After almost 2 years, I've FINALLY gotten myself my very own pair of skates. They arrived, and they're just beautiful!!!

For anyone who's interested, they're Jackson DJ2071 Misses' Freestyle. Funnily enough, I also won a pair of skate guards off of eBay, which arrived a few days ago. So for awhile, I had skate guards but no skates. Now I just need to find a Jackson retailer around here so I can get the skates heat-molded to fit my feet and get the blades permanently mounted. The closest rink I know of that could do this is the Oakland Ice Center.

One thing I'd like to do this winter is skate at the Kristi Yamaguchi Holiday Ice Rink up in SF at the Embarcadero Center. An outdoor rink, it's open from November through January. It'll be a nice way to help break in my skates. Interestingly, I came across an outdoor ice rink in Palo Alto on Middlefield (just minutes from work)- Winter Lodge.