Lions&Tigers...&rollercoasters oh my!

I ended off 2008 in a really great way! my friend mase has a friend over from Germany & they wanted me to hang out with them a couple days last week - so much fun! on Monday, we went to a Game Farm and got a chance to feed Elephants, see giraffes, zebra, lions (behind gates), tigers & leopards! it was awesome!

then, on Tuesday we went to Gold Reef City Theme Park the next day and that was evn MORE fun!! i fear rollercoasters, but LOVE them all the same! ....im one of those "im going on every single ride" kind of people, and psych myself up to do it and actually do it.lol. i love the THRILL, FEAR, ADRENALINE of it all!!

Wednesday, i decided to hang out with my madre... so went shopping and i bought myself a couple clothes items, she bought me gorgeous sunglasses, i got these really cute Soviet sneakers and ......drum roll please... A CAMERA!! yes yes, not exciting for you, but major for me. i've wanted a basic digital camera for the longest time & finally decided to do it! i love it :)

and another drum roll please... ECLIPSE! haha. (click on the link & read about it)

i finished New Moon and had to get the last book! im excited to start reading the last book of the series.

For New Years i had about 30 people over (at my sisters place - they're in Europe for the holidays) for a little get-together and random fun. it was exhausting but tons of fun, and even though it rained all night, we welcome in '09' with non-alcoholic champagne, junk food, nintendo wii, movies and board games!

i had a couple people sleepover so they didnt have drive home so late, and we all got to bed at about 02:30 and had to wake up at 07:00 'cause we were all (others from the night before) meeting up at Mugg&Bean for breakfast.

Thursday - Mase came over, we went to movies and chatted till about 01:30... it's Friday and its safe to say that I'M EXHAUSTED! a good exhausted though :) Im excited for this year, it'll be awesome.

pics to follow when i have the strength to upload them :)