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This morning when I left for work, I thought I should turn down my heat from between 1 and snowflake to just snowflake. It gets too hot when it's set at 1 and snowflake often feels a little chilly since the heat isn't really on at that setting. I knew I wasn't going to be home until late tonight anyway, so it seemed a waste to keep the heat up.

The weird icy rain/wet snow that fell this afternoon made me generally cold and I haven't managed to warm up quite yet. When I got into my pajamas I thought I should turn the heat up a smidge so I don't freeze. I often wake up shivering or with cold feet. I thought for a minute about piling more quilts onto my bed and hoping for the best.

Then I remembered my Christmas gift to myself (with a little Christmas gift contribution from my mom) a few years ago: an eight-point Bay blanket. I've never used it because it's so absolutely precious to me; I've been obsessed with point blankets since I was a little kid and first heard of them in Social Studies class. I bought it on a sale day, but it was still a sizable investment. The friend who went with me when I bought it was shocked the blankets cost as much as they do. It's been sitting in its original packaging and I've never taken it out because I didn't want to ruin it. But there's little point saving it for someone else, especially since it can withstand the elements, let alone my use.

I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep. A warm one, I hope.

Other things from the day:
- I finished the database course tonight with a presentation and the handing in of our assignment. One down, two to go. One will be done tomorrow to be handed in on Tuesday morning; the other I'm hoping to have mostly done tomorrow evening and finish Wednesday to be handed in after work on Thursday. That's the due date, so it has to be done.
- Today in class I realised the shoes I wore today (blue and brown checkered Vans) made my feet look really small.
- Online gifts must be purchased now to guarantee delivery by Christmas. Must get on that.
- Egg nog season is awesome.
- December is going to be really busy. So much fun stuff to look forward to: at least 5 Christmas parties including two with the FairSands (both at their home and the office), Secret Santa at work, the Winter Ball on the 8th (party dresses! high heels! contact lenses!), visits with friends in town for the holidays, a ride through Stanley Park if they get the Christmas train running, cheesecake club meeting... I just can't believe December starts Saturday.
- This morning people kept complimenting me. I wore a sparkly grey sweatshirt thing (from Superstore!) that, admittedly, I love and is pretty fun, but three people said they liked it in less than 15 minutes. Then someone asked who does my hair because it always looks so good, even though I've just been thinking about getting it cut and coloured again because it's been so long since I've had it done. I appreciate people's good taste.

Off to a warm bed.