I feel guilty posting my Christmas list here. I update my blog so rarely that it must appear like all I do is want, want, want… My sweet family got me the things that I wanted from my birthday wish list and I never posted any indication of that. My first brother got me the iPhone charger for my car, which has been a total life saver. My phone is always at 20% battery by the time I head to the gym at night and all I want to do is watch Glee on that 3 inch screen. Now I can just charge it as I drive there. Problem solved! My parents got me the denim shirt, which goes with all my corduroy pants and helps me to wear denim every single day. My mom also made me an adorable quilted case for my kindle. I love it. I keep my kindle by my bed and before I go to bed at night, I see that case and it makes me smile.
I have been trying to come up with some things that I want for Christmas:
a pair of full length running tights for exercising in the winter. I’m a size medium and I prefer black bc it goes with all my shirts. I like the ones from Nike bc they have a drawstring in the waist so actually stay up. Plus, my old pair from ~2003 has just lost their stretch and are going in the trash. That’s a lot of use! 
a pair of boots to wear while I take Wallace out and walk through the rain to my car. All I wear are flats and keds but when it’s raining in the winter, I need other everyday shoes. These will keep my feet dry and warm and will hopefully be more comfortable than wearing big rainboots all the time.
These boots are made in the US and I think I would wear a size 7 (given that they run very big).
And because I can’t say no to J.Crew handbags: I love this “Brompton hobo”. I can’t decide between black or brown. My current brown crossbody bag is falling apart (which isn’t much of a surprise as I got it from the goodwill more than 10 years ago) and my black crossbody isn’t quite big enough for all the junk I like to carry around. 
I also love my Longchamp bag that I got about 5 years ago. I like the all black ones. Although I have seen one has little leather guards on the corners that would make it more resilient to constantly carrying pointy binders and portfolios that I hold my papers in.
Another thing I would definitely use is a gift certificate to Petco for $42 as that is how much it costs to get Wallace groomed and bathed. I can wash Wallace for free at home but he starts smelling bad again within the week. A gift certificate to Petco in any denomination would get turned into dog food or treats STAT. In fact, I still need to get Wallace a tag with my name and cell phone number on it. That way, if he ever got lost, people would call me instead of his previous owner.
and I’m still hoping for one of those wardian cases to keep my little venus fly trap in…
