Friends and Scones

Yesterday my best friend and I made scones from scratch. I have a recipe for "Boxing Day scones" that I love to make when its cold out. A little jam, clotted cream, and a cup of tea complete my favorite winter snack.

God, I think I need to make some more tonight. Its freezing here (40 degrees in Florida! Why?!) and I will most definitely be having a cup of tea tonight. I may add cranberries to half of the batch.

Katie being a scone model. She also does film, print, and theatre. Nice smizing (Tyra would be proud)!

We even had it at traditional tea time! We felt very posh. Later in the evening we went out for trivia night at Mellow Mushroom with friends, and I think our team did a pretty great job for our first attempt! A pretty lovely night had by all, despite freezing half to death. Luckily, Katie and I discovered the awesome power of car seat warmers last night.

Christmastime in Tampa

I've officially been home from school for four days and its finally starting to feel like I'm done with school! All papers are turned in, projects completed, and I've slept off the delirious exhaustion that accompanies finals.

Yesterday was a perfect winter day in Florida: 75 degrees, a little breezy, and sunny! After having lunch at one of my favorite Tampa spots, Wright's Deli, we took a trip out to Hyde Park and just walked around enjoying the weather (...and Anthropologie).  Everything was decorated and looking suitably festive.

This sweet dog was getting his photo taken with Santa's sleigh. Its always nice to see something reaffirming the fact that other people are just as obsessive over their dogs as I am. Totally tempted to bring our dogs out here now.

It's good to be home!