the first smile in what feels like weeks

so i've been down. really down. like hit me with a ton of bricks down. but today i actually felt that light-hearted spring feeling for longer than a flicker of a second and ohmigod it felt so good.

unfortunately, this smile was induced by shopping.

it seems i am nothing more than the gatherer in the hunter/gatherer equation. today i gathered in several garage sales and the straight-down grange hall blowout sale and i actually noticed, afterward that the sky was looking particulary beautiful in its blueness. noticing such things is always a good thing.

for $35:
- an old fashioned and hiply ravaged watering can (painted green
w/orig red peaking out where green is flaking off)
- solar powered radio for live oak!
- cd carrying case i can send my friends 12 yo with the cds i burned for her
- silly very small ceramic basket for back deck
- b&w ceramic thingy for my lipsticks
- abstract art complete in killer double-mat frame
- trivet w/ pear motif
- electric pencil sharpener
- three clay pots for cactus

and then at the straight down factory sale ($69):
- three shirts
- two jackets
- 50-gallon sized bag filled with fabric remnants