The end of the year
Dec. 31st, 2011 08:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mojosmomA quiet day yesterday, and then in the evening several of us from my local college alumnae group met at Lincoln Park Zoo to see the ZooLights:
Every year, the zoo does a fabulous display of lights, but this is the first year I've gone. It was insanely crowded, and most of the animals chose to sleep:
but that was okay. We wandered about, chatting and taking pictures, and then went to the cafeteria for hot cider or hot chocolate. I had a good time.
Today, I went out, ran a few errands, and got a bottle of champagne, which I will pop at midnight. There's a local store I like, called "What the Traveler Saw", that was having an "up to 50% off" sale, so I checked it out and did some damage. I found a long, unlined, drapey black coat perfect for travel, and as I was headed to the counter to pay for it, my eye was caught by a large ring with a faceted red stone. Now, I don't usually wear large rings, but I put this on and it was awesome - and half-price. So I succumbed, and then one of the other sales clerks said, "did you see the earrings?" Hoo, boy. Yeah, I did. (They're rubies, from Turkey. Not gem-quality, obviously, but it's the funky-ness of them that I like. Click through to Flickr and check out the band on the ring. Definitely not average.)
Then I stopped in at another local store, The Fair Trader, just to let them know that my sister loved the wood and horn salad servers I got her for Christmas.
The cat and I are hanging out together tonight. I will have champagne. She'll have whatever she wants!
Every year, the zoo does a fabulous display of lights, but this is the first year I've gone. It was insanely crowded, and most of the animals chose to sleep:
but that was okay. We wandered about, chatting and taking pictures, and then went to the cafeteria for hot cider or hot chocolate. I had a good time.
Today, I went out, ran a few errands, and got a bottle of champagne, which I will pop at midnight. There's a local store I like, called "What the Traveler Saw", that was having an "up to 50% off" sale, so I checked it out and did some damage. I found a long, unlined, drapey black coat perfect for travel, and as I was headed to the counter to pay for it, my eye was caught by a large ring with a faceted red stone. Now, I don't usually wear large rings, but I put this on and it was awesome - and half-price. So I succumbed, and then one of the other sales clerks said, "did you see the earrings?" Hoo, boy. Yeah, I did. (They're rubies, from Turkey. Not gem-quality, obviously, but it's the funky-ness of them that I like. Click through to Flickr and check out the band on the ring. Definitely not average.)
Then I stopped in at another local store, The Fair Trader, just to let them know that my sister loved the wood and horn salad servers I got her for Christmas.The cat and I are hanging out together tonight. I will have champagne. She'll have whatever she wants!
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Date: 2012-01-01 04:20 am (UTC)Happy New Year to you and to the cat