I am in Love...

...with my car! I know that is being materialistic but, I don't care! I love it! We picked it up at around 4:30 yesterday and after we had to go pick up DH's truck from the tire place. As I dropped him off, I said, "See you at home" and he said, "I thought we would go for a ride and really check out the car." "Ummm, it's suppertime, aren't you getting hungry?" "Yeah, but I thought we would go out to eat!" Needless to say, at the thought of not having to cook and clean-up, I rushed home, fed the 4-legged critters, spiffed up and was ready to go! Geez, if I knew buying a car would have this effect, I would insist on buying one at least once a month!

We didn't get the frig though but let me tell you why! Just when you think there are no nice salespeople out there, you meet one that restores your faith. I have been wanting one of the French door frigs since they came out. And have been visiting this one several times. ( WE have built up quite a relationship and I feel like it is time to bring it home to meet the family!) Anyway, DH and I went, ready to lay down the cash and Stan "The Man" said, "look, I am not supposed to tell you this but it will be going on sale at the end of the month, so if you can wait you should because it will save you $400." How nice was that?

And, my best friend called me today! What's so great about that, do you say? Well, long story short. We had a falling out almost 6 months ago because of what appears to be a huge misunderstanding. Remember that game when one person whispers something in someones ear and then they whisper it to the next person and so and so on? Can't remember what we used to call it. Well, apparently, that it what happened and then other circumstances played into it that prevented us from talking it out or confronting the situation and needless to say both of us have been miserable. So, I had sent her an email telling her how badly I was hurt by what I thought she had done and said. She called today and, God willing, we are going to undo the damage. You would think at our age, that common sense would have kicked in but like I said there were a lot of other things going on that just muddled it all up. Did you ever meet someone that you would never dream would be your friend because you were so different from each other? Well, that was us and we became extremely close and so did our families and this rift was tearing everyone apart. Just one more reminder that "Life is too short so stop screwing it up!"

So, my world is pretty bright and shiny at the moment! I have a new car, met a nice man, got my best friend back and then there are you guys! I so enjoy your comments. Such nice things to say and it really is so appreciated. Thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart! Please keep the comments coming (and they don't all have to be compliments, but if you insist, I won't refuse. I promise not to get a big head!) I love reading them and getting to know you all a little better. Hmmm...bikinis in his laundry????

FRAYED CLOTH TUT: this is one of those big "the lights are on but no one is home" moments...in the tut, I talked about how the sides come out different. Well, you need to change the direction of the light to the same as the direction of the fur. So , when you change directions, make sure you change the light direction also. Okay? (This actually makes sense to those that DL'ed the tut)

Now, to celebrate my shiny world, a freebie! This is a little mini kit that I will probably do more with later but I love it cuz its soft and dreamy and romantic! Thought it might be nice for heritage, weddings or Mom LO's. Let me know if you use it. I would love to see what you do!

Enjoy...I might be MIA tomorrow as I have a luncheon engagement (sounds classier than some friends and I are going out to lunch) and then we are going to hit The Christmas Tree Shop and AC Moores. I can already hear my wallet groaning!

Big ol' hugs!

I broke it up into 2 files so make sure you grab them both!

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