This weekend, this beautiful lady came to visit, despite snow, rain and cold.

We stayed up well past midnight chatting about old AOL screen names, updates on people we once knew and enjoying some fabulously expensive cheese.

Natalie shares my love for a lot of things, including shopping and diet coke. Ryan wanted to finish painting the apartment on Saturday, so Natalie, Zoe and I packed in the car and set off for an all day shopping trip.

This trip included, but was not limited to...

- buying cute winter tops

- enjoying cheap mexican food and our body weight in chips + salsa

- cursing the annoying/mean little boy at the mall play place under our breath

- spending over an hour at McDonald's, allowing Zoe to be distracted, so we could girl chat

- listening to Zoe sing a song about Rudolph the Ringledeer (her interpretation of Reindeer = Ringledeer)

She left this morning, it was a short trip, but it was great to see her. 

I'm proud to report that I have been keeping up with my Thankful Journal, and I'm really loving having it with me during the day.

For dinner tonight, I made waffles and THIS buttermilk syrup. My best friend from high school, her mom used to make us this syrup, and I'm so happy to have found a similar recipe. It brought back so many fun memories. I love when food does that.

Daylight savings in throwing me for a loop, so I'm off to bed.

XOXO,

Holly & CO.