On the second day of winter break...

i...

went shopping with my mom at the mall.

we ate lunch by the big christmas tree

and stalked the table full of old people.

we also bought old man socks and tons of

pittsburgh gear. and we laughed.

a lot.

made italian pretzels for my friends.

and bought cute christmas tins

to put them in. i'm excited

to see their faces when they

open them up. because no one loves

italian pretzels quite like

they do ;)

rode around in my little red

car with my not-so-little dog

in the passenger's seat. because, 

really, he's the best shopping buddy

i'll ever find...he doesn't ever

complain about the music i play...

or if i play a song twice in 

a row...and he gives

wonderful kisses!

ate lasagna with rach.

and her awesome mom and sister. 

and her wonderful boyfriend, virgil.

we were supposed to make it...then we got

sidetracked of course. so we just ate

it instead. and sat around the table

with her mom and sister and talked

about things like where PAM got

its name and what we want

to be when we grow up..

baked yummy brownies with rach and virgil.

okay--i kind of just watched. but still.

double chocolate brownies with

hershey's hugs and hershey's

dark/mint chocolate. ironic

because they both work within

the hershey company ;)

sat at the johnston's house

and talked with ash, her parents,

and steph. they will always feel

like a second set of parents 

to me.

photo cred: rachael miller and myself!

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