Well, hello there. Feels like I haven't posted for weeks. It has been loony around here. I'll try to catch you up quickly. As you know, my friend Debbie came to town to check out her new house. She loved it, we went to Anthropologie. She bought the earrings above as a thank you to me for helping find the house etc. (so unnecessary, especially when you hear about the rest of her visit). She bought some file folders too and gave some to me. I love that she knew I would want the sleeves that the folders came in as much as the folders. You can see a snippet of wrapping paper that I bought as well.
While at Anthropologie I bought these two notebooks. On top of the notebooks are these killer white gel pens for journaling. I first learned to lust after these in a journal class taught by Teesha Moore...of course, she would know the best journalling products. These are made in Japan and very hard to get, but I found some at Gina's site. They came with an extra present too...thank you Gina. If Gina is sold out, Anahata mentioned she would be selling them soon, and maybe Teesha will too one day. If you journal, or scrapbook, or doodle, you will love these.
Here's the rest of what I bought that day. Vintage pink fat candles, some striped candles, Peculiar Press notecards, some cool badges by Claudia Laub Incorporated, a notepad by Anna Corba, a new caddy, and a clip art book by Sterling Publishing Co. called Birds and Buterflies. I can not tell you how madly in love I am with everything Peculiar Press makes. Every detail is fantastic, don't you agree?
This was my favorite purchase of the day, my housewarming gift for Debbie, a marble topped cake pedestal. What a shame that it will have to stay at my house for safe keeping until she moves in.
After we got home and I threw myself down on the couch, Debbie instigated the folding of at least 8 loads of laundry, with me moving at 1/4 the speed she did. That in itself was a big enough thank you, you know how much I hate laundry. But the next day she was even more amazing. It started out with my Dad calling, saying he hadn't been feeling well and was thinking he should go to the doctor, but wasn't able to take himself, he was that weak. So Deb (she is an OR nurse, after all) and I went to fill his prescriptions, grocery shop, and pump him up with Gatorade and other nutrients. I was going to the taping of the Ellen show with my daughter (previously planned and unable to be rescheduled) that afternoon, so sweet, amazing, nurturing Debbie was going to take my Dad to his doctor appointment because of course, we couldn't get in in the am. So off my daughter and I went to Burbank, and Debbie met some friends for lunch. When she got back to my Dad's, she found him on the floor, in a puddle of sweat, unable to get up. She called 911 and spent the next few hours with my Dad at the hospital (see how unnecessary those earrings were?) while I was blissfully unaware inside the Ellen show (it was fun). They checked the poor guy in with pneumonia. (He's home safe and sound now, no worries). The next day included our getting her kids' new school packets, the inspection of her new home, and a visit with my Dad. When we got back to my house, she had a bee in her bonnet about cleaning out my son's closet (boy, those outgrown clothes and toys can accumulate!). See what a great friend she is?!? I told her, as soon as she moves in, I'll be there painting and unpacking and kid watching and anything else she wants! My house hunting for her was nothing, I owe her big time!