Posted by alicia on Nov 11, 2007 in
Life Earlier in the year I set two goals for myself:
1) Earn some money from writing.
2) Sell jewelry that I’ve made.
By working at Hall + Partners I’ve been able to accomplish #1. I hope to accomplish #2 by the end of the week. There were several times this year when I thought both of these were meaningless, but I am thinking differently now. Creativity heals. I’m finding that there is even greater healing in using my creativity in a purposeful way and then giving it away.
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Posted by alicia on Oct 28, 2007 in
Life Yesterday Dan & I went down to Williamsburg to meet up with his parents who were there for the weekend. It was a beautiful drive followed by a yummy lunch at the Mother In Law of the Year awards banquet. After lunch we spent some time browsing through the stores, which fueled me with ideas for some jewelry and handmade gifts I want to attempt to create this holiday season.
Saturday night was game night at a friend’s house. I was the champ, walking away with gold medals in Apples to Apples and Cranium Pop 5. I also snuggled with a pit bull.
This morning I pulled the heathen card and skipped church. It was a much needed few hours at home alone. I did things like laundry, go to the store and snuggle with cats.
Twice this weekend I was the recipient of once-loved, but now unwanted clothing from female friends. I love receiving handme downs! Even when I still lived at home I would take my sister’s clothes when she grew tired of them. Now I have added a few pretty shirts and skirts to my wardrobe that will be perfect for work. To compliment my new clothes I bought 2 pairs of boots today and made myself a matching necklace & earring set over the weekend.
I also kicked ass in fantasy football. Man Eaters #1!!!
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Posted by alicia on Oct 24, 2007 in
Life Here’s what I did today:
- Got up early and went to the gym before work.
- Ran into Fat & Sassy friend, Alisha, at gym and worked out together.*
- Home to shower, eat 2nd breakfast, and break my hair dryer.*
- Work, with damp hair.*
- Lunch. Tried to plan leaving for lunch at the perfect moment, but timing was off and I got caught in the rain.*
- Work, round 2….colder & wetter.*
- Ran out of work and sped up I-95 to get to Beads, Bangles, & Bitches before their 6pm closing time. (I know I said I don’t want to shop there, but I really needed some beads and this is the only place that I know has what I needed.)
- Was practically pushed out the door at 5:55pm by the Beads, Bangles, & Bitches staff.
- Pushed out the door…into the pouring rain.**
- Changed out of wet shirt and into dry fleece….while in car.*
- Went to Target looking like a drowned rat.*
- Received a compliment on my Etienne Aigner shoes, which made me smile because these are the most grown-up shoes I own.*
- Shoe compliment turned into a long conversation that resulted in me figuring out this kind lady was a job recruiter.*
- Bought a new hair dryer.*
- Home to delicious Amy’s Pizza.
- Now I will knit & watch Coupling with Dan until I fall asleep.
* indicates damp events that were
** indicates events that resulted in extreme dampness.
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Posted by alicia on Oct 21, 2007 in Uncategorized
I’m in need of a good bead store. I have been getting my beads at a certain store in Carytown, but I’ve had too many bad experiences there and want to take my business elsewhere. So, if you know of a place to get pretty beads and good customer service, please let me know.
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