On a much more positive note (than the previous post), I celebrated my 27th birthday yesterday. =)
I actually cheated a little bit this year, and started the celebrations at my parents’ Sunday with tonnes of delicious Chinese food the way only Dad can make it, cake and presents. Among other stuff, they gave me some lovely mulled/spiced wine glasses, which really made me want to clean up the mess in our flat (me being the main culprit, not Andreas), and invite some friends over for a looong overdue move-in/cosy winter party.
Andreas took me out to the new, hot restaurant in town last evening, Mathias Dahlgren at Grand Hotel. The foie gras terrine was a small piece of heaven, served with figs and olive oil. And the crisp, fried duck breast I had… Wow! It was perfectly cooked, and the meat just melted on my tongue. I really recommend the place!
And let me introduce you to my new toy, of which I’m the proud owner of since last night (drum rolls…)
My old Canon IXUS S400 started behaving erratically this summer, and since then I’ve been looking for a new digital compact. And yes, I refuse to cave in to the DSLR craze that’s overtaken everyone else. I guess I’m just not the kind of girl that likes toting around a colossus of a camera and €1000+ worth of lenses everywhere I go. 
After doing some heavy research on everything available out there, and hesitating between this beauty, Canon IXUS 860IS, and the slightly slimmer and funkier-looking Sony DSC-T200, the reviews, forum discusssions, and the fact that this camera was one of the few compacts DP Review even looked at this year, all pointed to the Canon.
And now it’s lying next to me, looking all cute and dreaming of all the nice pictures we will take together, while its battery is being charged in the cradle. *Happy*. And all because I have the world’s absolutely best boyfriend. Thank you so much Andreas!
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