• babies that are actually cute so you don't have to lie to their mothers' faces
• taking the dogs on walks twice a day
• my mom's mace (it's a spice!) soup
• thrift shops in Pittsburgh
• old, old friends
• a fridge full of homecooked food
• weddings of truly lucky, happy couples
• getting excited about projects
• the remaining idealism about my job/the future
• a whole stack of clean new post-it notes
• the passion to get all worked up over things
• candy cane frozen yogurt with chocolate chips
• inspiration from likely and unlikely places
• getting all dressed up (you can even take me nice places!)
• dinosaurs
• the New York Times
• fashion blogs
• photo blogs
• big ideas
• breaking out the fur earmuffs