the power of cozy

Dreary gray morning - not cold yet, but it will be. I'm very pleased though because I'm wearing new socks - fluffy and thick. It's amazing how the smallest things can make me happy.

Winter happy makers:

Clothes: socks (of course!), in many varieties - reinforced sole, polarfleece, knee high. I'm especially pleased with my new stripey knee high socks, as they go well with the "crazy cat lady" image I'm trying to cultivate :P Shearling booties on top of socks in the coldest weather are very heaven :)

Food: Cocoa and Irish coffee, in that order, because I need more calcium (incidentally, it would take 88.88 cups of brewed coffee to kill me. Good to know...). Brunswick stew and tomato bisque soup are also warm, fluffy foods :)

Polarfleece blankets also help, when I can wrestle them away from the cats ;)

What makes super cold (or for cold-seekers, extreme heat) berable for you?

now THIS is a cool thing!

Body Worlds in Philly, just up the road from me. Morbid though it might seem, I've always wanted to see this exhibit, it just looks utterly fascinating!

And it's there until April of next year - that's PLENTY of time to plan a road trip! Any wannabee anatomists out there?

Bailey's chocolate chip cheesecake

A recipe from the international potluck at work of a couple of weeks ago that's too good not to share. Full text under the snip for those who can't get to the page for one reason or another:

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Two out of two people in this house agree - this thing is sinful! I'm going to make it for Thanksgiving at my mom's, but D. insists we really must "trial run" it here first. So I won't display deficient mad cooking skillz in front of my mom, you see...;)