For as long as I can remember, I’ve never been able to wait for my actual birthday to receive my big present from mom.  And by not being able to wait, I mean my birthday is early May and I usually have present in hand no later than mid-February.  By mid-February, I without fail have an overwhelming need to own {insert obsession here}.  But not this year…

This year, I couldn’t decide on anything.  Two weeks after the big day and there still wasn’t one thing I could think of that I needed to own.  I had been entertaining the idea of a macro lens for quite some time, but wasn’t sure if it was worth the investment at this point in time.

Not being able to think of anything else, I decided to go to Best Buy yesterday to test out some lenses and shoot the shiz with the sales guy.  After a half hour of novice-ly questioning the surprisingly expert-ish sales guy, I knew exactly what I wanted.  I also knew that what I wanted was out of my price range.

I called my mom the second I stepped into my car and filled her in on all the important and not-so-important details.  She offered to pay for half, I gladly accepted.  We made plans to purchase the lens today.

I woke up this morning with lens on the brain.  She purchased the lens at the Clearwater store, I picked it up at the South Tampa store, all was good.  Chrissie met me at Best Buy and we carpooled to the Sweetwater Organic Farm to get our veggie on.

And what a perfect opportunity that was to test out my new lens!  I found that the automatic, no-flash setting and an outdoor environment meshed perfectly.  However…  after taking a few pictures around my kitchen, it was apparent that I have A LOT to learn!