27

I'm 27 now. I think?! Do you get to the point that you remember turning a certain age since it's a "monumental" birthday but then you forget your age any year after that? Just me?

 

On the morning of my birthday, my mom came and got Aria so we could go to St. Louis by ourselves and not have to base the day on nap times and a cranky baby in a mall. Thank you mama! Nate and I ventured over to the St. Louis Galleria so I could, fingers crossed, get a new phone. Remember mine fell in the toilet...cough, cough ... thanks Aria. Once we got to the mall, we darted straight towards the Apple Store and like a total nerd, I stood at the counter thinking "why is no one coming to help me?". A nice young man with his iPad came over and said, "you look like you've never been here before, can I help you with something?". Wow, that obvious, huh? He then informed us that we had to schedule an appointment in order to be seen about a problem with a product and that I would've saved time by getting on their website and scheduling that prior to coming. Good to know....now! He was very nice and scheduled us for the earliest appointment available, which was three hours from when arrived. Poop! What are we going to do in the mall for three hours? I'm not much of a shopper. I take after my mother when it comes to shopping. I want to, as she says, "get in, get what I need & get out". ......Yes, I am a girl that rather not shop. Gasp! Whatever?!

 

By that time it was around 11:00 a.m. and for me, who ate a banana on the ride over, I was getting a bit hungry.  The Cheesecake Factory just so happened to be located inside the mall so we decided instead of driving around town looking for a different restaurant, we would just eat there. Nate & I both had some pasta that was super yummy! I passed on ordering cheesecake due to my new "Fat Amy" mindset. "mmmmm...betta not"

 

Our fabulous lunch only took a half hour so we looked around at some of the stores, got Nate some much needed shorts, found a dress at H&M and lo and behold...they had a COACH store. (angels singing) I walked in and immediately began searching the store to find the wristlet that I had been drooling over online for weeks.

 

 

Sadly, I didn't get it that day due to the phone issue (keep reading) but I've still got my eye on it for maybe a future purchase. I can't let this beautiful thing sit on a shelf in a store. It's too pretty not to have.

 

Our appointment time rolls around and while standing in the store, it was fun to "people watch". I noticed an elderly man looking at one of the macs and an employee was helping him learn how to use it. I overhead the man say "so I click this button and it will let me log in as a guest? I can't log in under my name?". At that moment I knew I would never have the amount of patience as some of these employees have to work with the non-tech savvy people. And yes, I get that my age group grew up as all this technology advanced so we were the guinea pigs per say and can easily adapt to all the new things coming about, so no, I'm not downing on people that don't know how to turn on a computer.

 

A lady comes over with her iPad and begins to ask questions about what happened to my poor phone. She took out a piece from the side of my phone and said "when I shine the light inside here, if it's a light pink color, then that means you do have water damage. (I knew I had to be up front about the water damage considering it was obvious now-a-days for them to check it, it was just unfortunate that it isn't covered under the Apple Warranty Plan.) Then I hear the woman say "well, since the indicator is bright red".......there goes $230 to a new phone! So, she brings out a new phone is a slim box, slips my Verizon card in the new phone and bam, there's my phone getting 99 text messages.

 

The woman was very helpful and although I wasn't looking forward to spending the money, it sure is nice to have a phone again. Thinking back on a previous post, I am trying to be more conscious of how much I actually use it, especially when I am at home with my family.

 

Once I had my new phone and all it's glory, Nate and I headed back towards my parents house where Aria was staying. We made it there around 5:00 p.m. and the guys started cooking up the steaks and mom was cooking away on the side dishes. I played with Aria and my niece until my sister was able to get off work to join us for supper. My niece was so worried that my sister wouldn't be able to make it in time, mostly because she was the one bringing the cupcakes. I didn't blame her. My sister is a good cook/baker so I was looking forward to the yummy cupcakes myself.

 

S'more cupcakes | Messy but soooooo good!

 

 

Before we could eat cupcakes, my niece had to serenaded me

with her rendition of "Happy Birthday".  She is the sweetest! 

 



 



It was a wonderful day. I was so glad I could share it with my family!