A Hit And A Miss

I already mentioned I went to the Ren Fair again this year, but didn't go into any details. I didn't even know the fair had started until it was half over. Last year I went about 3 or 4 times, but this year I only went once. I brought The Girl with me and she had a blast. She had never been to one, and kept saying she wanted to volunteer there next year. Especially after she saw one of her friends from her old school who was playing the role of a water fairy.

I bought a little silver ring with a round hematite stone. I'm used to hematite being all black, but this stone has silver spots that make it look almost like a map or a globe. It's like looking at an ink blot or cloud. Sometimes I see a bunny, sometimes I see Kokopeli, sometimes I see an igloo. I also bought a long crystal pendant necklace. The Girl didn't buy anything, but did get a henna tattoo of a butterfly on her shoulder. She wanted to buy a bodice, sort of like a bustier with shoulder straps, but it was $60. A lot of the people that worked or volunteered at the fair were wearing bodices, and there was one lady that was about to pop out of hers. It was not a pretty site.

And now for the miss. I had been looking forward to going to the library's book sale for a month, but at the last minute I blew it off. Actually, I forgot about it, but I think I forgot about it because subconsciously I didn't really want to go. I wanted to just go hog wild and get bags and bags of books, but I have boxes of books down in the basement that I haven't unpacked since I moved in here, something like 8 or 9 years ago. A lot of those books I have never even read yet, so I really don't think I need bags and bags of more books. It was really tempting, because the first 2 days for the sale hardback books were just $2, and the last day you could buy books for $5 a grocery bag. Of course, by then you are picking through the leftovers.

So anyway, this encouraged me to read some of the books I have stacked down in the basement. I have a bunch of book reviews I want to write up, but don't have time right now. Got to go to work, darn it.