Black Friday - the most selfish shopping day of the year

I buy more for myself than I ever do for anyone else. Doesn't that defeat the purpose?

What's different, what stays the same.

I went to a chocolate party today (which is a whole other topic) and ran into many former co-workers. I didn't recognize some of them at first, but once I did I recalled something my friend said. Corinda (H) Wong, classmate from elementary through high school, made a remark to a group of friends over dinner. At the time, we were all well out of college and getting into our careers. It went something like,

"...our hairstyles change, but we pretty much stay the same."

Other than longer (or shorter) lengths, my three co-workers were all the same as I remembered them. Corinda's observation holds true no matter what group of friends I'm with. Pretty cool.