My birthday came early this year

Saturday morning, I went and bought myself my birthday present. Jesse was hoping to be able to go with me, but naturally, work ran late and I was on my own. (I think he thought I would wait until 'another day' but we are running out of 'other days,' so I went on my own!)

I had been doing some research, trying to find what I wanted with the budget I had. I really wanted something with a little bit stronger lens, zoom, and focus than my last camera. Granted, I knew I would have to give up the convenient size factor, but it was a worthy trade-off in my mind.

I settled on the Nikon Coolpix. It had some mixed reviews, some claiming it was the greatest camera for the $$ and others saying that it did not provide the features they had expected. I guess the jury will be out on that for awhile, until I really learn how to use all the features and whatnot.

I'm very excited to have a camera again, and have been taking tons of pictures in the past 24 hours. I'm sure you will also be excited about me getting a new camera, so you no longer have to come here to only read about my life...we all like pictures, right?

So, happy early birthday to me!