Oh my goodness...

...winter has hit. We got about a foot of snow yesterday and it was 0 degrees Fahrenheit all day today. But before that...

I went to the Christkindlsmarkt in Chicago on Tuesday. It was a bit cold, but so gorgeous and the food was great. We walked around and shopped for a few hours, and I brought back a ton of German chocolate. Sieh mal!

Hedgehogs!

And squirrels.

After returning from the market, I spent the night in bed procrastinating on my homework. We had a snow day on Wednesday, as I had hoped for. It was lovely; I slept until 10:00, met some friends for coffee, and spent the day lazing around and gazing at the snow outside. I got a bit more studying done too, which was great; we had our regional AcDec essay today, and I've been struggling to get through A Tale of Two Cities. (I don't hate it, but I'm just not a Dickens fan.) The essay wasn't that bad, and despite the cold, today was gorgeous. It was really sunny, and the snow formed a tiny layer of ice, so everything glittered. I spent most of school staring out the window. Now I'm waiting for it to warm up so I can actually go outside...