like every year, i wanted to do my very best to savor the holiday season as much as possible. and like every year, it flew by so quickly! the first weekend of december, i put up the christmas tree and decorated my apartment, which really set things off with a bang and put me in the christmas spirit. we also had a nice date at a local event called christmas in the park, where we got to walk around sipping coffee and enjoying all of the beautiful decorations. later in december, i spent a weekend with family, decorated cookies with friends, got all of my shopping and gift wrapping done, 