Warm and sweet

I absolutely adore hot cocoa. I love the warm sweetness rolling over my lips - spilling onto my tongue. I love the warmth that seeps through my entire body when I swallow. I love all variations of it -sweet, rich and creamy - heady, dark and strong - tinged with cinnamon - or with a dollop of whipped cream - I adore it. It brings me such happy memories. Moments wrapped in a woolen scarf yelling at a football game, watching icicles melt off my grandmother's front porch, snuggling into the couch in my first apartment, so many wonderfully pleasant memories. It's pure bliss. I never thought I would say this, but I miss the cold. I miss the exhiliration of a shot of cold air in my lungs.

Today, the weather's warming back up. I'm wearing a fitted cashmere turtleneck, a plaid woolen school-girl skirt that hits right above the knee, and black leather boots. This is my last touch of "winter" for awhile. Sadly, I have the air conditioning in my office on to make this comfortable to wear.