I gave in..

So I finally bought a new lens for my camera today. I've had my DSLR for years now and unfortunately I haven't been spending as much time learning it as I should have. It came with the default 18-55 mm lens which was just all right (but not really).

For the longest time I just pined and ogled at my friends' lenses and their bokeh. So today when I had downtime at work (don't judge me) I was just researching lenses for fun when I stumbled across a sale on Amazon. I had been searching for a 50 mm lens for some time. I heard it was better for in-door, low lighting settings and for close ups/tighter compositions. Basically, I want to try my hand at food photography, so this sounded good to me!

I am so excited. I know I had a few more things to save up for (like friends' weddings and moving out and being absolutely broke as I wait to hear back from grad school) but the lens was ON SALE. I was practically LOSING money not buying it, right? Right? I expect the lens in 5 days. Yaay. Hopefully I'll have beautiful food pictures and recipes to upload as a result! Please stay tuned!