happy 2007!

ah, the first post of the new year. it should be thoughtful and profound, shouldn't it? some sort of in-depth reflection on the year past and commentary on hopes and goals for the year ahead?

well, maybe i'll eventually get around to that. but not today.

in years past, i have had some pretty impressive new years. last year i counted down in belgium. i've done the 'new york' thing. and i have attended some excellent celebrations. in each case, the year that followed was less than stellar. not without highlights of course, but overall, a disappointment. i had created a pattern of going in with a bang and out with a whimper.

this year i conciously decided to change my destiny and opted to go in with a whimper, so i can go out with a bang. i was almost deterred from my plan when an invitation to go to france for the holiday came my way. and truth be told, it does make me flinch a tad to get an email from deb that says "Yesterday there was no snow so we drove to italy for lunch and had the most amazing pizza and gelato :)" yet, i stuck to my guns and went in quietly (and bought a pair of ridiculously expensive sunglasses instead of going to france).

anne joined me early in the evening and we went to dinner, where we got in a disagreement about the strawberry lemonade at sonic v. red robin. i think they are of equal caliber, but anne disagrees and thinks sonic's is far superior. i think she's crazy. nonetheless, we enjoyed our dinners and came back to my place, which i currently have to myself, thanks to my parents trip to new york, and my sister throwing a party in a hotel suite somewhere.

i finished cooking (which i haven't done in a long time), but did not realize that we would both be so full we would barely want to touch food for the rest of the evening. i did try my peanut butter cream tart, which was incredible, and we munched on the brie pastry bites with pear and almond, and on the 'white trash' anne had made, but our food consumption paled in comparison to what was available!

i had not seen 'little miss sunshine', so anne brought it , and that is one great movie! i laughed out loud on multiple occasions (very loudly). but not loudly enough to wake anne up. she has this thing with movies...she rarely makes it through without falling asleep--especially if she's seen it.

before we finished the movie, lara arrived and joined in for the last bit. she had already seen it as well, so apparently, i'm the only slow poke.

the rest of the evening was spent watching tv, playing around online (lara hijacked my mingle account and started sending people smiles), and just chatting.

truth be told, it was fabulous. and even though i would consider it a whimper, it was absolutely perfect. no expectations. no pressure. no possibility for disappointment. no extraneous people. and i'll be eating peanut butter cream tart for a week.

and for your viewing pleasure, i decided that since many of you may never see my ridiculously expensive sunglasses, i would show them to you. if you don't like them, i'm not interested in your feedback. if you do, however, feel free to comment;)