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How to Be Ridiculously Happy

When I ran home at lunch today to walk my sweet little dog, I snapped this picture on the way back to work.

What a gorgeous day, right? It was in the 50s, and I was wearing a dress with a blazer and boots. No coat, no gloves, no tights.

I walked back to work and got a text from my friend Shannon. “Do you want to go ice-skating tonight?

UM YES!

Except…I was wearing a dress with no tights. And it got SO MUCH COLDER in those few hours.

Yes, I was the only person on that rink with bare legs.

We saw a proposal!

Best way to put yourself in a ridiculously good mood ridiculously quickly? Skate around in circles with your girlfriends singing Christmas carols. Bonus points: do so in the middle of New York City. (This was at Bryant Park.)

Or, you know.

*Edited to fix spelling from being ridiculously tired.*

(Ashley pretty much changed my life with this discovery tonight.)

How do you put yourself in a ridiculously good mood?

*The word ridiculous is now retired from my vocabulary.

Theodora Blanchfield

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  • LOVE THIS!! I want to go ice skating so bad. You girls are adorable and I think you are going to start a trend with your bare legs while ice skating:)

  • I find that anything Christmassy makes me ridiculously happy...or singing 'Sound of Music' songs. I'm an easy girl to please.

    Wondering if a three year old can go ice-skating because I want to go now!!

  • Definitely have to make it ice skating at Central Park this year.. I always wait too long and then it never happens. Although I don't think I'm brave enough to go bare legs :)

  • So much fun!! I usually go to Bryant Park and ice skating every year. I am excited to hopefully go some time next week!! yay!!!

  • I'm from Florida, and I've never gone ice skating outdoors!! It's always been in an ice rink and when I was younger. I live in Boston now and I can't wait to have my first outdoor ice skating experience :)

  • Love ice skating! I'm always a little rocky my first lap... last time I almost fell and grabbed a small child to hold on to. That is not okay!!

  • How fun! I really want to convince my husband that we need to go ice skating this winter.

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