorite of Jonathan's as well as Jenny and Laura.  Jenny would always say my last name like a little kitten, emphasizing the "mew".

Of course when I sent that picture to Jenny she said she wanted one for herself.  Laura said Jon is brilliant.  WHATEVER.

I do like the other side of my keychain though:

I think that's exactly the face I made when I saw "Benhamin Meuhaus" for the first time.

the detective

Nothing too important to say, just took some nice pictures of him.

I sent that picture to Gala and she asked if I had just given him a bath.  I can see where she got that idea but no, no, he just inexplicably looks bristly furred and enraged.

That one was Jon's favorite.  It looks like his senior photo.

Oh and you can see in that picture the weird white hair on his back paws.  Some time in the past couple of months I noticed that he had long white hair growing from between his toes.  It really seems like it happened overnight for it to look how it looks without me having noticed sooner:

So weird!

terrible

Thank you Simpsons Tap Out game for reminding me that I'm a new age now.

Even though I am bummed that Jonathan and Joe couldn't come down for my birthday I still had a good time on Friday night with Daniel and Chris.  And thanks to the rain all weekend I was able to focus on doing some of those terrible chores I haven't been able to do in a while.

Like, organizing my closet:

Maybe it's time for a new years purge.  Make room for more black clothes.  My favorite.

thanks for the birthday wishes

Especially Amy for sending me an email full of wonderful gifs of all of my favorite things.

Last year of my 20's.  Here we go.

rabbit rabbit rabbit

source

Apparently I really dropped the ball in 2011 by not even realizing it was the year of the rabbit.  What a wasted opportunity.

Sadly the end of the year marks the end of my calendar, so I have to say goodbye to fat cats.  They surprised me with one last farewell picture:

But don't worry, Daniel got me a new calendar for 2014, so you can look forward to a new year of these:

And of course another year of music videos, anecdotes, and hilarious pictures.  Oh 2014, you will be a good year.