Score!

So there is this antique store. Right down the street from my last apartment, but I never managed to stop while I was living there. Saturday, I had some time to kill before book club, so I decided to stop. I'm browsing through the back room with clothes and handbags and table linens, when I find a hand embroidered table cloth with pretty Japanese lanterns, in very good condition... for $25.

So, even though it wasn't 100% to my taste, and even though it wasn't perfectly stitched, I snapped it up because well, it was handmade... and probably very undervalued. And it is pretty, don't get me wrong! For the price, it was definitely worth it.

It always makes me a little sad to see handmade things selling for so little at places like that. I mean, the materials alone for this probably cot close to $25, not to mention the time and effort that whoever made it put into it. But it's good for me, because then I get to bring it home, and give it a happy life. And if they were priced at their real (in terms of material and effort) value, I'd never be able to afford them. So it's a mixed blessing.

I just hope none of my pieces ever end up undervalued in a junk/antique store.

Travelling for work

I used to travel frequently for my job (Probably 1 week a month, if you averaged it all out). Since Miss Widget arrived, I have not travelled at all. And actually, my last significant trip was October before she was born. So, I haven't business travelled in about 18 months. And I've forgotten everything I used to know about it. I've forgotten how to pack. I've forgotten what to bring, for myself and for the customers. I feel like I'm wandering around in circles, without any clear idea what exactly it is I need to do, and I think I'm losing my mind.

*sigh*

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There's a "Boston Folk Festival". And Utah Phillips is going to be performing at it. Must research. Must find tickets.

Update
Well, that was easy. http://www.wumb.org/folkfest/performers.html Anyone up for going with me? At least Sunday, maybe both days? Anyone want to Widget-sit if Wiley wants to come?