Last weekend was my birthday weekend! Of course I had a fun filled day planned with my boyfriend; I wanted to go to Build-A-Bear, Madame Tussauds, and to eat at Benihanas. I planned to go to these places because I wanted to try new things for my birthday! I went to Build-A-Bear and I got this cute tan colored bear that I named Jayden and I dressed him up as Winnie the Pooh! So far so good right? WRONG! From 5th Ave. I walked to Madame Tussauds and it was kind of suspicious because there were massive amounts of people walking towards my direction and I thought it was some sort of parade! In reality though, it was the protesters from occupy Wall Street and they completely barricaded Times Square. There were so much people and so much police that I could not even walk 1 block. Everyone was smelly too. I was so annoyed! After about a hour thinking that I could find a way around the herd of protesters, I decided to just head to Benihanas: I WAS SO EXCITED! I always wanted to eat there but I never found the occasion to. Walking on 56thstreet, I did not know what the outside of the place looked like, so I was aimlessly walking up and down the block until I asked for directions and the man told me that Benihanas was being renovated! I was even more annoyed! So I decided to eat at this expensive Shanghainese place, which was so over priced. After I met up with another couple and decided to go to Max Brenner for some desert but it was a 2 and a half hour long wait; instead, the other couple went to eat at this place that served drinks and pasta; it looked so good but I could not eat because I was so full. Their bill came out to be much cheaper so I was obviously jealous!
Although at first I was so mad, I calmed down and I realized that I should be fortunate for the things that did go my way, like getting Jayden, and spending some quality time with my boyfriend and getting a ride back home. Also, even though things did not go as planned, there are always going to be times where I can go to the wax museum and Benihanas, so clearly, I was over reacting, which is what I do a lot.
