Arrived in DC this afternoon. A brisk 1 and half hour flight from my city.
It's a peculiar sense seeing the Washington Monument from the plane's window right before touch down. My first trip to the Capital. For the APS meeting though.
I have blown up my budget for this month already, and still I keep finding lovely stuff that I wish I could own. Call me out-of-date but I just got to know the wonderland of Etsy, either vintage or hand-made, it has so many unique and absolutely adorable pieces. Hopefully the items I've been eyeing on will still be available when I get back and get reimbursed for the trip.
Meanwhile I saw this lovely dress from Anthro. I found I have absolutely no immunity towards two-bodice contrast dresses: I already have one from Calvin Klein and one from Tadashi Shoji; I tried on one from BCBG and it did not fit though; and I still whine over one from Trina Turk that sold out of my size before I could snatch it.
How could I ever manage to save money out of my grad student's stipend if I keep shopping like this? Well now there's always that line from "Confessions of a Shoppaholic": "when I shop the world gets better."
I made the last minute decision that I'll not bring any of my textbooks or homework sets over, just the stuff for my talk and a book: Time's special hard-cover on the year 1968, what a year, and how much I look forward to reading it.
I guess I should get back to preparing my talk. After the talk tomorrow morning, I can assume I'm here in DC for a 2 day vacation: sleep, reading, and hopefully some sight-seeing. Of course 2 days is much too short for seeing the nation's Capital, hopefully I can come back around sometime later this year, if I can save up enough for a trip.
God bless all.
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