Day 155: Books and Ornaments

My mom and I did the last of our Christmas shopping today, so I spent a fair amount of time in the local bookstore and a little while looking at ornaments in Hallmark. I could do either of these things for hours. Bookstores are my complete happy place. I wish we had a Barnes & Noble around here so that I could sit in their comfy chairs browsing books and choosing which ones to buy. But Books-a-Million serves its purpose. There are shelves and shelves of books that I can get completely lost in, and I get a fair amount of a nerdy confidence boost by being more literarily knowledgeable than the staff. And Hallmark ornaments are just fun. It's impossible not to be in the Christmas spirit looking at the walls of angels, wreaths, cartoon characters and reindeer. It was a simple day, but it was a good day.

Today, I am grateful for:

• having an excuse to go back to the bookstore.
• finding great ornaments to fill stockings this year.
• getting to be a big part of holiday shopping this year.
• chai.
• good music.