Boxing Day

I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas! I certainly did. I talked to Phil on the phone (he's visiting his family in Portland, and I am still here in Cambridge), and he told me that my Christmas present was hidden in the closet! That man is so sneaky. And he has excellent taste - he gave me a chunky oatmeal colored sweater. Just two days before I had stopped at the goodwill on my walk home from lab and bought myself two more. My collection is becoming quite impressive.

I had Christmas dinner with Marie and Will. We made two dishes from recipes out of her Trader Joe's cookbook.  I made garlic mashed potatoes because I don't think I've had a Christmas without mashed potatoes.  For dessert we had a brie fondue, also from TJs, with baguette and green apples.  And I made mulled wine, which no one liked but me so I had quite a bit of it. :)  After dinner with watched Despicable Me.  It was adorable.

Today I had grand plans of post-Christmas shopping, but then I realized there was a blizzard warning.  Which means the three miles or so between my apartment and the mall become much longer.  I still got bundled up and walked to Mass Ave and Harvard Square for a look around, but I didn't end up buying anything.  I did stop at Whole Foods just before home and bought some more coffee - Marie and Will gave me a french press for Christmas (yea!) and I used up the last of my beans yesterday testing it out.

It is still blizzarding and blustery outside.  The scene outside my window looks sepia toned.  I don't mind a night in if it means a chance to knit, drink chai tea, and watch movies with Rizzo curled up next to me.