New Year's Eve...New York Style

Oh, you were probably expecting something about Times Square and the Big Apple dropping after reading that title, right? Not quite.....

Our apartment on this New Year's Eve

I have spent New Year's Eve in Spain, Venezuela, El Salvador, California, Illinois, North and South Carolina. I have been absolutely surrounded by explosions and fireworks for hours on end in Central and South America and in the midst of millions of people in Madrid (it was very Times Square-ish), but never had such a wild and crazy night such as digging out of snow to hit up Walmart on New Year's Eve!

from this angle you can see the snow that fell this past week

Since babysitters are out of the question and since Walmart is basically the biggest attraction in town anyway, we went to get some groceries and walk a few laps around the store to get some exercise. We are putting Suzy to bed soon and are making a gourmet meal at home instead of going out- shrimp and scallop scampi over linguine for dinner and fresh cherries (probably dipped in chocolate) for dessert. Really the idea of snuggling up on the couch to a good (hopefully) movie is much more inviting than being surrounded by millions of people! 

May this 2013 be happy for you all!