Frothy face wash, tweezers, Christmas lights, running shoes & Mexican food all make for a nice Tuesday.

I should start off by saying that it is currently 16˚ ("feels like -1"). 20mph winds & 40% humidity made the weather today pretty awesome. This is definitely a city of extremes, & days like today make me want to climb into my bed with my ugliest, warmest pajamas on & never come out.

But!

I had a successful day. A good one, actually, despite my 10am exit from my nice & warm bed (oops).

See, good things happened today. For starters - I had a coupon at Origins (I like Origins & their frequent & generous coupon-sending). I trekked down to Grand Central &  bought my favorite face wash in an extra-giant (i.e. promotional) size for $10! Instead of $23. That made me happy.

And then I got my eyebrows done, because it's been a few months & I just can't do it myself. I can maintain for a few weeks, & then I get really nice terrible, straight eyebrows. Ick. I've already said this, but getting my brows done make me feel like a new woman.

My appointment was on 5th, & since Anthropologie was spitting distance away, I had to go in. Just to browse (I'm not a window shopper & I hate browsing). Plus, Jen said that everything in the store was on sale. She wasn't kidding (thanks, Jen). I'm glad that I succumbed to the temptation, because all of their Christmas trim is 75% off (75%!!). I had already purchased the ornament pictured above a few weeks ago, but I found some really, really lovely strings of colored replica-vintage Christmas lights. I fell in love with old, glass lights when Erin & I were in DC & saw them in Cara's neighborhood & in Georgetown. They're beautiful. Fragile, but beautiful. I came home & told Mike that I bought us an early Christmas present (Late? he said). I can't wait to decorate for next year. Nor am I willing to take down anything from this year quite yet. Maybe next week.

And - I'm trying to be a better runner again, just like how I'm trying to be a better reader, too. Getting back to my roots you know, to the simple things that I love & used to do often. Well, I decided the other day at the gym that my running shoes have lost their cush, so I went to our local UES running store where they analyzed my stride (on a treadmill, with a video camera that they replayed it in slow motion) & I found a new pair of shoes that I l-o-v-e. Mizunos. The brand I wore when Mike & I were dating (We've come full circle! he said - it's been 5 years of Nike's for me since then). Anyway. Their gift to me? 10% off! Forever! On anything I buy in the store, for ever & ever. No idea why. Just because, they said. Because today was just a good day. I like this store.

We went to Harlem with friends tonight & ate cemitas again, even though it is freezing today.

Mike & I are going to curl up & watch a movie. It's just a nice, relaxing week. A nice end to a (mostly) nice year.