GC, she looks so cute! You did a great job with the outfit.

sj, how are you feeling?

First world complaint:

You know how many of you feel about gauchos? You don't understand them, you don't like the way they look, and you kind of feel sorry for anyone who wears them and thinks they look good? Well I feel that way about icicle lights. I despise them. I think they are tacky and ugly and lower the property value of your dwelling and all of the dwellings around you. When ND and I were house hunting this summer, we could practically gauge the crime rate by the icicle light to house ratio.

I'm sorry if you love them, and I assure you that I still love you despite your icicle lights much the way you love me despite my gauchos. But I would never ever force you to wear gauchos yourself, you know?

I came home from work, and it looks like the landlord's sweet, retired father left us a special early holiday surprise on the entire front of our cute little house. Guess what it is?

I could just cry.

Absolutely awful, vw. My insides are burning.

Oh, Kristin. My condolences.

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Happy Birthday Ginger!

There's a phenomenal amount of buffista and buffistalet cuteness!

It's sweet that your landlord's dad wanted to do something he thought was nice for you, Kristin. But, yeah, decor is a pretty individual thing. Sorry. Maybe you could tell him your ecological beliefs prohibit decorative lighting?

Are icicle lights the clear twinkley ones? Or the hangy down ones?

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The hangy down ones.

Hangy down.