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It's creeping ever closer to the weekend! Yesterday was a little bit frustrating. My sister was off for her birthday, so the dog was a little riled up and barky, plus she was talky, plus the brother in law came over and was talking, too. It was a lot. It settled down in the afternoon, but the morning, I was a little bit overstimulated.
I had door dash coming all through the day-first groceries, then we had baloons, then fancy chocolates, then finally gourmet cupcakes. It was a lot. I couldn't think of anything to get my sister, because we usually get anything we need. So, chocolate and balloons. The balloons are enormous. It's a bunch of them, all the mylar kind. Some smaller round ones clustered around one huge one. (Seriously, it's like 3 feet across.)
The chocolate was from Kilwins, a place we discovered a year or so ago. They're super expensive, so we don't order often, but good lord they are good. Yesterday, I got some truffles, some vanilla buttercreams (SO good) a few buckeyes, a chocolate and caramel dipped marshmallow and some fudge.
Last was the cupcakes from a bakery I'd never heard of, Midnite Confections and Cupcakery. Holy shit, those were some good cupcakes. I had the plain old vanilla, and it was amazing. Jess had a lemon with lime frosting that they really liked, and my sister had a black bottom, which was very god. We got a 6 pack, so we have some left for today. I'm excited to try the birthday cake, which is an almond cake and icing. I took a taste of the icing, and it's delicious.
After dinner, which my sister requested hamburgers for, I relaxed for a while, and then went to bed, where I stayed up way late reading and finishing T. Kingfisher's Hemlock and Silver.
T. Kingfisher writes both horror and fantasy. This was the later, but even in those, you usually get something kind of horrifying. Not necessarily scary, just kind of wrong. In her last one, it was the goblin market with the tooth vendor. The heroine had a bad tooth, and was willing to trade it. So the stall proprietor had the tooth dance out ouf her mouth. It was just so vividly written that it gave me the proper heebs.
I'm not going to spoil this one, but I will say there were a few things that made me mouth "what the fuck" silently. Still when it was done, I clutched it to my bosom and made a happy little squeak. I really enjoyed it. As always, it featured a practical heroine who I loved, the animals all lived, and there was even a bit of romance. All in all, very satisfying.
Today, I'm going to try to find time to dye my hair. the grey is showing a lot, and I'd like to correct that before the Strahd players get together on Saturday.
I suppose I could do my hair now. I'd be done by about 7, and would have time to hop in the shower.
Maybe I'll do that. Everyone have a perfect Thursday!
I had door dash coming all through the day-first groceries, then we had baloons, then fancy chocolates, then finally gourmet cupcakes. It was a lot. I couldn't think of anything to get my sister, because we usually get anything we need. So, chocolate and balloons. The balloons are enormous. It's a bunch of them, all the mylar kind. Some smaller round ones clustered around one huge one. (Seriously, it's like 3 feet across.)
The chocolate was from Kilwins, a place we discovered a year or so ago. They're super expensive, so we don't order often, but good lord they are good. Yesterday, I got some truffles, some vanilla buttercreams (SO good) a few buckeyes, a chocolate and caramel dipped marshmallow and some fudge.
Last was the cupcakes from a bakery I'd never heard of, Midnite Confections and Cupcakery. Holy shit, those were some good cupcakes. I had the plain old vanilla, and it was amazing. Jess had a lemon with lime frosting that they really liked, and my sister had a black bottom, which was very god. We got a 6 pack, so we have some left for today. I'm excited to try the birthday cake, which is an almond cake and icing. I took a taste of the icing, and it's delicious.
After dinner, which my sister requested hamburgers for, I relaxed for a while, and then went to bed, where I stayed up way late reading and finishing T. Kingfisher's Hemlock and Silver.
T. Kingfisher writes both horror and fantasy. This was the later, but even in those, you usually get something kind of horrifying. Not necessarily scary, just kind of wrong. In her last one, it was the goblin market with the tooth vendor. The heroine had a bad tooth, and was willing to trade it. So the stall proprietor had the tooth dance out ouf her mouth. It was just so vividly written that it gave me the proper heebs.
I'm not going to spoil this one, but I will say there were a few things that made me mouth "what the fuck" silently. Still when it was done, I clutched it to my bosom and made a happy little squeak. I really enjoyed it. As always, it featured a practical heroine who I loved, the animals all lived, and there was even a bit of romance. All in all, very satisfying.
Today, I'm going to try to find time to dye my hair. the grey is showing a lot, and I'd like to correct that before the Strahd players get together on Saturday.
I suppose I could do my hair now. I'd be done by about 7, and would have time to hop in the shower.
Maybe I'll do that. Everyone have a perfect Thursday!
