I'm all about the deals lately

if you have a Taco Bell near you you may want to print out this coupon for a free Limeaid:
http://www.tacobell.com/promo/limeade-coupon

bag full o' smelly stuff and having enough

Things have been complicated here these last few days. Appointments to go to, decisions to be made. Occasionally I remember to escape into the paint. Scribble, scrub and glaze for interesting textures and to camouflage bits I'm unhappy with. There are finished pieces and NEARLY finished pieces (what is it they're missing?) and pieces being taken apart and reassembled in a Frankenstein-like manner. Usually I would've hit up the local craft stores or made a trip to Boston for Utrecht and Pearl Paint by now. However, I just keep pulling colors and papers and ephemera from drawers and boxes and they always seem ENOUGH. When in the world have I ever felt there was ENOUGH? This is a phenomena I am not aquainted with.



The last 2 days have been kinda rough so when Glen suggested we go down to my fave mall I acquiesced. He has giftcards to spend from his birthday but I'm trying to be good. ANYWAY, 75% off at Bath & Body Works was too tempting. The roll on scents I like were only $1.87!!! I got my fave and tried a few new ones too. Also picked up a great citrus scented candle. All in all I got a stuffed bag and spent very little. I even got some great travel sizes for Maine, Nj, the Cape. You know, all the fun places we plan to go to this summer.



Now I'm painting my nails this great Revlon color, "Minted", which looks exactly like Tiffany blue. Weird. I still haven't found the Lilac Pastelle gloss from the collection. Now, I need another gloss like I need a hole in the head, but the swatches of this lilac are GORGEOUS and I think it may be wearable on my cool skin. My toes are currently Pool Blue and even my gynecologist commented on them when my feet were up in the stirrups. LOL! Maybe I'll go get a pedicure this week. Shallow, but I feel like I need to do some things to keep my mood up, ya know?


I've been spray painting on the deck a bit. I know I need to do it outside, but I'm also worried about harming the birds that come to visit. If the odor were too strong they'd just wait til later, right? I love feeding the birds as it makes the cats so happy to watch their comings and goings but at the same time I don't want to poison them with the paint. I think there's a drop cloth around here I could use...

busy framing and photgraphing multi media pieces

Black glossy paint and white washed shadow boxes

I tried to go to sleep earlier but couldn't relax so I got up and started doing some mindless prep work. White washed some shadow boxes intended for beachy tableaux and painted this wooden stand glossy black to go with our wrought iron bed. It'll be a great place to leave my large traincase. Try as i might not all my makeup will fit in my vanity.

Earlier in the day Glen went out to see Splice with his Dad. Just as well, my allergies were making me cranky so it was best that I was alone (except for the cats and they understand). When he came home I had to gather myself and force myself out the door. We did the usual: iced tea, library, dollar store. During the day it had occured to me that i needed more frames for some mixed media work. I wasn't sure they'd have what I needed, but if they did i figured  I would be able to offer some lower priced pieces. Fortunately, there were  few frames I thought might work so I got them.

When we got home I immediately set about cropping pieces and putting the finishing touches on them. It was so simple: I thought these pieces weren't done and I didn't know what they needed. Well, they WERE done I was just over thinking it. With a bit here and there I have a pretty cohesive collection and I look forward to offering them at reduced prices. I think it's really important to be able to afford art. Something unique. Maybe small piece above the kitchen counter or in a corner of your livingroom. Something to make you smile everyday.

Well... there would've been pictures but I let ALL my batteries go dead so they are currently charging. No worries, later today will be just fine. I also want to work on some notebook/sketchbook/scrapbooks but the binding machine I bought arrived broken. Will try to borrow one from my friend while I have the urge. In the meantime I think I'll get the papers and size worked out.

grilled chicken caesar salad from Not Your Average Joe's

I would eat this every day if I could! Fortunately for me I can only eat a bit at a time, so i have leftovers for days after we go out to eat.

Robert Downey Jr.

was great on The Late Late Show. Glad I stayed up. Now I really need to sleep as I have to get up at 7:30am. Currently waiting for my nails to dry. I won a contest and got this big makeup bag full of goodies. The color I have on is sort of irridescent periwinkle. The brand is Sparitual which is supposed to be the "healthy" type of polish. I hope it lasts well. There was also a sticky basecoat and quickdry topcoat. I so rarely use base or topcoat, it would be awesome if I could get my nails to last longer between manicures.

Sigh, my Pilot is making a bit of a squeal when I turn the wheel to the right. I think I'll wait and get my dad's opinion Monday. Don't want to run off to the garage if its not necessary.
Had my cell off all day so I missed talking to our friend Laurie, but she did send a text inviting us to a party tomorrow night. I hope we can go. If my pain is bad I won't make it, but if I can keep it at bay all day then we should be ok. PLUS, we'll stop at Five Guys on the way (which makes Glen SUPER happy). Laurie has a pingpong table that always turns parties into crazy games. Plus she has awesome cats and is pretty nice/fun/great herself. yep, we need to get there. It's also a bit far, but I don't mind driving.
We desperately needed groceries so we went to Super Target. The bag I was ogling weeks ago was marked down from $45 to a little less than $8.00!!! Woot! It's really big so I need to be careful not to stuff it, but it's so cool - I Loveit!! And it matches a pair of gladiator sandals I have. Speaking of sandals I also started looking at the Cynthia Vincent sandals but I know I have 4 pairs of sandals on their way to me so I had to walk away. Also looked at some amazing dresses but really wasn't in the mood to try on.

Mother's Day was nice. I picked my Mom up (and then my crazy aunt) and we went shopping and out to lunch. I bought 3 pairs of jeans (trying to quell my itch to pick up some Seven jeans) really cheap. The restaraunt we went to was really good. They gave us all small boxes of hand dipped truffles at the end of our meal. But, since I have a hard time eating much I had pretty much all my meal packed to go. Then i forgot to take it. d'oh! Anyway, I didn't realize til I drove my aunt and Mom home. Then i was driving back, feeling mad at myself, so I stopped in the restaurant on a whim. I guess I thought since the container obviously held an entire meal our waittress may have put it aside. Well, she didn't but before I could say "well, thanks anyway" the manager ran off and made me a whole new dinner. Woot! they just one a very faithful customer. I was just blown away. You don't see good customer service anymore, ya know?