it's the most wonderful time of the year

i just finished taking a long lunch with my mom on knox street, then walked down that blessed little corridor of shops. we bought a few christmas presents, ooh-ed and ahh-ed and all the beautiful christmas decor...it was so fun. and last night, had a fun gathering with college friends at meg's house to celebrate britt's b-day...we chatted about the holidays and all of our upcoming parties. it's just a festive, fun-filled time. and the weather has the perfect amount of chill...it's that kind of weather that makes you appreciate dallas (at least for now).

it reminds me of the late fall in new york city. ahh, such a great town. i haven't been in almost a year, but everytime i go i love it more. that said, in my love-hate relationship with dallas, we are most certainly in a good place right now. the weather is nice (plus i just watched a long documentary-type deal the travel channel did that made dallas seem really great!), and i am suddenly realizing that relatively speaking, dallas is a really great place to be.

i may just be psyching myself out since i just got a promotion at work, (meaning i'll be staying in dallas for a while longer), but then again - was i ever really planning to leave? and if so, obviously i wasn't planning on it anytime soon. maybe i like this having-family-and-friends-close-by thing more than i thought i did (now if only we could pull a few of you back here from austin, san antonio, nashville, nyc, newport beach...wait a minute...) ; )