Confession: I used to be a smoker. I started when I was about 16 years old in high school. I quit when I moved in with my then-boyfriend-now-husband when I was about 22 or 23 years old. Since then, I've found all types of smoking to be pretty gross. Smoking used to be a big stress reliever for me so I tried the electronic cigarettes, pipes, even some cigar brands but I didn't like any of them. Now I just try to get massages on a regular basis. It doesn't always help the daily stress but it does help get rid of pent-up stress. And it doesn't make me stink like smoking does.
HTC EVO 4G LTE
After three years, my Samsung Galaxy cell phone began to fail. It would freeze whenever I'd try to do two things at once. For example, if I was calling someone and I received a text at the same time, the whole phone would freeze and I'd have to remove the battery. Then the screen started to flip out when I opened apps. Check my email - static. So we picked up a new phone for me on Friday. I thought about upgrading to the new Galaxy. My husband has the HTC EVO 4G LTE and, after a bit of research, I realized that the phones were pretty similar. I originally got the Galaxy because it had a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Apparently I am a dying breed and keyboards on smartphones are almost impossible to find. The woman at Sprint did offer me a Motorola that had the keyboard but I had already decided on the HTC.
So far, I'm liking the HTC. Everything seems to move a bit faster than it did on my Galaxy. (I am taking into consideration that my Galaxy was old and I loaded a lot of stuff on it.) My only hesitation with the phone is that it is so thin. But I got a cute purple hard case for it so it doesn't feel as fragile. Hopefully I'll still enjoy this phone a few years down the road.
To be a cool kid
I try really hard to not spend a lot of money on certain things. While coach sunglasses look super cute, they are also super expensive. Instead, I go to Target and get a pair of $5 cheapo sunglasses. They work just as well and it gives me more money to spend on video games or something. Maybe one day I'll splurge and get a super expensive pair of sunglasses. Just to see how different they are.
Pennsylvania Burlesque Festival
On Friday, I attended the Pennsylvania Burlesque Festival with my family. My cousin, Buster Britches, was performing so we all came to support him. I've never seen burlesque in person before. It was quite interesting. A lot of the acts were slow and sexy but a few were hysterically funny. I found that I enjoy the funny ones much more than the slow dances. I think I might try to find some more burlesque performances to check out without my family. I'd like to try to leave the "watching naked girls with my mother" weirdness at home.