Buttoned Up for Winter

I got my Badge Swap button in the mail on Friday. It's the second from the left, bottom row on this page (my contribution is top left on this page). I haven't added my little pear-headed friend to my jacket yet, but rest assured, I will.

It was another one of those fooled-ya weather weekends. You know, one of those those days when it looks like it should be cold and blustery and it turns out to be just cool and blustery? Walking out the front door Sunday, all bundled up for December in Chicago, we found ourselves chedding our gloves and squinting in the sun. Very unexpected.

Other than that, an uneventful weekend. We had a FriendChristmas dinner Saturday night at The Room. You know, one of those dinners where you get together with some close friends and exchange presents and stuff? We got a basket of booze -- gin and scotch and saki and glögg -- from Mike and Em and a kitty themed tray and cat treat jar from Lauren. Cinnamon gave the girls coupons for purses, while I gave Mike a golf game for his computer and a "bottle of scotch to be named later." Only yesterday he called to say that the game wasn't in the box; I bought it at one of those game exchange places (the game itself was new) and they apparently took the game out of the box but were fooled by the rattling instruction manual into thinking it was still inside when they gave it to me. I can't find the receipt, so I'm picking up the box tonight at pleading my case tomorrow. "Excuse me, do you have an extra 'Pro Golf 2003' (or whatever it was called) CD-ROM behind the counter? You do? Great, put it this box you sold me, please."

Posted by Andrew Huff at December 22, 2003 02:03 PM