Weekend Update

Got my hair cut Friday, then went and bought a radio/CD player for my office at WSU, along with some blank CDRs to make music CDs.

Got up Saturday and rode with Mom to P's place. Watched the last two eps of "Numb3rs" -- is it my imagination, or is Charlie just getting cuter? ::le drool, le pant:: At around 10:00, I met Edie at Hubbard Hall to use the bathroom, then she and I rode the gimp bus to the Ren Faire.

I didn't get much shopping done, but I had a blast. Edie and I wandered, occasionally meeting up with her hubby and two boys. Her youngest kept having to show off his purchases (including some nice arrowheads). He's a doll. I saw Creekmores and of course had to stop and catch up with both of them. Nancy pulled out a mahogany obsidian necklace she'd made. For the longest time, she's had this MO necklace that was too long for me to wear as a single strand but too short to double up. I also didn't like that the beads were faceted -- made it difficult to see the colors of the glass. I told her a long time ago that if she ever made a shorter necklace out of round beads, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Well, yesterday, there it was. She pulled it out of a box and put it on my neck, and there it wanted to stay. I knew it was going to be expensive, but a deal's a deal -- and I had $50 Melissa had sent me with my birthday present with explicit instructions to spoil myself, $50 I had held on to specifically to be spent at the Faire. When I asked Nancy how much it was, she just shook her head. She said, "I got those beads about six months after you moved. I made the necklace, then realized I had no way to get in touch with you to see if you were still interested. I made that necklace just for you, and I'm not taking any money from you for it. I knew I'd see you again sooner or later." You know I almost cried.

After that, Edie and I decided it was food time, then we set off wandering again. I was going to call my pal Lynlee, but then I saw 'Wela and Doug. I was ready to introduce them to Edie when I noticed Doug and Edie hugging. Turns out they used to be roommates/great pals about 15 years ago. ::shakes head:: Small freaking world. Pretty soon, the duchess and her hubby had to run off to a knighting, and as I turned around, again deciding it was time to try calling Lynlee, there she was. I introduced her to Edie, then she showed us pictures of her daughter and her three surro babies. I am still amazed at how unselfish a person Lynlee is to give children to people who otherwise couldn't have them.

Edie went off with a girl she knows to look at costumes, and Lynlee and I headed out for the Renaissance Shop. We looked at some stuff, then Lynlee and I had to part for a few minutes, so I went and found 'Wela and visited with her until they had to do a parade, by which time Lynlee was back. While talking with 'Wela, James (her son) came up. He didn't see me until she pointed at me and said, "Say hello to D---." Then he bear hugged me and kissed me. It's a good thing he's a baby, else I'd have to hit on him. How tacky would that be? Hitting on your big sister's kid? ::grin::

After some chocolate-covered strawberries that were a bit disappointing (milk chocolate instead of dark, and yucky milk chocolate to boot), I went back to Creekmores for a b-day present for my mom and then over to the amber vendor. Overall, I didn't see anything that jumped at me until the seahorse earrings. Silver seahorses with cognac amber for bellies. I've had a thing for seahorses lately, and those earrings were too groovy to pass up. I'd just decided to get them when L walked up. She turned the earring rack slightly, saw the seahorses, and said, "You should get those!" ::grin:: Great minds think alike.

By then I had just enough time to say bye to 'Wela while exchanging pleasantries with the queen and hug L before Mom was there to pick me up. I was pooped, but Dad had bought "Sahara," so I watched that until it went off at ten even though I wanted to go to bed at 8:30. It was pretty decent though I generally don't like Matthew McConnaghey (or however you spell his name).

Today I had the house to myself for a while since Mom is working and Dad went to the gun show with his pal Perry. I watched the last hour or so of "ROTK," did some email, and watched a bit of "Beyond Borders" -- Clive Owen is so freaking delicious. When Dad and Perry got back, Dad tossed a bag at me and said, "Here. Don't say I never gave you anything." Inside was a purple, white, and grey camoflauge style T-shirt. ::giggle:: I love it!

Now I need to get to reading for my review article.