Candace exhaled. "Can. You. Believe it?"
"Believe what?" Stacy inquired, handing her the other end of the ribbon.
She nailed it in place to the wall. "That the year's over!"
"Well, I mean, it was bound to happen. Maybe a little higher?"
Candace moved the banner so that the phrase 'Happy New Year!' sprawled across the entranceway.
"Great," Stacy decided. "Anyways, speaking of... got any resolutions?"
The moment of truth: "I'm going to give up busting."
Stacy would have been surprised, but Candace tried it before and it never lasted. "Hm. I'm just sticking with 'lose weight'."