Ok, one more before I go on vacation:

Every teen girl should be shown this Web site: www.iwanexstudio.com. Heck, every adult woman, too, as the number of eating disorders among that group continue to rise.

To view the before and after PhotoShopped pics of celebs, click on Portfolio, then one one the celebs at the bottom. When the box for that celeb pops up, you can move your mouse in and out of the box to see the before and after pics. Click on the box again to close it.

My personal fave is Beyonce. I love how they totally removed the fat roll at her waist and thinned her calf.

I wish I could walk around all PhotoShopped every day ...

Only four more days until my Spain vacation!

I'm most looking forward to seeing my grandma. I miss her. And she says she misses me, though I suspect it's really the pastries I buy that she misses. That's ok, I'll take what I can get.

Since I'll be getting everything ready over the next few days, I probably won't have much time to blog. But don't worry, I'm sure I'll have stories and pics for you when I get back (Labor Day).

Enjoy the rest of your August! :-)

Well, I had a busy birthday weekend, full of lots of fun stuff (and presents, to boot!)

On Saturday, I went to Atlantic City with my colleague Heather. As you can see, I got a little "wasted." Ha ha. Get it? Wasted. Garbage. Ha. Er...



Anyway, neither of us won anything, but it was fun anyway. Especially the part where we ate at the casino buffet. Although I was good -- I only had six desserts:



Ok, I didn't have all of them ... just three. See more pics here.

Then, for my surprise on Sunday, my family took me to Medieval Times! I know! It sounds totally cheesy but was so much fun. Now, if you've never been to MT, you should totally go at least once. It's really neat. You get to eat with your hands, call your waitress "wench," and go gaga over the hot looking dudes with the swords. Ok, they're probably not real swords, but a girl can daydream, can't she? It was my birthday. I was entitled.

The king even wished me a happy birthday. Okay, so he got my name wrong -- maybe Ana is what they called Marias in Medieval times -- but he got my age ("not very old") right. You'll see what I mean here.

All in all, this was one of the best birthdays. Of course, I can't remember most of them, but this one was definitely up there. I think.

I've got one busy birthday weekend ahead of me.

I took Friday off, to treat myself to a massage and facial. It's my way of saying happy birthday to me. Then Saturday, a co-worker and I are going to Atlantic City. Woo hoo. Wish us luck. Or just me. Wish me luck. I promise to share. :-)

I don't know what I'll be doing on Sunday, my actual birthday, but my sister-in-law said we'll do "something fun." Hm, I'm a little scared, actually...

I'll be sure to blog all about it on Monday, with pics, if possible. And hey, you'll be able to see my cute new haircut. At least I think it's cute. It might look awful. What do I know?

Have a great weekend!