welcome to my mind ...

The day didn't start out how I expected, but the rest of the day went off without a hitch.

I was planning on taking this weekend to get used to my new glasses, but after about 15 minutes of wearing them, I noticed a spot on the right lens. I took them off, cleaned them and put them back on, only to see that annoying spot again. So I put on the glasses I've been wearing, got dressed and headed out to the eye place. Turns out there's a defect in the lens and it has to be sent back in to be repaired. If I had started wearing them two weeks ago, when I got them, I could have had them fixed by now and been wearing them this weekend, as planned. Oh well. Now I have to wait another two weeks before I can start wearing them and this time I'll start wearing them right away. Or, at least, the next day I have off after I pick them up. I'll need at least a few hours in order for my eyes to adjust; something I'd rather not do at work. It's kind of a bummer, but since they're insured the only thing it's costing me is time.

After that I stopped back at home and then went back out for the mani/pedi. My friend's husband came with and we all got the spa treatment. My toes look really pretty, but I didn't give my finger nails enough time to completely dry so a couple of them got messed up. Which is fine. They still look good and it's only noticeable if you're paying close attention. I'm rough with my hands anyway and it's kinda amusing how obvious it is which hand I use for most things due to the fact that more nails got messed up on that hand than the other.

Once that was finished and paid for, I went to pick up my birthday cake and got a wrap while I was there. I bought them home and hung out for about an hour before my friend came back to pick me up to go the Elysian Brewing Company Great Pumpkin Beer Festival. I went there as a designated driver {since the admission tickets for drinks and a souvenir cup had sold out} but after a bit, I took off the bracelet and sampled some of the beers. There weren't any monitors there and the fun part about sharing samples is that you get to taste a bunch of different things without dealing with the after effects. It was so much fun. We were there for close to 5 hours. I'm so glad I was able to go.

The plan for tomorrow has become to just hang out at home, do laundry and watch Netflix. I really have no interest in going anywhere, especially since I have plans Sunday and Monday. It'll be challenging not breaking in to my cake tomorrow, but I have this thing where I can't eat my birthday cake until my birthday. Kinda like opening Christmas gifts before Christmas is cheating.

I'm definitely enjoying how this extended weekend has started. Here's to hoping it continues as such.