ICal's Mini-Calendar Confused as to Month -- creates "offsets"

This is the second time in a week I've run into this problem. A cursory look at recent threads doesn't seem to show anyone else with the problem, although I easily could have missed it.
Occasionally, when I open iCal, it is "confused" as to the month. That is, even though right now it is 12/29, opening iCal and viewing the mini calendar in the lower left hand corner shows that it is the 29th -- but on the *November 2009* calendar. This persists if you advance the calendar ahead or back months. For example, in January, the 19th is supposed to be a Tuesday, but the mini calendar does not reflect it as such.
I've found that a way to fix the problem is to have the main calendar go to the "monthly" view, and then advance it. That seems to reset the mini-calendar.
Weird, right? Anyone else seeing this?
FWIW, I do use an iPhone.

Brian,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Often iCal display problems can be corrected by refreshing the the com.apple.iCal.plist file. You will find the com.apple.iCal.plist file in your Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences Folder. Quit iCal, drag the com.apple.iCal.plist file to your Desktop, log out/in or restart and check iCal for normal behavior.
;~)

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