December swiftly approaches, and Walla Walla promises to be cold until at least the end of February, but for some reason I feel as if I've paid my dues to cold weather already. I am now in the midst of accepting the fact that many weeks of possibly sub-zero temperature await me; weeks during which walking the five minutes to class will seem positively unbearable, and the only sane thing is to snuggle in bed.
I am a big snuggler. I love to snuggle, cuddle, spoon, hug, you name it, more than the average person. And as the winter envelops this town, my hunger for snuggling grows and grows. Sadly, snuggling, if it occurs these days, is short-lived and ultimately unfulfilling; housemates and friends are encumbered with term papers and exams, my cat is in Seattle, and the boy I long to snuggle with is far, far away.
SO. I bought myself a candle. That's right--I went candle shopping in Walla Walla today in hopes of finding a warm, calming scent to pervade my bedroom as I fight my way through the final, at times very lonely 16 days of my last fall semester of Whitman College. I settled on a soy candle from Studio Opal, a boutique in downtown Walla Walla that is vastly overpriced and seems to carry lots of Anthropologie rejects. Despite this glowing review, Studio Opal was the only place that carried what I was looking for (freaking Macy's had ONE candle. ONE. It was a disturbing Christmas blend.) Put on your wool socks, climb under your comforter, and light those candles, fellow lonely snugglers. We'll make it through!
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