Prezzies!

Birthday loot (thus far, supposedly more is on the way via UPS; cough KatieLizMarilyn cough)

Gnome birthday card from company whose products I am obsessed with

Twenty three dollars (thanks, grandpa)

Bigfoot: I not Dead, Graham Romieuartwork of Bigfoot: I not Dead

In Me Own Words: The Autobiography of Bigfoot, Graham Romieu

artwork of In Me Own Words

The Royal Tenenbaums Criterion Collection DVD

Red Forever21 DB Symbol coat (see previous Forever21 post)

White Alpaca Camargo scarf

Victorian Fantasy candle. Smells like bodice-ripping (thanks, Rachel)

Amaryllis plant (thanks, Enrico)

Things I like

I've decided that, since all of you are rooting for Team Lara, you should know my likes and dislikes. Thus, "Things I Like", will be a regularly featured blog topic.

First Thing I Like:

Humerous greeting cards.

My mother notoriously does not send me mail. My roommate gets care packages galore, while I am lucky to receive a card on major holidays (with a crisp $5 that my mother tells me to spend on something holiday-related, like candy, as if trying to deter me from spending it on booze). However, when la madre e il padre DO decide to send me a card, it's usually quite fab, and almost always animal-related. Here is the card they sent me for Halloween.

Here is the outside:

Things I like so far: it's grammar-related, the two girls look like total hos, neither has clean hair, and they are in some sort of diner.

And the Inside:

Things I like: Blondie got skooled, their expressions don't change, and my mother's note that these girls are English majors. Thanks for pointing that out, Mom.

And that was the first edition of Things I Like. Later entries will most likely cover my cat, Carlo Rossi, celebrity children, and Sweet Valley High books. Stay tuned.