maybe I spent all week hiding from people & productive work, but I sure did write a lot of actually pretty good words! and I accomplished (well, some of it am still accomplishing, but there is accomplishment happening!) all that work I was hiding from last night & today. take that, winter!

also that I have recently made some "self-indulgent" purchases to make my winter nicer. like some delicious new teas, and a cushy fuzzy mitten-type ice scraper for my car in the mornings, and a couple DVDs of things that keep depression at bay. and the fabric & a pattern for a cloak that I have wanted for years. (it has been decided that yarning it will take forever & also irritate me & also cost a ton, so. fabric it is.) maybe it's not the most practical thing, but it will be awesome! plus, the joy of having hand-made myself something on the still-hard-for-me sewing machine.

also it is cranberry sauce season