Braces.

And multiple extractions.

At four and a half k, they certainly don't come cheap.

And yes, it's my birthday present! Since I was young, I've harboured a desire to have braces because I thought they looked cool with the different colours. Anyway, as I grew up they lost some of the coolness factor but I still like them and I still think they still retain some of that 'all-grown-up' thing that I liked about them when I was younger.

Two gaping holes in my mouth attest to the extractions, and I have two more next week. And I have a pretty much numbed right side of the mouth, but never mind.

Ah, birthday present. Thou shall last me for the next two years.