Happy holiday-of-your-choice

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I said we were going to brave H-E-B on the day before Christmas Eve, and we did, and it really wasn't too bad. We waited until like 8:00 last night, I bet it was crazier earlier. By the time we got there there were places to park (if they're really busy, good luck finding one) - and there were a lot of people there, but everybody was being polite and mostly patient and it was actually kind of fun. We do low-key holiday meals - me and my sister and our respective spouses - so we were getting salad stuff and a pie and they had already bought a big frozen lasagne and we'll eat and watch movies tomorrow. (I'll report back on what movies we end up with - I had suggested the new Knives Out movie but they had already seen it.)

I got Rob a bunch of books, mostly, and he requested new running shoes at the last minute so those aren't here yet but they're presumably on the way. I'm not sure what I'm getting, except that I bought myself a perfume advent calendar from Dossier. I hadn't tried them before but they're well-reviewed and the 11 perfumes I've opened so far I mostly like. One more to go. They are samples but really big ones, so I'll be able to figure out something I really love, hopefully.

Oh, and I did red nails last week and it kept chipping and I really didn't want to repeat that, so I now have on a really showy glitter called Sin-derella (the brand is Sassy Sauce but I think it was a limited edition polish) and I put it over a turquoise base and it looks really good. (I tried to take a picture but I still suck at taking nail pictures and it fails to capture the shift in the glitter which is the part that looks so good.)