Windfall. Paltry Snowfall.

Thanks to my mother I have some extra money in my bank account. 'Call it a late Christmas present,' she said. I never asked for it. What shall I spend it on? One of these? Or one of these? Or maybe both. I have already spent a percentage of it on this and this. And I shall, of course, be spending some on some luxury toys for Bella the Cat.

I wonder if it will snow again tomorrow. We had about half an inch this morning and yesterday. I pine for the days of my childhood when the snow was ankle-deep and school was cancelled and we would spend weeks in hibernation reading book after book after book...