birthday weekend.

when your birthday falls on a friday it can turn a normal weekend into something super special. with the gorge weather outside, it only makes it better.
i've got on my birthday dress and i'm ready to walk around DC with TH and do some camera work, some shopping, some eating, and lots of "i can't believe this is my life" statements.

although I've been dating TH (on and off) for 3 years, this will be the first birthday we've ever spent together. strange eh? we met three years ago just a few days after my birthday. he ended up being quite a good belated birthday present. lately he's made it a habit of making our bed and writing messages in the velvety blanket that sits at the bottom of our bed. today's was a lovely happy birthday wish. i told him i don't even want anything for my birthday because i seriously feel like i already have too much. family, friends, good job, stuff, and OH! to top it off, let me share with you the story of the craigslist chest of drawers.

The Craigslist bank:
i bought this cool dresser like 8 months ago from this girl who was asian and spent a lot of time over in southeast asia for work. so i'm cleaning out the dresser to move into our new apartment, and i find these two cool money bills - Kyats, from Myanmar. I figure they are junk, but I hold onto them because they look cool. so the other day, just for fun, i looked up what their exchange rate was on xe.com. Turns out a 1,000 kyat is worth about USD $160!! and we have two!! what a find, thank you craigslist. if i still had that girls information, i'd for sure give the money back to her, but she sold the dresser because she was moving out of the country. so we are trying to figure out what to do with the money. i said shoes, TH said a wardrobe. who is the practical one in our relationship, hmm??

pretty cool birthday present though. and i guess it teaches a valuable lesson: craigslist purchases can sometimes be worth it.