the most difficult travel ever

that christmas favorite "i'll be home for christmas" suddenly takes on a whole lot more meaning when:

a) your flight home gets cancelled on dec. 23rd
b) there are no flights available until dec. 25th in the late afternoon
c) you get home really late from the airport only to get up at 4:30 am to try standby on dec. 24th
d) you can't get standby because more flights are being cancelled and the standby list explodes from ~15 to >150
e) you hike over to grayhound to take a 12 hour busride home
f) the 12 hours turns into 14 hours because of a scary snowstorm

this past weekend felt like a pilgrimage!

on the bright side, my family was sooooo happy to see me and that made it worth it. also, boxing day in canada is super amazing, and i got a bunch of cool new clothes (including a mexx suit and cute work shoes).

our way back to new york was relatively better - the only bad thing was having to wait forever because newark's baggage belt was broken (our checked bags had to be driven/carried? inside the terminal).

Ass-piration pants

So, I've started to wear this pair of skin tight work out black pants around a lot.

They were originally purchases as "ass-piration" pants because it was my aspiration to get my ass in good enough shape to wear them out in public.

But I've recently discovered that they are sooooo comfortable that I can't live without them. I've worn them underneath work pants, a la darlene, to keep myself warm and also so it's reallllly easy to slip out of work pants and back into bed. I've worn them out under big sweaters, almost like tights. I will be wearing them around the home a lot as well.

It's so exciting to rediscover old clothes and find that your taste is pretty awesome that several months or years later, you still like the same thing.

Checkout my trip pictures =D