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Superlative shininess
Mar. 4th, 2007 01:40 amThis morning, my eyes popped open at 8 AM and stayed open. I didn't give a rat's ass that the weather was sullen, I wanted to go play with the pretty rocks!
I hustled on down there---the show opened at 10, and I got there at 10:30, so I got a decent parking space, and remembered the last time I was there, which was in September for the job fair. That time, I was one of the few ladies wearing an actual business suit (olive green). Today, I had on my sand-beige dress under my newer Wild Woman jacket, and my leopard flats, which in retrospect weren't the greatest choice---no support---but damn, I looked good!
I spent so much money, I don't even want to *think* about it. It's not going to break me, but I'm ready to check into the Imelda Marcos Clinic for Shopaholics. OMG...!
I have a new turquoise ring on my left index finger (single biggest purchase), and *mind boggles* a lot of rocks and beads. A helluva lot. A slab of labradorite AND two strands of beads, different shapes. Four strands of lava rock, in as many sizes, two drilled pieces of jet, a strand of big red coral pieces and three strands of smaller chips, some tumbled turquoise, one turquoise donut---no, two donuts, one the size of a quarter, the other one about as big as the top of a soda can---um....hematite! A strand, a drilled heart and a piece of spectaculite. 35 pieces of jasper and agate, assorted shapes, most of them with holes in the center to frame a bead between the drilled holes.
And that's just the rocks. Beads---I snagged a little of everything, from dichroic and lampwork to cloisoinne and netsuke (I got a little carved bone rabbit that's going to become a plot bunny necklace or brooch.) I have a bunch of normal, boring beads already---now I've got some kick-ass focal beads to play with!
I hooked up with AI, who was just as profligate as I was---between us, I'm amazed there was anything left! We instigated each other, and finally took ourselves over to Bennigan's for lunch around 1-ish, by which time, I was feeling a bit hollow, as I'd completely bypassed breakfast. I had the Turkey O'Toole and we shared an apple sizzler for dessert, then I checked in with work to find out that SYT had approved my request to come in at 5 instead of 3 (as per my usual schedule).
AI dropped me back at the auditorium, where my car was. She headed for home, I made another quick sweep of the place (which was when I netted the Ring), and then went on to work, which was disorienting for the first hour or so.
I think I was the only one in our section who wasn't having a crappy night. That's not to say that I didn't have any fools, because I did have a couple, but none of them provoked me to howling or hitting my desk, as a couple gals were doing. Now, tra-la, I'm off until Tuesday, I'll be touching base with GK tomorrow and making plans, and oh happy day---her husband and kids are going back at oh-dark-thirty today, so Kat and I will have her to ourselves!
There are still things calling my name that I *didn't* get...an amber ring, some pretty apple green howlite, a cinnabar cross, and a hunk of raw sodalite the size of a bowling ball but more square. And some copper, but they wanted waaay more per gram than I'm willing to pay for common copper, no matter how pretty the beads are.
I was thinking that I'd come home, kick back with my tape of this week's Jericho and play with some of my acquisitions, but the long day is catching up with me. I'm off to bed!
I hustled on down there---the show opened at 10, and I got there at 10:30, so I got a decent parking space, and remembered the last time I was there, which was in September for the job fair. That time, I was one of the few ladies wearing an actual business suit (olive green). Today, I had on my sand-beige dress under my newer Wild Woman jacket, and my leopard flats, which in retrospect weren't the greatest choice---no support---but damn, I looked good!
I spent so much money, I don't even want to *think* about it. It's not going to break me, but I'm ready to check into the Imelda Marcos Clinic for Shopaholics. OMG...!
I have a new turquoise ring on my left index finger (single biggest purchase), and *mind boggles* a lot of rocks and beads. A helluva lot. A slab of labradorite AND two strands of beads, different shapes. Four strands of lava rock, in as many sizes, two drilled pieces of jet, a strand of big red coral pieces and three strands of smaller chips, some tumbled turquoise, one turquoise donut---no, two donuts, one the size of a quarter, the other one about as big as the top of a soda can---um....hematite! A strand, a drilled heart and a piece of spectaculite. 35 pieces of jasper and agate, assorted shapes, most of them with holes in the center to frame a bead between the drilled holes.
And that's just the rocks. Beads---I snagged a little of everything, from dichroic and lampwork to cloisoinne and netsuke (I got a little carved bone rabbit that's going to become a plot bunny necklace or brooch.) I have a bunch of normal, boring beads already---now I've got some kick-ass focal beads to play with!
I hooked up with AI, who was just as profligate as I was---between us, I'm amazed there was anything left! We instigated each other, and finally took ourselves over to Bennigan's for lunch around 1-ish, by which time, I was feeling a bit hollow, as I'd completely bypassed breakfast. I had the Turkey O'Toole and we shared an apple sizzler for dessert, then I checked in with work to find out that SYT had approved my request to come in at 5 instead of 3 (as per my usual schedule).
AI dropped me back at the auditorium, where my car was. She headed for home, I made another quick sweep of the place (which was when I netted the Ring), and then went on to work, which was disorienting for the first hour or so.
I think I was the only one in our section who wasn't having a crappy night. That's not to say that I didn't have any fools, because I did have a couple, but none of them provoked me to howling or hitting my desk, as a couple gals were doing. Now, tra-la, I'm off until Tuesday, I'll be touching base with GK tomorrow and making plans, and oh happy day---her husband and kids are going back at oh-dark-thirty today, so Kat and I will have her to ourselves!
There are still things calling my name that I *didn't* get...an amber ring, some pretty apple green howlite, a cinnabar cross, and a hunk of raw sodalite the size of a bowling ball but more square. And some copper, but they wanted waaay more per gram than I'm willing to pay for common copper, no matter how pretty the beads are.
I was thinking that I'd come home, kick back with my tape of this week's Jericho and play with some of my acquisitions, but the long day is catching up with me. I'm off to bed!
