I bought it!!

If you have been reading along, you will know that I have been back and fourth about "pulling the trigger" about buying my very first DSLR so I can pursue my dream of photography.  That is exactly what I did last night, I bought my Canon Rebel T5i and I am in love!  This purchase also marks another completed item on my 30before30 list.  

Canon Rebel T5i 18-135mm STM lens

I have spent all day playing around with it, I have ALWAYS been an auto focus gal, until I switched that dial to manual focus...Oh my goodness, I will never go back.  I have so much to learn, but I am having a great time so far. The weather was not very nice today, so I was limited to shooting from my front porch.  Here are a few unedited, straight out of the camera images I took today. 

Check it off the list

One of my things to do for my 30before30 list is to mail out a letter or card to two random friends a month.  I did this for October on the 31st, nothing like waiting till the last minute to get something done.  

At the post office getting ready to go out.  

30 Before 30

So here it goes my "30 before 30" list, in no particular order. As I complete them I will cross them off and also link it to the post with photos (I hope, still trying to get a hang of all of this).   I hope to have it completed by October 13, 2014  1. Buy the Nikon D5200 kit with extra lens and accessories 2. Host a holiday 3.  Run a half marathon 4. Get at least 10 clients, that are not family to start off my photography business 5. Go to NYC 6. Get Prego 7. Continue to blog 8. Bring my husband to a Chicago Bears game, it would be my first Bears game 9. Start paying off student loans 10. Make a scrapbook of our anniversary notes from our wedding guests 11. Host a dinner party for some of my girlfriends 12. Organize my pantry; labels and containers for flour, sugar etc.  13. Organize my craft supplies and.... 14. ...make a craft area in the basement 15.  Go unplugged for at least 2 days 16.  Have a 2nd anniversary photo shoot 17.  Get another tattoo 18. Catch a fish or two  19. Do something awesome for stranger 20. Find and attend a murder mystery with my husband 21. Go to a pumpkin patch 22. Volunteer somewhere 23. Go ice skating down town Chicago 24. Attend an event where I have to dress up in a fancy dress 25.  Complete a full photo a day monthly challenge through instagram 26.  Print, organize and make photo albums of a lot of the photos I have taken 27.  Write a love note to my husband in "our book" at least once a week for a month 28.  Go camping 29.  Read at least 5 books 30.  Send a random note to at least 2 friends a month