It’s funny how fast time goes by when you’re busy doing absolutely nothing. My friends and I stayed at my older sister’s apartment in downtown NYC on Thursday night. It was my first time there. Her apartment was huge! Of course my friends and I had to go to Century 21. We conveniently went at 5:00 pm, which is when everyone gets off work in NYC. Century 21 was so crowded. I felt so stressed out in finding something good. We went to the shoe department, and it was crazy there. I couldn’t deal with the people. We then went to the women’s department and I found a couple of cute swimsuits. As my friends and I waited in line at the fitting room, I remembered that the rooms did not have doors and basically you are changing in front of strangers. After debating the pros and cons of trying on these swimsuits, I decided that I did not need anymore swimsuits, and just walked around while my friends tried on their items. We left the store after about an hour of madness. I really don’t see why people say Century 21 is so awesome. I’ve been there twice, and I have yet to purchase anything that isn’t a “steal”. The clothing may be marked down, but usually instead of $150 for a pair of jeans, it’s $60, which is still too much for me.

The whole purpose for my trip to NYC was to see the Counting Crows perform. My friends and I arrived at Rockefeller Center at around 7:15 am on Friday. To our disappointment, there were already plenty of tourists waiting. We couldn’t even see the stage. We were hungry and tired, so we decided to get some breakfast. We came back to Rockefeller Center at 8:30 am, and the Counting Crows began their mini concert. I’ve noticed that whenever I go to concerts, I realize just how short I am. It seems that all the people in front of me are always so tall. My friends and I couldn’t even see any of the members of the band. Near the end of the concert, people started to leave, so I finally saw Adam Duritz and his moppy hair. They sang the song from Shrek 2 and a bunch of older songs. I was excited when they sang, “Big Yellow Taxi”. After the short concert, my friends left for Grace’s house upstate. I decided to go home because I was so tired. To my luck, the F train was having “signal” problems, and therefore it took more time to arrive at 179th Street. By the time I came home, it was already 11:30 am. It took about 2 hours to get home. How lovely it is to live on Long Island.

I finally got to see Shrek 2. I had to drag my little sister to it. She kept saying she didn’t want to see it. It turns out that my entire family absolutely loved it. It was so entertaining. I loved the cat. I don’t want to spoil it for you guys. Let me just remind you that Antonio Banderas is in the movie. His character was so fitting. Just remember that “happiness is only a teardrop away”. Go see the movie if you haven’t yet! I give it two thumbs up.

Lastly, I would like to inform my readers that I was lucky enough to go to Trader Joe’s today. I called to make sure they were opened today, and they were! My parents and I drove to Plainview and I bought all this wonderful food. I bought hummus, pita, soy chips, soy tortilla chips, chicken burritos (no chicken fajitas ), peanut butter, sugar free biscotti, low carb biscotti, flaxseed cereal (my mom), peanut butter filled pretzels, and a ton of other stuff I can’t remember. I love that store. I’ve been trying to convince all my friends to shop there. The oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are really addicting. Good thing I resisted buying a tub of them. Go me! Basically, if you’ve never heard about Trader Joe’s, I feel bad for you. It’s a cheaper Whole Foods specialty store. I bought natural peanut butter for a mere $1.99! I specifically remember that a jar at Whole Foods was about $4.99. Anyway, I just thought I’d update everyone about my boring yet semi-busy weekend. I hope everyone had a good Memorial weekend.