NYC

we are home from our trip to nyc. we loved being in the city. my favorite thing about it was sitting on 2nd ave with the most delicious hot chocolate i have ever had in my life, on a bench with jamie, with the snow coming down. even though it wasn't snowing that much, it made things very quiet, and we had a nice city moment there.

we hung out with uncle victor and had a lovely evening chatting it up with him and checking out all his fabulous christmas decorations. i know we are missing out on the total decorative house, but what we saw was gorgeous! i can't believe i didn't take a picture; i guess i just forgot.

we had a great time shopping for christmas! jamie's mom, her boyfriend larry, and his brother matt are coming for the holiday and we are excited to have them here for our 1st christmas as married people together. so we have been doing some fun and thoughtful shopping! yay! we already have some presents wrapped under the tree, which feels really homey and good.

we went bowling with katy browning at a new bowling alley in williamsburg, my old neigborhood when i lived in brooklyn. it was great fun! here is jamie bowling a spare!


the show we went for was not a success. i lost a lot of money and the time during the show was long. the good thing was that we had some very nice other jewelers near us and it was lovely to chat with them and get to know them better. i will not apply for that show next year.

our flights there were fine. we did not have many long delays on the runway or anything. i did cheap out a bit on the tickets so we flew from asheville to atlanta, from atlanta to dc, from dc to jfk. we lost one bag on the way there. then when we got the bag, my make up bag was not in it. we called and called and they put us off on one person or another until i got really pissed and the person on the other end agreed to make a claim for me without me going out to jfk in person like they had previously demanded. then when we got back to asheville, the same bag was lost again. it was awful, people, awful. and the worst part was that no one involved gave a flying fuck. but we have the bag. i had to go out and buy a new toothbrush, hairbrush, deoderant, shampoo, floss, nail clippers, and make up bag, but at least the main bag was returned. i must reiterate, though, that it SUCKED.

i've been having fun making presents the past few days and also wrapping presents. i enjoy taunting jamie with the thought of what he might get for christmas. i am very excited about a few of the presents i have for him! i look forward to posting pics of the presents i have made once everyone has opened them!

we also went today to see "the golden compass", a movie made from a book series i love, written by phillip pullman. it was fabulous; it even made me cry at parts! i highly recommend this movie! it is fantasy...kind of harry potter, kind of narnia. but better than both!

here is a pic of a new necklace i showed in NYC. love it! i got the green moss balls at target and i made the silver ball. it really is fantastic looking on, though a bit scratchy.

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