IT IS COMPLETE. my fingers hurt. a lot.

but, gaudy "painting" is done and now i can decide how much i like looking at it.

IT IS COMPLETE. my fingers hurt. a lot.

but, gaudy "painting" is done and now i can decide how much i like looking at it.

it only took two days, but i finally found a pair of boots that fit. and, they were mysteriously $200 off.

yesterday, i drove down to des moines, determined to find a pair of brown leather boots. i wanted them to be mostly flat, for heels are no good in winter. i wanted them to be tall so that i could wear them with skirts for a bit. after visiting every store that sells shoes in two malls and two other shoe stores, i discovered that i have really fat calves, at least for boots.

last night, i was looking online for boots made for people with wide calves, and found these. i loved them, but could not justify spending $320 on a pair of boots. this morning, i decided that i'd go to the mall in ames, stopped in the shoes store, and found the boots sitting on the shelf marked $129.

and, the rest, as they say, is history.

flowers make me happy.

my new glasses came today. those are, by far, my favorites. i also got these, which i quite like, and these, which i'm not sure about. but, for an average cost of $13 or so a pair, i can afford to not like some of them.

i really, really love these tights.

yay, backspacer!

this is the first album i've purchased in i don't know how many years.

i'm actually really pretty excited about the new pearl jam, and i especially dig the art.

this sigg bottle is my new best friend. it holds a litre of whatever i choose to stick in it. in the morning, that's coffee. in the afternoon, water.

this is necessary because the people in my office drink really, really shitty coffee. it's either hazelnut or french vanilla flavored and they like it brewed really weak (two scoops instead of the three that i'd normally do). i am not allowed to switch out the coffee, for i have asked. i might eventually be able to get a coffee pot to put on my desk, but until then, i'll just drag a litre of the good stuff to work with me every morning.

let's pretend this is a picture of ian and me instead of a shitty sketch of a picture.

lesson: deanna should not draw people.

i made dan a jar of the spice blend i use to make curries.

no, i will not tell you the recipe. it's a secret, and i do not want to have to kill you. i'll give you a jar, though.

dan better like curries. half a cup of spices will make a lot of curry.