ten things I am thankful for

1. My best friend Carrie is coming to visit this month.
2. I feel relaxed and rested right now because I spent the past five days being pampered by my family.
3. My super got a new refrigerator for my apartment. The old one was a combined refrigerator and freezer with just one door. The freezer was an ice box that needed to be defrosted once a month. Milk went sour after two days in the refrigerator. And chunky after a few.
4. The Christmas tree lights in my apartment —that my parents bought and my boyfriend put up. I only wanted white lights, but I figured I was making out pretty good with the deal so I gave in to one string of color lights, which my (color blind) boyfriend really wanted.
5. Living in NYC.
6. Family parties that are fun. Family members who are fun. (You know who you are.)
7. Fresh flowers on the kitchen table right now.
8. Being a part of a (too) close knit group of girls in college, who: made me more understanding of the cliques of girls who seemed strangely obsessed with themselves in high school; made me laugh; made upstate NY weather bearable; made Poland spring bottles filled with Vodka an accessory; made the best quote book ever.
9. A mother who supports my shoe addiction. And a grammy who doesn't mind being dragged along on shopping excursions.
10. Writing materials, like the never-ending adventures of @RKsoPitted, and reading materials, like the book I just started, The Tiger's Wife.