I want to be a part of it... New York, New York!

Guess where I'm going next year on vacation? You'll never guess! Okay, you got it. New York City!

I am beyond excited for this trip that won't be occurring until at least March. Three friends and I will be flying over for a week or so and also taking a side trip over to Boston. I don't even know what to say. I've dreamed of visiting these places for as long as I can remember, and now I'm finally going! I've already been checking out travel books from the library and surfing the internet in order to compile a list of possible activities, including the following:

• Eating a bagel and drinking coffee in front of Tiffany's.
  
• Playing hide and seek in Central Park. Well, maybe not, but I want to go!
  
• Falling in love with a dreamy British boy at the top of the Empire State Building.
  
• Pursuing truthiness and the glorious man who is Stephen Colbert.
  
• Climbing the dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History.
  
• Buying a Dwight Schrute bobblehead at the NBC Experience Store.
  
• Doing the string dance with Conan O'Brien.
  
• Drinking tea with Eloise at The Plaza!
  
• Braiding Tina Fey's hair and making her my BFF.
  

Oh boy! I've got quite a full schedule already. I hope my travel partners want to do some of these things, too, but I don't think they'll have a problem with a couple of them. Who doesn't want to fall in love with a dreamy British boy, seriously?

And do you know what else I want to do while in New York? Be my goal weight and wear cute dresses like this one:

So there it is. My motivation and the reason I posted my weight loss countdown on the lefthand side of this page. My silly and girlie weight loss motivation is being cute in New York, because how often do I go there?

I'll make a brand new start of it in old New York.