It's funny because when I walk through the lower school quad, the littles yell my name or come up and hug me.

Adorable, especially since, in my head at least, the upper grades quake in fear when they hear your name. Also because hugs.

brenda, I can picture it exactly. My cat likes to run in front of me so that she can plop herself down in my path, roll onto her back, and beg for pets. Almost exactly the same thing my son used to do when he was two.

Oh and speaking of advent calendars, one day last week I noticed that my Trader Joe's had Valrhona chocolate advent calendars for $9.99 so I swooped up two of them. I'm guessing this will be an item that they have a hard time keeping in stock since I went back yesterday for a few items and noticed they were out.

brenda, that's hilarious! Cats, man.

I just ate at Chipotle for the first time. Delicious! And very filling.

I just made this: [link] and I made some mistakes, and am not 100% sure it was worth the effort, but DAMN it is delicious.

My decision to go to Trader Joe's on a Saturday afternoon was not a wise one, perhaps, but now I have vinho verde and beet hummus.

Also, some guy was handing out free samples outside of a cosmetics store and he was trying to ask me about what products I use for my eyes, and I may have blown him off a bit rudely.

My decision to go to Trader Joe's on a Saturday afternoon was not a wise one, perhaps

I don't know if the one you went to was the one we went to while in SF for our honeymoon (on Masonic, IIRC), but the parking situation was insane. And it was just 3:00 on a Thursday. I can't imagine it on a Saturday.

My decision to go to Trader Joe's on a Saturday afternoon was not a wise one

We did too. And bumped into Christmas/holiday noms. We bought Peppermint JoJo's, chocolate covered Peppermint JoJo's, the multiple flavored covered Peppermint JoJo's, Peppermint crisps, Peppermint tea, and I swear there were more treats. Total sucker for peppermint.

This was after going to two different craft fairs, Old Navy, and Charming Charlies. I have a chunk of my holiday shopping complete!

The Masonic TJ's is bananas all day, every day. (My clinic & hospital are right there, so I'm near it a lot.)

I did not go to the TJ's on Masonic. I went to the one at the big-ass Stonestown Galleria mall because I also wanted to buy shoes and jeans.

It turns out that the free sample from the cosmetics place is some kinda 24K gold skin cream. Now I feel no guilt for not giving sample guy any of my time.

I was all eager to go to the local Latin fusion restaurant and have fajitas served in a volcanic rock tonight. Until I checked their facebook page to see the menu and noticed they are having a male strip revue next weekend and pointedly announced that it was "Only for LADIES!"

If I'm not welcome in the club next week, I don't see why I should spend my money there this week.