Current Mood : Relieved !
Woke up this morning to the
sight of a beautiful Anjou pear on my nightstand. Beloved Hubby got it for me,
saying he knew I’d love it. It was delicious !
And my beds / HooDude swap
is back on ! He looks fantastic (there he is !), and we’ve traded addresses, so
today, I made sure both beds were all extra-clean and nice, dusted those
hard-to-reach bits, bagged up all the tiny props, and got it all cushioned well
for the trip. Only one problem. Not a single box in this house was big enough.
Not even the one my craft trolley came in, it was too thin and didn’t double well.
So I told my swap partner I
couldn’t mail off today, but should tomorrow. There’s a great box store in
town, but between FIL’s minor surgery and Beloved’s classes, Dearest Son and I
weren’t going anywhere. At least, not until Beloved came home. It was too late
for the post office, but the box shop was still open, so in short, I have a
perfect, new box for the beds. They’ll go off tomorrow, and hopefully HooDude
will be on his way to me. He’s a lot easier to ship !
It’s funny. HooDude alone
has brought as little as $35. on eBay, but right now, the only solo ‘Dude is a
hundred bucks. Heck, for that, you might be able to score the two San Diego
Comic Con-exclusive dolls – Scarah and HooDude – if you can catch one soon.
Prices on stuff like that always go up the closer you get to Christmas. In a
way, I’ll have spent about $50. to $60. on mine. $40. for the two beds, and
about $20. to ship ! At least it’s only a few bucks in ‘now’ cash.
I got a look at Dance Class
Lagoona’s ‘ballet slippers’ and really wasn’t impressed. So I tried to make
shoes again. Total fail ! Not sure how I made those ugly mustard-yellow ones
back in ’10, but it sure as heck wasn’t using the pattern I saved. Yikes.
Realized I didn’t have it in
me tonight to really create new shoe patterns, and instead erased the paint
from the other Toralei fashion shoe and repainted it. My fingers are numb, but
the job’s no longer only half done ! I regret that I didn’t get to use Alrunia’s
awesome tip – nail polish remover, then adhesive remover – but we never got
near a craft, auto, or general merchandise store tonight.
Oh, and good news ! I lost
six pounds ! Hopped on the scale to get a guesstimate of the box weight, and,
wow ! Guess sewing instead of foraging (and sticking to the 1 glass of soda / 2
glasses of water plan) is paying off. We’ll have to see if it still works once
I get anywhere near a grocery store – I want Pringles, and Goldfish crackers,
and big dill pickles, and gouda cheese, and rice crackers, and chips with dip,
and a ham sandwich, and…
Oh but dill pickles are SUPER low in calories. As far as those go, snack away without remorse. ;)
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