I turned 27 yesterday. I don’t feel older, and I don’t think 27 is that old. Under 30 and it’s all good, haha. Anyway, I was out to dinner with my family – 16 people, including a handful of children, and it came time to open gifts in front of everyone.

My cousin, who is a 17 yr old girl, got me something in a big pink Victoria’s Secret box.  Now, these days I’m sure that most of VS revenue comes from non-lingerie things, but it still has that awkward association – Look! I’m carrying underwear or sexy things in this bag!  Anyway, everyone made jokes before I opened it.

So I open it. It was a big tube of sparkly glitter-infused lotion and a bottle of shimmer-infused body spray in the matching scent.  Ah, an apt gift for or from a 17yr old girl. Makes me feel young.  So I slather some on my hand and rave about how great it is.  Then my aunt asked me about the scent.

“Well? What’s the scent?”

Me: (pause) “uhhh… Pure Seduction...”

Everyone: **snickers***

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