My new hat!

I purchased a new hat this winter. This inspired me to find pictures of me in different hats. I should wear hats more often.

Here are some pictures!

Technically, this isn't a hat, but whatever:

Also, not a hat:

Christmas decorations!

We finally picked up a tree on Saturday. Here are a couple of pictures of decorations at Westview. (We actually made the basket & wreaths ourselves! Hooray us!)

Yes, Steve has a stocking. Let's not forget, I'm a creepy cat lady.

and finally, our tree:

ROSE BOWL!!!!

So, it was announced yesterday that Illinois will be facing USC in the Rose Bowl on January 1st. What awesome news for a program that was so dismally bad just two years ago. While I don't expect to come out of Pasadena with a win, I certainly hope Illinois is able to be competitive and keep it close.

Sadly, because of the high costs of flights ($500+), I will not be making the trip out west for the game. It's just not something I'm able to rationalize as worthy of such a large amount of money, for one game. Besides, I also have 2 trips in March to plan for - My 30th birthday in Vegas (March 19th - 23rd, mark your calendars now!) as well as the annual trip to the Final Four (this year in San Antonio). Why this can't be the year the Final Four is in Detroit is a bit frustrating. I'd easily skip that trip to take this one out west.

Anyway, that's the update for now... currently planning our trip to St Louis for the Braggin' Rights game on the 22nd!

holler.