~Got my first haircut in about 6 months today.  Decided at the very end to have some distinct bangs trimmed in.  Glad I did - they rock the ponytail hardcore. Betty Page, eat your heart out.

~The Cabernet that JB and I drank last weekend is actually worth a damn good amount of money ... looking around, I saw prices ranging from $50-$90 for that bottle.  Go me for picking the right vintage to cellar!  :P

~Heard the first "Christmas carol" of the season while I stopped in at the mall today (ugh, won't be doing that unless absolutely necessary for the remainder of the season - nutjobs are out in full force.).  It was John Denver and the Muppets, "It's in Everyone of Us."  I ADORE that song (in part because it's not TOO Christmas-y).  I take this as a good sign for the season.

~"Twilight" the movie is just NOT "Twilight" the book.  Pity.  Guess I'll reread the book if I want to experience the tingles again (really).  Robert Pattinson better try harder as Edward if they make "New Moon" (he's got hottie potential at his ripe old age of 22 ... I see him peaking in sexiness between 30-35).  The highlight for me: the flat-out, chiseled beauty of Carlisle, as played by Peter Facinelli (ask Barb ... I actually pitter-pattered out loud!). *swoon*

~Had a French 'snack' with a CS'er in town from Bayonne, France (I got to talk southern France and heavy metal - in broken French - with him!) and his hosts.  Cheese, bread, some fruit and, of course, wine.  It was tasty (mmmm ... have I sung the praises of Roquefort recently?  damn, that's the shiz-nit), but I am still feeling like I have a cheesy brick in my tum-tum, 5 hours later.

~I absolutely kicked ass for the last 2 nights on my bike (now mounted in my living room on a CycleOps Fluid2 Trainer ... and a phone book ... :P).  Did an hour each night; a quality hour, not a going-thru-the-motions hour.  Satisfying and cathartic. Taking tonight off in the hopes of kicking arse again tomorrow.

~Hot baths that smell good are my number one favorite indulgence as of late.  I've taken 3 in the last 8 days, complete with spa-like music.  It's inspiring me to take down the nasty wallpaper in the bathroom and finish it in an uber-chic, spa-like way.  We'll see how that goes.

~My parents are getting a cat from my sister (Orlando's own personal Dr. Doolittle) during the holidays.  A male.  My mom was bouncing a billion names off me in the last 2 days, when I just all of a sudden came up with "Frank" today.  Funny at first, of course, but then my sister called my mom and said, "Frank" as well today.  Frank it is. 

I feel ready.  For what, who knows? 
I also feel damn sexy today.

Good day it is. :D