What a great Superstars sale Thursday night! It was so nice to have working graphic design software. Everything sold out by 8:03, which is pretty rare. I think I like the 30 minute sale preview. Isn’t it great to be able to read everything and have time to talk yourselves into buying them? Ha! One of the reasons I haven’t considered the preview until now is because I’m usually still working on putting everything together right up until 8pm. With the last couple of batches of Superstars (and the ones coming up next week), I took all the photos and edited them weeks ago, so all I had to do was write up some descriptions, measure the beads and plug everything into my nifty little template. So really, I can’t promise a preview EVERY time, but I’ll surely make a concentrated effort for all of my future sales.
Spring is getting closer, at long last. Yesterday morning, I woke up to dozens of birds chirping outside my window. Just a few weeks ago, they were nowhere to be heard. The weather guys haven’t even mentioned snow for a while, besides last Friday, when there was some sort of vague slush that we were told we needn’t worry about. Starting Monday, the daily high temps gradually increase until next Saturday: a high of 60 degrees. Open the windows and let the fresh spring air in! When I buy a house, an attic fan will be installed right away.
All those twittery birds yesterday inspired me to get out and run some errands. Big Mistake. Saturday afternoons and errands are a bad combination for a night owl like me. When you’re used to being about the only person driving on the street or in a store, those masses of people are overwhelming. The mall traffic was backed up 11 blocks. I had to park in the overflow lot, and while I didn’t mind the exercise, I had to wonder if the economy is really THAT bad if you can’t even find a place to park at the mall. Just about everyone coming out of the mall was carrying at least one shopping bag. I saw some guy that reminded me of Garth (from Wayne’s World) taking photos of the traffic with his camera phone, probably preparing to make a similar point on his own bloggity-blog. But I really wanted to try a perfume I used to wear: Christian Dior’s Dune. It’s weird how smells and perfumes bring back memories. I wore Dune when I was 14 or 15 and always got compliments on it. I didn’t think it was too bad when I tried it yesterday, but Mr. Sarah wasn’t crazy about it, so it’s off the table. I guess I’m considerate that way. It’s a bit powdery and sweet, not in an obnoxious way, but I avoid powdery/sweet because those are the elements that stand out when I wear a perfume. That’s why I like perfume oils – the fragrances are so simple, and I don’t have to worry about a disagreeable facet of scent showing up 3 hours later.
Then, I went to Petsmart. I didn’t feel like going to Walmart for algae pellets for Mr. Brown (our algae eater). I passed by a little cubicle full of kittens, where a sexy little black one blinked at me seductively, and a light and tawny stripey one was sleeping and looking very cute indeed. No! NO MORE CATS. Not until these old ones are gone, anyway. But I’ll probably be so heartbroken when Mo and Fred go that I won’t want any more after that. Then again, I can’t imagine not having a cat.
I should mention again that my site may be down for a little while tonight while we transfer to my new webhost.
well, i certainly enjoyed the preview – and it did allow me to argue myself into NEEDING those beads – probably would have missed out on them without it… as for cats, i have 5… and while i was absolutely heartbroken when my first babies died, the void was so huge i did get kittens… well, you cannot get just one, they need a companion to play with, right?!
Yep! Two cats are better than one. Two is the perfect number. Three was too many for me. If I had 3 arms, it might feel differently.
I love those beads and they will sell in a New York minute! If I don’t get them, I may just have to place an order for some like that. Love the colors! Incidentally, I just finished another pendant using one of your bubble beads. Look for it on my blog sometime this week.
As for kitties…I could not live without cats. Our cats are eleven and eight so they’ll be around for a while, but when they go, I’ll be at the pet shelter picking up two or three ASAP.
Cool, I’ll be looking out for it. Great blog so far!
Maybe next time I’ll get a siamese cat. (yeah, fat chance finding one of THOSE at a shelter.) They seem to live much longer than other cats. My step-dad had one named Carol that lived to be 22.
You certainly have more strength then I. I would have walked out with at least one kitten
Congrats on your sales! How awesome!
🙂 Picture teasers are always good. Even wonder why you are drawn to the dishes that are pictured in the menu? 😉
Attic fans are tha shit! I LOVE ours! It’s great to suck in all of that fresh Spring air. It’s also awesome in fall when it’s cold outside, but not breezy enough to cool the house 😀