winter evening

Last night, as we geared up for yet another snow 'storm' (which thus far has turned out to be approximately 2 inches, but that didn't stop all the snow emergency lights from flashing last night), all I really wanted to do with my evening was curl up on my couch and watch one of the new movies purchased with my Christmas gift certificates to Amazon (with 4 more still to come, have I mentioned how much I love an amazon gift certificate?  It's a lot):

You'll note that 3/4 of these are pretty girlie.  I recently decided that my selection of chick flicks was lacking.

I have taken measures to correct this situation.

Of course this plan was temporarily hijacked by HG 2.0 who enticed me with things like Santarpio's pizza and stopping over at Floyd's Cove (the new name of Sacha & Toni's place) for a little while to be social.  The allure of this magical pizza (and, you know, the company of my friends) was enough to get me off the couch and out the door, grumbling all the way about how I was going to be back in my apartment by 8:30 AT THE LATEST.

After a bit of chitchat and a couple slices of pizza, I took my leave.  The inevitable "oh come on, stay and hang out" started, but I explained that I wanted to watch a movie.  Which one? they asked.  "Don't worry about it" was my response.  I have noticed that nothing drives people so crazy as when you won't tell them a simple piece of harmless information.  It's one of my new favorite games (though I think it'll have to be used sparingly, otherwise it will lose its effect).

Sacha jokingly asked me if I was going home to watch some adult entertainment (not his actual word - sorry, parents).  With a completely straight face I looked him in the eye and said, "yes, that's exactly what I'm going to do.  I need to take advantage of Suneil being out of the house."  We had a good laugh and then he said, "oh wait, I bet you're going to watch that Earnest movie."  I congratulated him on being right and he responded, "well, that pretty much is adult entertainment for Jessie."  (again, sorry parents)

What I actually did was return to my apartment, put in The Importance of Being Earnest and get out my stationery, my trusty pens, and a cup of tea:

Please take special note of this fantastic tea cup brought for me all the way from Japan by Alisa.  I love it.

and settled in for the evening.  I love love love stationery (along with movies and books, it's one of the great loves of my life) and fancy writing instruments (by fancy I mean colorful), so I have decided to put both of these things to use in order to resurrect the lost art of the letter.  I enjoy writing letters, and in my youth I was all about writing to people who were far away.  And while I am a fan of the interwebs and the ease of communication these days, there's still something to be said for something you can hold in your hand that has been handwritten for you by someone else that I like.  Plus, it eventually gives me an excuse to buy more paper products (and yes, I am a huge nerd.  I'm ok with it).

ps - thanks for the breakfast suggestions, everyone!  They were extremely helpful and I will probably try all of them out at least once (after all, variety is the spice of life)