"this is the life."

that's what my dad said last night while we were having gelato & crepes & talking about the trip.

it was such a fun trip. so hard to be back and thinking about going to school tomorrow. [even worse thinking that next weekend will be spent preparing for my first exams. how is it time for those already? eek.]

our plane was delayed going to vegas, and it wasn't one of the best flights i've been on. the flight attendants were all having an off day apparently. after boarding the plane maybe an hour late, we had to then sit on the plane waiting to take off for quite a while because of flow problems at the vegas airport. & they didn't even give us a drink or a bag of peanuts. ha. well. at least we made it. [funny thing, my dad drove and got there the same time as us. go figure.]

so, that night my mom told my dad he should book himself a haircut while we were checking in with vip. i said something along the lines of "yes. we should both get haircuts tomorrow." and the next thing i knew, i was debating about actually getting an appointment. of course by then it was already past 11 pm, so i had to wait for them to call me in the morning to see if an appointment was available. i was so hesitant to actually do it. but they called, and with some encouragement from james, i said yes to an 11 am appointment. eek. so finally, after over 2 years i actually got my haircut. :]
i think i really like it too. it might be a little too layered for me, but she styled it in a kind of new way, that i want to try to replicate. she used about 15 round brushes sort of like curlers as she was blow drying my hair. she just took small sections and dried them with the brush, then wound my hair in the brush and let it rest tucked up to my head. so by the end i had a head full of brushes. it was so weird. & at first i was thinking, "this lady is crazy... this is never going to work on my hair." i think she saw the look on my face because she said "you've never done this before have you?" ha. that would be a no. but now i might have to find some round brushes in bulk so that i can try it on my own. :] [i took the photo in the bathroom mirror while we were walking over to the forum shops. everyone was giving me funny looks. i wanted to say "i swear it's not for myspace, i just don't want to go up to the room to take a photo of my new haircut."]

other highlights:

we did a little shopping after my haircut. which included james buying my birthday present. a vitamin water spilled in the bottom of my bag on thursday, so my wallet [along with notebooks and textbooks] pretty much got ruined. i've been wanting a new wallet for a while now, and i'm in love with the one he picked. yes. we were looking around in the store and he spotted the winner. :] i should have taken my own photo, but it's this one in black. and i have to say, it's way better in person.

mom & i went to amanda's baby shower on saturday too. we didn't really play any games or anything, but presents and good food. poor amanda has been sick lately with a cough. last time she had a cough around the holidays, she broke a rib from coughing too hard/much, so that's been really painful for her again. :/ my brother had to help her open some of the presents, but she was still a trooper.

we had dinner with my brother at noodles. it was a semi-birthday dinner. i ate too much rice. ha.

we went over to the miracle mile shops. i love the urban there, but i didn't find anything i couldn't live without. ah well. maybe next time.

today, we had an early lunch with paul & amanda and her mom & grandma. at lucille's. of course. so good. and james was very proud of getting the star on his sucker wrapper. ha. :]

after lunch, james went with me to anthropologie, but again, i didn't find anything i couldn't live without. i did find a lot of stuff i loved though. just wasn't really in the mood to try things on.

then it was time for the superbowl party. i definitely underestimated it. there was so much good food there. it was just way beyond what i had expected. i think james & i would be interested in going next year. :]

we had to finish watching the game at the airport because we were supposed to catch a flight at 6:15. when we arrived at the airport, we discovered that our flight was delayed until 8:50. ugh. so we were able to get on a different flight that had been delayed until 6:30, so it was still there. well. that flight got delayed again. so i think we finally took off around 8:00. it was a much better flight though. the attendants were super nice and friendly, which always makes flights better for some reason. i guess the delays weren't so bad because it allowed james to see the end of the game before we had to board. ha. he was pretty happy with the turnout, and i have to say... it was pretty exciting in the last few minutes.

so yeah. it was definitely a fun weekend. it's kind of like living in a dreamworld. especially with all the gelato and crepes. it's probably better for my health that i don't partake in eating either of those too often though. ha.

ok. off to bed. i guess since it's past midnight that means it's my birthday now! i really don't want to go back to school in the morning, but tomorrow should be a pretty fun day. :]