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• Do you celebrate any seasonal holidays? Would you mind if your swap gift was holiday themed? A very secular Christmas. Go for it, holiday-wise. Wouldn't mind some cute ornaments or delicious treats.

• Any allergies to food (or otherwise)? Nope

• What seasonal "flavors" (i.e. peppermint, chocolate) do you like / dislike ? LOVE THEM ALL. gingerbread especially, peppermint, etc.

• Scents you love / scents you dislike? Just no licorice anywhere, please.

• Favorite candy? Crunchies, Skittles, Starburst, Hershey's Cookies and Cream, Sour Patch Kids, Nerds Rope

• Favorite food? bacon cheeseburgers, Indian, Thai, seafood, doughnuts

• Favorite color(s)? purple, turquoise, gold

• Favorite color(s) to wear? black, tartan of any color combo, blue, gray

• Do you paint your nails? Not often

• Are your ears pierced? Do you wear jewelry? Does cheap jewelry turn your skin green / do you care? Yes and I can wear most jewelry. Could always use a good statement necklace or more little stud earrings.

• What are 3 things you have 0 use for? pet stuff (if only)

• If you had $10 to spend, what would you buy? a magazine, a Vitamin Water, a lip product

• What is something you can't get locally that you would like to buy? regional things like West Coast coffees and all my favorite Southern foods

• How would you describe your "style"? sways between preppy and minimalist. lots of black but also some pastels and seersucker. very South meets NYC which is true.

• Favorite animal(s)? manatees, hummingbirds

• Favorite book genres? Favorite authors? I alternate between non-fiction and fiction (either contemporary but sometimes the classics). History of medicine books, cookbooks. read a lot of Dave Eggers, DFW, Murakami.

• Do you read magazines? Which are your favorite? Sometimes, don't currently have any subscriptions. Womens Health, Vogue, Lucky, The Economist, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, loved Domino

• What shades of make-up do you prefer (cool tones, warm tones)? Cool. I use the UD Naked palette all the time but a lot of the nude shades don't fit me.

• Do you smoke cigarettes? What kind? Nope

• Do you drink alcohol? What kind? Yes, all kinds

• Do you like decorating? What sorts of things do you have in your room? Favorite tchotckes? I'm really bad at it but would totally dig some more prints (if only I could get around to hanging them up). I have a small collection of travel souvenirs. The smaller the better.

• What is something you always like to have more of? scented candles, coffee, chocolate, wine, solid-covered scarves, small delicate earrings, organization stuff, ornaments

• What is something (tangible) you're really good at doing? baking for sure. I don't think reading, being a political news junkie, or wine tasting really count. Tennis and foosball?

• Generally tell us more of your likes and dislikes. cooking and baking and generally eating. If you have any regional specialty food products or candy/junk food, I would be all over that. I love politics, world news, travel, stuff about NYC

• Also please post a picture of yourself that ~describes you

Me with King Kandy at Toys R Us.