Washington D.C Zoo

On Thursday, my friend Erin and I went to the Washington D.C Zoo. She came back from Japan a couple of weeks ago, so the two of us decided to do something adult-y. Of course we set our sights on the zoo. 
I’m pretty sure we saw more squirrels than people, which is my type of trip. :)
We saw a range of animals spanning from the tiny Meerkat, 

to big cats like African Lions,

to the Przewalski Wild Horse. These two were adorable. So fluffy!

Throwback Thursday

I came across some pictures today and with the help of my mom’s new scanner wand, I was able to scan them!
These are from my birthday years ago, taken by my mom. I couldn’t find the date so I pin the pictures to be c. early 2000s.

For my birthday that year, my mom’s friend invited me to where her horse was boarded (the actual how it came about is kind of dodgy. I was small!  It very well could have been a surprise!).
The horse’s name was Nico, a gelding and I believe a Thoroughbred.
 I was very short too. I got to lead him around in a field where he ate grass and we plodded around. His owner rode him, I was led around. It was a very fun and relaxing day filled with a horse and friends. As you can tell from my smile, I really enjoyed it. :)
Sadly, about a year after this Nico had to be put to sleep because of complications from colic. Pictures are almost like time portals into events that you may have forgotten or can’t remember crystal clear.

Black Friday And A Saddle

I braved the crowds and survived.
I went to best buy, Books A Million and Michaels.
The most crowded was Michaels and that was pretty tame in terms of pictures. When I was done with Michaels, I was done with crowds. :)

The best deal of the day would be a toss up between Michaels and Best Buy. Michaels had all of the Christmas things on sale. Best Buy had the SD cards on sale. So both were great.

Later in the day, Lizzie sent me a text message with pictures of an English Side Saddle.
She took pictures of it from multiple angles.

So while I didn’t buy anything per say horsey this Black Friday, Lizzie’s pictures made up for it!