Observations From the Weekend

1. Although they are a dangerous combination, it is possible to fall in love with high heels and snow in the same year.

2. It is really great to have girlfriends who get together on a Friday night to share a pizza and four bottles of wine while chatting straight through three movies in a row. In sweatpants.

3. Boys who are only willing to communicate with you through text messaging are dirtbags.

4. I need to convince one Heather Badger Plummer to move herself and her cute family to The SLC. She always manages to tell the funniest stories when you're in the worst mood.

5. When you need someone to crash the pity party you're throwing for yourself, call Sarah. She knows which coffee shops serve both cupcakes AND beer. On top of that, if the opportunity presents itself, she might bring you homemade pumpkin beer*.
*Sarah, I can't remember who you said made the beer, but I would appreciate it if you could please let them know that it is not only the best homemade beer I've ever tried, but also the best pumpkin beer I've ever tried. And I've tried a lot of pumpkin beers.

6. Burlesque shows in Utah, while offering the promise of coolness, are not quite as cool as I was hoping.

7. Friends from the states in the middle that start with "M" have the best accents.

8. The dollar store on 800 East and 200 South looks really small from the outside, but fear not - it has the same amount of junk on the inside as other dollar stores. Only in a more claustrophobic fashion.

9. When someone takes your wet, clean clothes out of a washer you are clearly still using, as indicated by the bag of dry, dirty clothes sitting right next to said washer, it provides the motivation to stop saying you're saving for your own washer/dryer and actually start saving.

10. Unshoveled sidewalks add a new element of adventure to running.

11. I really enjoy cooking for myself, and need to get back into the habit of doing it. Who else is going to make creole pork chops with red beans and rice and then put the leftovers into tupperware containers and freeze them for my lunches?

12. It is an incredible boost when an adorable, charming, funny 25-ish-year-old boy thinks you're only 22. And means it. Even if he's very drunk. And married.