Happy Kjersti Day to you!

24 years ago, on this day, the bright sunshine which is myself was born. So happy Kjersti Day to all of you! :D

This day went from oooo to blah to better, so I've had somewhat of a rollercoaster ride today.

The oooo? My present from Love. A "Voodoo" knife stand from viceversa. A total suprise! I always mock him for never surprising me gift-wise (because he usually buys whatever I've been drooling over the most), but this year he certainly had me puzzled! We've seen this in the fancy pants kitchenware store several times, but never bothered because it's expensive and... well, it's expensive. Not that bad considering the 5 decent knives (supposedly, I haven't tried them yet), to be honest, but sure, you do pay extra because it's a wicked design.
Yes. I am aware of the potential mental damage to our future offspring, but that will probably happen anyway considering we already have this outfit ready for whenever (and IF ever) we have any smurfs. What can I say? Floral patterns isn't my thing. I mean, my panties have skulls on them! Arrrrr pirate! (Eh... They're pink, and the skulls are bright pink glittery)

I went from oooo to blah when I had to go to school and be all "not telling anyone that today's my birthday because I don't want to be an attention hogger". I did have a waffle at lunch though. Yum!
And tomorrow it's the bullshit test, so everyone was pretty much on edge about that, making me nervous as well. Very contagious, those nerves.

But I lightened up again when I got a complimentary helium balloon at the restaurant we went to. And we brought oreo dream cake with us home, my absolute favorite. It was expensive as hell, but... well, very guilty pleasure? *sigh*

AND the Bucket is repaired! We got a phone call this evening, it cost us a whopping 1176 kr and we'll pick her up tomorrow. Sheesh... I was expecting so much more than that. They told us the repairs were 1300 alone + VAT and then the cost of the part on top of that, which could very well be 1000 kr also. So 1176 kr is fine by me.
Of course, that's one helluva expensive POP!, but then again, what ISN'T expensive when it goes POP! on a car (or crash! or eeeeeee! or BAM!)

For a while now I've been longing to get this camera, the Panasonic Lumix LX02. I got some money for my birthday which I'll save, and maybe I'll scrape enough together for this by the end of the summer. It seems such a luxury, but at the same time I love photography, and I have no decent camera except the very old, battered Nikon SLR which weighs about the same as a Ford Fiesta and it isn't very handy when you need a trolley to lug it around.
But this Lumix... ooooo. *drool* The shere beauty of it alone is enough to make me want to sell a kidney or two. And it has nifty features such as widescreen (16:9) format and the opportunity to set all the controls manually, just like an SLR. People also say it has some noise, but then again some say it isn't any worse than other compacts.
Sorry... I know it's geeky to babble on about technical specs, but I can't help it. Just wait till I get my hands on it, THEN I'll babble!

Wish me luck tomorrow. Stupid test.