Urban Girl Almanac: City Mouse

This has been a good week. The sun is out and we’re headed into a three day weekend. Here’s what I learned this week:

• I ♥ Jane Austen.
• Riding the tandem bike is much faster, dorkier, than walking to work.
• Pretzel chips with hummus is the best snack.
• I climbed my first ever 10d this week! Yay!
• Ancient jewelry designs endure. I have a pair of etruscan design earrings that I bought when I was a horribly unstylish 13 year old and still wear.
• I’ve recently discovered the joy of Freaks and Geeks.
• La Redoute is running a great sale on French basics right now.
• Keeping cans of various beans in the cabinet helps with last minute meals.
• Spending a couple hours at the hair salon getting color and a blow out is a great treat.
• I simply do not have the caffeine tolerance required for drinking a tall morning latte without turning into Tyrone Biggums.
• Staying out until 3am on a school night isn’t so bad in moderation.
• I hereby vow to never watch another scary movie filmed in “hand held camcorder” style.

Margaret, Rob and I are off on a road trip tomorrow morning! The car is packed with Cheeze-its and mix CDs for the 5 hour trek up Weaverville. Our adorable country mouse friends, Rich and Molly, live there and have a baby arriving in the spring. You may remember Weaverville from last year’s trip and the wedding before that. Should be another funny adventure!