In which our heroine decides that her dry cleaning is an excellent Birthday Present...

So, I have reached the point in my day where my mind begins to wander, and it wanders, of course, to deficiencies in my life, sometimes emotional, mostly material. Today's topic is the sad fact that the things I want for my birthday are grocieries and to be able to pick up my dry cleaning, which has been languishing away at White Way Cleaners for going on 2 weeks. I usually do dry cleaning once a year, but at a wedding I spilled god knows what all over my favorite green dress (those of you who were at my b-day last year: that green dress) and so wanted to get it taken care of right away. Along with this I brought like 4 comforters or duvet covers that my cat had so sweetly vomited all over, oh, decades ago. I had kept them locked up, thinking that eventually I would come up with the money to have them all laundered, and then in a fit of "I'm a grown up, dammit, I shouldn't have to wait to have clean linens", I just took the whole mess into the cleaners. Thankfully they did not demand payment up front, as I had about -$36.17 at the moment of delivery. So, this years birthday list is thus:

1. Cash Money
2. License Tag Renewal
3. New Cell Phone (as mine is freaking out... this may or may not have something to do with the fact that I took an unhinged paperclip and tried to clean out all the gunk from underneath the key pad, thereby poking out electrodes and nearly electricuting myself... we may never know.. plus, the paint is peeling, how is that even possible- who paints a cell phone?)
4. Medical bills (Health Partners is the devil... who does not wear prada, but orthopedic loafers and double charges me for the priviledge of waiting an hour to be told I am a hypocondriac)
5. A Pony

Pathetic! Remember the days when we wished for tiara's and autographed NKOTB tapes? Transformers and My Little Ponies? A new car or a pool party? Beer? Now I'm hoping for enough cash to pay a parking ticket. Boo. Boooooo!

What I really really want is a bunch of Kiehl's skin care, because it makes my skin look AMAZING. But I don't need it. I can continue washing my face with a rock, like they did in olden times.