Things That DO NOT Make You Look Like a Grown-Up

• Jumping in a bouncy house dressed as Little Orphan Annie
• Jumping in a bouncy house dressed as Marty McFly
• Jumping in a bouncy house dressed as Daniel LaRusso
• Staples holding up business pant hem
• The juxtaposition of a tall, stylish woman with a Williamsburg haircut wearing heeled boots holding onto the same subway pole as me reading a Percy Jackson book in my 10-year old H&M coat with holes in the pockets and Onitsuga Tiger sneakers
• Reading a Percy Jackson book
• My sister having to pick me up from my brother's house because I don't own a car
• Anyone having to pick me up from a train because I don't own a car (update: I own a car! Really growing!)
• Being unwed, unbabied and confusing all at suburban parties
• Not being a coffee drinker