Christmas is TEN days away.  TEN! 

I wuv Christmas. 

The music, the lights, the small wooden Humpty Dumpty ornament my Mom and Sisters made for my first Christmas. 

So what better way to spend a beautiful Sunday afternoon than with a dear lifelong friend doing some Holiday Window Shopping? Chuti and I have been friends since high school where we were both music geeks. Our big Friday night excitement was hanging around the piano playing and singing any musical we could get our hands on.  We dreamed of being on Broadway.  Chuti made it to LA where she's a real live actress. (Look for her in the recent film, The Internship!) I made it to Walnut Creek, where I shop at Broadway Plaza.  That's close, right?

I insisted Chuti wear her "Olivia Pope" coat (as I called it the instant I picked her up from BART on Friday night).  It's possible I'm more than a little bit obsessed with SCANDAL.  (How will I possibly survive without it until February 27th?!)  But I digress.  The coat is fabulous, no? Don't even get me started on the girl!

From our small all-girl's high school in Milwaukee, to Hollywood and San Francisco, we've never stopped believing in our ability to dream. 

BELIEVE!

And if you're good, maybe Santa will get you something from Neiman Marcus!  

Or maybe you'll be lucky enough to have amazing girlfriends to go window shopping with.

Holiday Joy to you all, sweet friends. 

xoxo,

Michaela

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posted by Michaela Ristaino