The city of Oceanside recently hosted a “Write On” event, as part of a day devoted to all things writerly.

Admittedly, I think Toms are kind of ugly. But I fell in love with the sparly silver pair and decided I had to have them.

This is the first year since working at my company that I've been in the sales department. It's been an immensely satisfying year, as I've loved building relationships with my customers. And I've been looking forward to the holiday season in particular, as I knew it would involve the company springing for some holiday goodies I could send my customers' way