Today was better than the rest of the days in the last two weeks all put together.
My best friend refuses to let me alienate her, which, I suppose is exactly why she's my best friend. So she & I and her boyfriend hung out today, and they even took me out to lunch at Red Lobster.
Tomorrow we're going to the Punk Rock Craft Fair (Thanks to the story on it here at SG, YAY!) to see girlie wrestling and burlesque. I went by myself today to check it out. It was very tiny, I was in and out in about 15 minutes.
I went there partially for inspiration, to maybe dangle some bait in front of the artist that's lurking behind my pancreas and refuses to bear witness to the light of day, lest it cheer her up a little. Well, she skulked out of her miserable hole and had a look-see today, and she was please with what she found: that she stresses on perfection WAAAAY too much. And that she had turned out a whole lot that was of better quality and design than what was available. Don't get me wrong, I bought stuff, and wanted to buy more, but my faith in my own talent has been renewed. Hooray.
So, onto Michael's craft store. Ok, I've been wanting a set of Prismacolor Art Pens for a long-ass time now, but none of you fuckers ever bought it for me off my wishlist.
So I figured today would be the day I bit the bullet and spent $90 on 24 markers. I'm hunting around, and can't find them. It must just not be the right time, so I picked up so frisket film, and some other crap I needed and headed to the checkout line. I was standing there looking at candy when lo and behold I looked up, and there they were in a locking cabinet beyond the register. $89.95. So I'm heading back into the line when this woman and her husband nick my place in line...which was fine, there's another short line over there. The woman steps right in front of me and says "Here, want a coupon?" WOOOOOOOOO it was a blessed 40% off anything in the store coupon and it saved me $36!!!! YAAAY!! I must've had some good karma floating out there somewhere. 
Then I went to Payless Shoes because I have absolutely NO dress-up shoes whatsoever. I have 2 pairs of Vans that pinch, a pair of sneakers that smell, two pairs of flip-flops, and a pair of ridiculously expensive leather clogs that have been damaged by a mouse, or excessive sand, I'm not sure which. And I ended up with two pairs of sexy black shoes which I intend to paint. Pics to follow.
And now I am babysitting. Both widgets are in bed, asleep and angelic, and I'm making back the money I spent in the markers today.
I still cried today, but not as desperately.
My best friend refuses to let me alienate her, which, I suppose is exactly why she's my best friend. So she & I and her boyfriend hung out today, and they even took me out to lunch at Red Lobster.
Tomorrow we're going to the Punk Rock Craft Fair (Thanks to the story on it here at SG, YAY!) to see girlie wrestling and burlesque. I went by myself today to check it out. It was very tiny, I was in and out in about 15 minutes.
I went there partially for inspiration, to maybe dangle some bait in front of the artist that's lurking behind my pancreas and refuses to bear witness to the light of day, lest it cheer her up a little. Well, she skulked out of her miserable hole and had a look-see today, and she was please with what she found: that she stresses on perfection WAAAAY too much. And that she had turned out a whole lot that was of better quality and design than what was available. Don't get me wrong, I bought stuff, and wanted to buy more, but my faith in my own talent has been renewed. Hooray.
So, onto Michael's craft store. Ok, I've been wanting a set of Prismacolor Art Pens for a long-ass time now, but none of you fuckers ever bought it for me off my wishlist.
So I figured today would be the day I bit the bullet and spent $90 on 24 markers. I'm hunting around, and can't find them. It must just not be the right time, so I picked up so frisket film, and some other crap I needed and headed to the checkout line. I was standing there looking at candy when lo and behold I looked up, and there they were in a locking cabinet beyond the register. $89.95. So I'm heading back into the line when this woman and her husband nick my place in line...which was fine, there's another short line over there. The woman steps right in front of me and says "Here, want a coupon?" WOOOOOOOOO it was a blessed 40% off anything in the store coupon and it saved me $36!!!! YAAAY!! I must've had some good karma floating out there somewhere.
Then I went to Payless Shoes because I have absolutely NO dress-up shoes whatsoever. I have 2 pairs of Vans that pinch, a pair of sneakers that smell, two pairs of flip-flops, and a pair of ridiculously expensive leather clogs that have been damaged by a mouse, or excessive sand, I'm not sure which. And I ended up with two pairs of sexy black shoes which I intend to paint. Pics to follow.
And now I am babysitting. Both widgets are in bed, asleep and angelic, and I'm making back the money I spent in the markers today.
I still cried today, but not as desperately.
I need sleep.
Down I go...
(DO ME!)