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Only in LA is where you can see a girl walk down the street in Louis Vuitton shoes, Burberry scarf, Chanel sunglasses, Coach purse, bebe shirt, and the best part...huge Gucci earrings. The thing is, the outfit looked awful on her and I realized that the worst part of the whole thing was that I knew and can distinguish every brand that she was wearing. I guess I am a consumer whore after all.

It's starting get colder. Today's the winter solstice. The weather is getting colder and crisper. Santa Ana winds are present and I believe that winter is starting up again. I kinda like it because it feels right. I can't imagine having an 80-degree Christmas. It would be nice, but weird. I still can't believe that it's this week. I guess it's because I work up until Christmas Eve and I don't have anymore "vacation" like I did when I was in school. I miss Christmas break so much. I just found out that I have accrued 4 weeks of vacation time. Crazy! I need to start using it. But where should I go? I am thinking about another east coast adventure. But I can't go until it starts warming up. I know I won't be able to deal with the winter there. Which reminds me of a conversation that I had with my friend Bita. I haven't seen Bita in a few years and she was at the girl's place for board games the other night. She goes to Med School in the Caribbean and said that she was cold that day (Sunday, it was 80 degrees that day and it cooled off a bit at night) and she would have to get use to the weather here. So strange. And then she proceeded to tell me about her New Year's plans in Boston. Boston, of all places. She's going to freeze to death!!! Poor girl. I do miss her and her quirkiness and her voice. It's cute. Only 4 more months until she's back in the states, so that will be fun.

I had a lovely time with M today. Tuesday dinners have been working well for us lately. It’s nice seeing her every week. We never run out of things to say to each other. It’s quite comforting actually and remarkably impressive to me. Same thing with Lisa as well. We talk and talk about everything and nothing at the same time and it is always lovely. Can’t say that I can do that with many people. I have a tendency to ramble, so I am glad that there are people here that are willing to listen. And I too, in turn, listen to them.

On a random note, I think that my coworkers are all wonderfully amazing people. They are very sweet and generous, especially during this crazy holiday season. They make work more bearable.

Oh, and thanks for the mezzaluna Angela. I love it!!