Quick stuff and things

Thank you for all the congratulations on my new job! It's a short-term contract (with the possibility of extensions), and I'm going to be over by the new fancy-pants Commons area. (Which means closer to the yummy Mexican food, time to start going for more walks!)

Today I go to my contract agency to fill out paperwork (again, even tho' my last gig for them ended just over a month ago), and then work work work on writing I'm doing that I need to send out THIS WEEK. If time permits, I'll spend some time with a friend, but it is looking like I'll need to re-schedule that. Sorry, Libby!

Oh, and sudden impending busy-ness means I need to take photos of the stuff I've culled from the closets VERY SOON. Like, maybe this weekend, if I can manage it. Whoosh!

... Argh. There was a question I meant to ask of the LJ Hivemind, and it has vanished from my mind. Bother. Maybe it will return once I post this and run off to change out of my pjs.

Conversations from our house

(Conversation is slightly paraphrased)

Me: "Honey, help me decide which angle looks best for this skeleton hand I want to put on this purse."

The Stroppy One: "What? Wait, you didn't yank that off of your other purse, did you?"

Me: "No. I got an extra skeleton hand."

The Stroppy One: " ... Where?"

Me: "eBay!"

The Stroppy One: "Of course. eBay."

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After going through the collection of black vintage-ish purses, the base for the new skeleton handbag^* has been decided upon. Now, to spend my evening reviewing comments from beta readers and sewing a skeletal hand onto a leather purse. Time to find my thimble, and possibly some small needle-nose pliers ...

^*I still adore my current skeleton handbag that I purchased at the previous Mourning Market. But Spring is coming, which means I need to be able to carry my sunglasses case with me, and the current bag just doesn't have enough room. So, time to craft a similar handbag ...

^**Note To Self: Cull the handbags and sell some of them in the upcoming wardrobe sale. Yes, really.