October 17

I had dinner this evening with a good friend. It was a blessing to be able to just sit and chat for a while. And after dinner, we wandered around Target, because that's what I do!

While Corie admired some gray flats, I waxed poetic on the virtues of sparkly slip-ons. And then I spied these --which were on sale-- and knew they had to come home with me.

Kind of silly and impractical? Sure. But they remind me of Christmas and of the happy, warm feelings that accompany the holiday season.

And from now on, they'll remind me of this evening, when I trolled Target just window shopping and talking and having an understated-ly good time with a lovely friend.