1/1/10

1. Found an inexpensive replacement bag for daily use at Nordstrom. It's grey, very roomy but slouchy so doesn't look overwhelming enormous, and its straps can change from over-the-shoulder to cross-body. It is a little bit heavy due to the hardware, but if that becomes too much Nordstrom would probably be cool about returning it because they're awesome like that.
2. Taking family pictures around the tree and in the formal living room.
3. Gran and mom both approved of the apartment space and setup!!
4. Really good dim sum in Chinatown (I think at Jing Fong).
5. Fun with Gran, mom, and sis, poking into shops to buy hats (my mom and I got matching crocheted pageboy caps...a cute hat that can fold up and fit in a coat pocket!), taking in the sights at Rockefeller Center.
6. A manager at Louis Martin Jewelers taking my ring to clean it until ridiculously sparkly again. I did not in fact just get used to The Sparkly, it just got dulled from soap and other such substances. Now it is back to giving off distracting light while I type. Also, just to remember, I really quite liked the vintage watches they sold here.