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| 11:56am 14/12/2009 |
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Ugh, I haven't felt this unmotivated in such a long time.
I really can't bring myself to get anything done today.
It's a combination of Charlie being way to big to keep sleeping in bed with us and a fight Taylor and I had on Friday night.
I still feel terrible about it. I totally started it and let it get out of hand with my stubbornness.
He was pretty drunk and said something along the lines of "this isn't working out." My heart dropped out of my chest and I remembered what it was like to have a serious heart ache.
We have so much on the line that it's hard to feel like my life wouldn't come crashing down if we were to split up.
I confessed that I've been stressed out with how much we have on our plate and took it out in a wrong way.
The next morning he was talking about how hung over he was and I guess I never really noticed how much he actually drank the night before.
I asked him if he remembers almost breaking up with me, and he said that wasn't what he meant at all.
I still felt a bit crummy throughout the day and didn't want to bring up last nights fight again. He took off around 4:30 for his guys Christmas get together where they rent a limo.
Yes a limo.
I don't understand, but whatever.
They apparently ended up in Niagara falls and went to a restaurant. Taylor ended up drinking too much and puking under the dinner table, and then went back into the limo to sleep for the rest of the night.
I on the other hand was down town for a ladies night organized by Vanessa.
It was super fun and we had dinner and drinks at this restaurant in Parkdale (yes there are some nice restaurants in parkadale) called Cafe Taste.
It's run by two brothers who are experts when it comes to wine. They know their stuff! They match your food to whatever wine you're drinking.
4 bottles of wine later and a delicious cheese fondue we were ready to hit the road. We ended up at Rob and Sparky's dressy Christmas party. We were in luck since we were already dressed up.
It was packed with a bunch of sweet friends and other familiar faces.
Later on I crashed at Hambone and Danielle's place.
Lou and I cuddled and he kept licking my face. I cannot believe that him and Charlie where EVER the same size.
I feel a bit better now after getting the whole "fight" situation off my chest on here.
I'm really trying to not be so sensitive and not to take little gestures too seriously. I think he can tell I feel bad for being a stubborn bitch and am trying my best to make up for it. |
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| 12:15pm 11/12/2009 |
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Winter is definitely here now.
I spun out going 10k on an off ramp. Black ice. Gotta love it.
Luckily I didn't hit anything.
Also Charlie's first time playing in snow, so damn cute.
I love her more than anything.
There weren't any good antique finds today, but to be honest I didn't really look that hard. Work is keeping me busy.
However I did get a friend request today from one of the creepiest people EVER.
In his request he says that he hopes I found God and let him save me.
Awesome. Now he's a religious nut job.
He was this guy in high school that was a year older than me, very shy, never spoke to anyone ever, got picked on a lot.
He was in my biology class and I always made a point of saying hi to him.
I guess he got more comfortable with me and starting saying hi to me in the hallways.
I will point out that Monica warned me about being nice to "loner" people like him because there may be an actual reason why he doesn't talk to anyone.
Anyway, it got to a point where if he was saying hi to me in the hallways and i didn't see him he would grab my arm forcefully. It started getting a little weird so I started avoiding him.
Summer came and he graduated while I still had to finish my last year.
I was running some errands in the summer with my mum and ran into him.
I remember him asking for my phone number and I told him I don't really give it out. Later on that week Cole calls to tell me that he ran into crazy Shant and how Shant said I gave him my number but he lost it and wanted to know if Cole would give it to him. Luckily Cole didn't give that crazy asshole my number.
Anyway somehow crazy Shant gets my email and starts messaging me all the time, would show up at school (which he no longer attends) and would wait for me by my locker. I remember Monica seeing this happen once and shouted out "Maria! I gotta take a shit, come with me!" hahaha. Best ever.
This all goes on for a while until he tells me that he knows where i live, he's going to break into my house, tie me to a chair and try on my stockings.
That's pretty much where I draw the line. No one tries on MY stockings!! haha.
I told him if I ever even saw him on my street I'd break his fucking face.
I totally forgot about all this till I received his friend request today on facebook. Apparently he now loves God. I think people who are straight up batshit crazy try to justify their insanity by using God as an excuse.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=509236523#/profile.php?id=509236523&__a=1&_fb_iframe_path=%2Fprofile.php
If you don't believe me, check out his profile photos and how he's comments on them himself, about 10x in a row or so. |
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| 12:06pm 10/12/2009 |
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hello, hello...
the search started off slow, but then began to spot more and more neat things.
Weird that I should come across these on craigs list today when I was just looking at light fixtures like these yesterday.
This lil beauty antique colonial brushed brass fixture from late 1920's is going for $35. Great price. BUT it's way east of where I live and would cost too much in gas. Plus now with snow on the roads travel time to anywhere has doubled, and in some places trippled.
Such sweet bookends! They run for $50. Pricy, but real pretty.
$14. Cute and you can do a lot of neat things with it.
$16. I like it. It reminds me of the replica Adam Savage (from Mythbustes) was talking about on Ted Talk. Even though it wasn't an owl but a maltese falcon.
I love this fan. I have one almost identical somewhere in my parent's basement. This one seems to be in great shape and will run you $30, which is not bad for this type of antique fan.
$19 seems a bit much but I can't help but think how pretty some hydrangeas would look in this.
Even though they're all paint chipped, they're super cute!
$4.95 for all 4 mugs. Stick some home made cookies in it, and give them away each as a gift.
$23. Maybe it's just because I'm a bike nerd, but this antique pump is sweet.
$87 is a real good price for this beauty of a type writer. I've seen ones for so much more and not nearly as beautiful.
I have an old type writer, not as nice as this one, but I found mine at the side of the road and in perfect condition. Can't complain!
I have a jug pretty much identical to this, minus the sticker.
Got it for free of craigs list. Stuffed it with winter red berry branches, and some pine braches. This one pictured above will run you $32.
I don't know what it is about old sewing drawers, i just love them!
You can find a few different uses for them. You could even fill them with soil and make a planter out of them. These ones will run you $14 each.
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| 01:17pm 09/12/2009 |
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mood:  creative music: Neil Young
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While Taylor's building walls, I'm all about design, colors and textures.
I'm starting with the bathroom.
Pictured below is a little cabinet Taylor made earlier this year that we kept our computer on.
Now it's going to be turned into our bathroom sink.
We need to cut a few holes for pipes, and the vessel bowl sits on top. Like this...
Also in the main floor bathroom will be our 100 year old claw foot tub.
We've both decided to keep it a tub instead of making it into one of these...
The reason is simply because the bathroom isn't that big and we think it will take away from the window behind the shower curtain. Too busy for a small bathroom that we want to keep simple and elegant.
So my idea is to keep the walls a neutral cream color and to paint the outside of the tub a burnt orange. I've also pictured a pendant light. One that hangs from the middle of the bathroom. This is the one I've been planning on getting. And you can't beat that price. Trust me, I've looked. Even used my mum's direct buy hook up and still couldn't find one cheaper.
$89 at home depot
Or I just saw this one too for $64
Anyway, so my pops and now Taylor think it's not enough light for the bathroom. That we’ll need a light right by the mirror.
I have to disagree. It's not a huge bathroom, doesn't have huge ceilings, the pendant light will provide a lot of light. In our place down town we had 1 small pot light (tall, tall ceiling) and was very dim. I survived, and it wasn't bad.
I don't thin I'm going to win this war since I've already made them fit my claw foot tub in.
Therefore, I've been looking to get a kind of feel what would be best by an oval mirror in the bathroom without making it look too cluttered and out of place.
Here's what I've come up with so far...
$19. It's pretty simple which I like. As for the finish it depends what finish is on the pendant light.
These are cute but without the crystal hangings and with maybe burnt orange lamp shades to complement the tub?
These are kinda pretty too...
ooooh! I'd like this above the mirror, but won't it be too much with a pendant light?
Anyway, as for the kitchen I've always, always loved these lights..
I can't believe they're only $49. It's seriously a good price. Everywhere else is so so so much more and most the time the glass part is sold separately from the stem.
And for our outdoor front light...
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| 10:06am 07/12/2009 |
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On my usual morning craig’s list search I came across the most ridiculous priced item. I've found a handful of rad deals on craigs list, but also found more than enough outrageously priced items. Some people are out of their minds.
For example today I came across these farmhouse shutters.
$500 per pair of shutters.
Speaking of out of their minds, Taylor and I just picked up a church pew (from the church his parents got married at) from his mum's cousin.
We've only been commutating through emails, but I can honestly say I have never "met" such a rotten person.
She needed to get the church pew off her hands and was emailing family to ask if anyone wanted to help her out and take it off her hands. Taylor's parents mentioned it to us and I practically jumped. It would be perfect for our future breakfast nook. Anyway, this woman has been emailing Taylor's mum DAILY harassing her to get us to come pick up the pew in her garage.
I emailed her a REALLY nice email saying how I was sorry we had not come to get the pew yet because we JUST moved into our new home out in Georgetown and are up to our necks in renovations. She sent me a rude email in return saying if we don't come pick it up by the end of December it will be gone.
I said fine "My father has generously volunteered to come pick it up with his van. Are you free this weekend?" Please take note I asked her this on Tuesday. To which she replies "THIS IS SO LAST MINUTE!"
If I could reach out through the computer screen and slap her, I would have.
"So you want us to come take it, email Nancy DAILY and now that we can come get it, it's too short notice?! We DO NOT have a large vehicle at our disposal. We cannot just come whenever we want."
Then she says "Fine. I will not be home until at least 4pm."
To me, any normal person would read that and say "okay I better come after 4 to be safe."
My dad drove out to her in WHITBY, and got there around 6pm. Guess who wasn't home. I was livid. I got Taylor's parents to call her and leave a message.
She emails me and says "WELL I HAD PLANS! I CAN'T WAIT AROUND FOREVER!"
She NEVER mentioned anything about having plans. All she said was she wouldn't be home till AT LEAST 4pm. I wanted to ring her neck.
I felt so terrible my dad went all that way, but he was stoked on the pew idea and insisted he'd go back tomorrow morning.
Yesterday morning, my dad drove all the way out there at 9am.
She told me in a previous email that she leaves for work at 9:15am.
Guess who was still in bed. Totally lied about the work thing. She was just trying to be difficult. It made me happy to know my dad woke that bitch up from her sleep.
He told me she was extremely rude the whole time.
It took everything in me not to get her phone number and bitch her out.
Disrespecting me is one thing, but disrespecting my father is a whole other ball game.
Saturday night Taylor and I were over his parent's house for dinner and they both told me how shitty Lynne is. Taylor's dad said he had no better word to describe her than a cunt.
So I just emailed her back telling her to fuck herself.
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| 10:53am 01/12/2009 |
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For those of you who may not know, I have an enormous passion for antiques.
Antique hunting is one of my most favourite things.
I'm on craigs list daily scoping out antique deals, hitting up value village, flee markets, antique/vintage shops, etc..
I like being able to reclaim something old and making it my own.
I was on a hunt for the really old mason jars that have blue glass.
Everywhere I looked I could not find one for less than $20 American, PLUS shipping and such.
I had a lucky find last week and found some for $5 on craigs list and relatively close to my new place.
My initial intent was to turn them into to soap dispersers. Drilling a hole in the top and taking an old soap pump and volla!
However, these mason jars were rarer than I thought. They have the original glass lid. I guess I should switch the lid up with one of my newer jar lids?
ANYWAY, I found another steal on craigs list for a set of 3 antique french glass doors (total $70.) In the ad it said that only two of the doors came with antique glass knobs. I was beyond stoked cos just one set of glass knobs are usually 50+. Also in the photo it showed one of the knobs with an old lock and key in it. Again, beyond stoked.
So the people who were selling lived in our old area down town. Turns out we've even met their dog before while out on a walk over the summer.
Anyway, Taylor went to pick up the doors last night since he was sorta in the area.
When he got home I was extremely disappointed to find that only one of the doors has the glass knobs and NO KEY.
I asked Taylor about it and he said he didn't know.
I'm frustrated how he didn't even inspect the doors before handing over our money. (Nor does he ever check expiry dates on food items before buying or check that the eggs in the egg carton aren't cracked.)
I emailed the woman right away, but I doubt I'll even get a response back now that we've already paid for the doors.
He made a comment about how I wake up loving up but go to sleep hating him. I was just upset he didn't really check the doors and more importantly that he reeked of beer and DROVE home. Drinking and driving is not something I have a sense of humour for, nor do I support it in anyway.
So I guess I'm on a hunt to hopefully find two sets of antique glass door knobs for a reasonable price, and another old lock and key for the bathroom door. |
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| 02:43pm 30/11/2009 |
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So I took sometime today to clear old some of my mega old emails and came across a bunch of ones from Taylor, back in 2007 when we met.
I instantly got all mushy. I've loved that boy since the day I first saw him standing outside that Carrier Suicide show.
It absolutely blows my mind to think we've travelled around the world together, moved out together, adopted a dog together, and now just bought a house together.
There is never a morning where I don't wake up loving him more than the day before.
I don't know how I ever got so lucky. |
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| 09:46am 23/11/2009 |
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What a weekend of bad luck.
(Saturday mostly.)
First I had to go run some errands. I ended up at Home Sense at one point and spotted a glass dome like the one in my last post. It was marked down to $10, and I totally thought it was my lucky day.
I come home to find a few of Taylor's friends and my pops over. Charlie of course rushes to stick her head into my grocery bags. As I back up to shoo her off I hear glass break. The bag I was holding with the glass dome wrapped in packing paper had hit the corner of the wall. Needles to say I was pretty bummed.
I didn't even own it for more than half an hour and it was broken.
$10 down the drain and I'm not sure where I'm going to find another one. Especially for that price.
Here's something along the lines of what I wanted to do with it...
The rest of the day goes as follows,
Cut the top of my foot on exposed wiring, was about an INCH away from being run over by an old lady. I kid you not. I was walking on the sidewalk, she was pulling out of a strip mall, I was directly in front of her with Taylor, and I guess she doesn't look in front of her while driving?
She didn't even stop; I had to jump out of the way.
If that wasn't enough, later on at night Taylor and I were on our way to his friend's birthday party when I spilt hot coffee all over my lap in the car. It burned like heck, followed by being uncomfortably soaked.
Then drove home with a boyfriend whom was upset at me for making him miss his friend's party.
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| 09:14am 12/11/2009 |
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hi, this is my wedding dress.
It's all handmade by a gal out in Portland. She uses recycled bustiers to make her dresses, and they all make my eyes hurt from being so pretty.
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| 09:43am 04/11/2009 |
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I figure I'd keep this entry out of the house blog just in case we decide to give Taylor's Dad the web address.
SO. Last night the commute home took TWO hours because the GO train sucks more than you can imagine.
So I'm pretty bummed already having had left work just after 4pm and not getting home till just have 6pm.
Then I tell Taylor how his mum called me at work in the afternoon and asked if she could come help with raking leaves and if she could take Charlie out. I said yes to the leaves and no to taking Charlie out cos the doors to the house were locked. Anyway, Taylor then informed me that he found out she had already come by the house that morning. Meaning A) when she picked up the keys for us from the lawyer she went ahead and made herself a copy. B) Called me AFTER she had already been to my house acting like she was asking for permission first.
[Please also note that I do not even have a copy of keys to my own house.]
She makes me want to rip my hair out.
I freaked out when Taylor told me this and demanded we change the locks on ALL our doors this weekend. We'll make a copy key that has the plastic on it that says "Do NOT duplicate" on it, so when we need her to come by she can BORROW the key but can't sneak off and make herself a copy.
She also found out my commute to work Monday morning took just over three hours and emails me suggesting I just stay at a friend's place down town during the week, or a HOTEL.
Are you starting to see how mentally unstable this woman is?
I always try my VERY best to always be nice despite her craziness and bite my tongue. I know she has good intentions but she makes it REALLY hard for me to see it that way most of the time. However, she has way overstepped her boundaries.
On the bright side my parents and I have a much better relationship now a days, and they respect both Taylor and my space. They would never come into our house without us being home without our knowledge, and they never come unannounced or uninvited. I love them both so much and really appreciate all their help with odds n ends, and renos. |
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| 10:43am 03/11/2009 |
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So I've decided to start a blog specifically for home related things.
Such as, before and after reno photos, things we don't want that are up for grabs, invites to wall smashing and painting parties, etc...
Pretty much our experiences step by step as new home owners.
You can find it all on this beauty in the making...
http://1951bungalowlove.blogspot.com/
PS, for those pals whom don't have a car, our place is pretty much 3 minutes from the Georgetown GO station (you can take a train right from Union station.) And for those amigos that do have a car, it's not far from Hwy 401.
PPS, Tayor is from Georgetown so we've had a bunch of his friends come visit, but all my friends are in Toronto. What I'm getting at is... PLEASE COME VISIT COS I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU. |
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| 12:45pm 27/10/2009 |
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I'm seriously about to cry.
The lawyer wants $11,745.22 to close our home purchase.
(you need a lawyer to do this)
That's almost the cost of the down payment on the house.
There is no way we can afford this.
Taylor told me to call them back and tell them "they're fucking high." |
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| 10:13am 16/10/2009 |
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I rented that movie Penelope (that I've wanted to see forever) from the library. Watched it last night and totally loved it. It reignited my enormous crush on James McAvoy.
I don't know what it is about him...his eyes.. accent... but goddamn that man is a babe.
So I almost got smoked again by a car last night. The driver was going 80+ in a 50 zone. Shawn yelled out at him and the dude spit at him.
Fight almost broke out but the dude wouldn't get out of his car.
Glad I have sweet friends whom stick up for me.
Anyway, where we were coming from was Dees.
Cancer Bats were playing a free show.
Thank goodness the bats are sweetest dudes and always put our names on guest list. There was no way I would have lined up for however many hours people were out there in the freezing cold.
Great night, tons of friends, good laughs, good music.
I actually ran into tons of people I hadn't seen in a while that I was super stoked on seeing.
As much fun as last night was, I still would have liked to go see Wilco.
Tickets were too much denero and right now I'm currently cutting back on spending it. |
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| 03:13pm 14/10/2009 |
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Our mortgage broker just called and.....we got approved!!!!
Hi, I'm a 23 year old home owner. AHHHHH!
Crazy, crazy.
I've been keeping pretty quiet about the whole thing till everything went through, but now that it has... yay!!!!!
I was planning on staying at work late to work on stuff, but no way! I'm going home to celebrate with hot apple sider and whiskey!
I'm thinking I wanna plan a little get together with friends as a farewell big city, hello farm country.
With that said, we're only going to be living 45 min out of the city...but still!
We won't be able to have a house warming until at least next year because of all the renos we'll be doing. |
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| 11:56am 05/10/2009 |
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Big news, big news....Taylor and I put an offer on a house this past weekend!
I don't wanna jinx anything though so I won't say much more.
I just spoke to my mum about it for the first time.
If you knew my parents then you'd understand why I had to wait till I had everything in order. I can't just tell them my thoughts and goals. They want to see that I've taken steps towards the goal before they actually listen to what I'm saying.
At first my mum was upset and started yelling at me for even thinking to move out to Georgetown. We talked some more and she calmed down and totally changed her mind on things. (awesome!)
Turns out she doesn't actually know where Georgetown is. She seemed to think it was way, way further than it actually is.
I'm going to call my pops this afternoon and tell him the info. I want him to hear it from me so he doesn't think I'm leaving him out on the whole thing.
I love them both with all I've got and their support is so damn important to me. But as they know I'll still go on whether I have it or not.
Anyway, could not sleep last night. With everything going on my brain just would not let me rest till about 20 minutes before my alarm.
When Taylor woke up he rolled over to smush me and I asked him if he's sure he loves me enough. He kinda giggled and said he hoped that's not why I was up all night. It's just that this whole thing is such a big deal and you just don't BUY a place with someone unless you're sure. So I told him you have to make sure you love me enough. Which of course he assured me he does. I do absolutely love living with him and we came to the conclusion if we can live together for a year in a place the size of a closet we can do this.
And it's totally true. There is no escaping each other where we live now. (Those of you who've been to our place understand.)
Keep your fingers crossed for us!
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| 10:13am 02/10/2009 |
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Happiest of Birthdays to my Nonno Pipino who turns 97 today! Ti amo tanti tanti!
So stoked to see my family tomorrow! My Nonno is awesome and I love him more than anything.
Just gotta keep thinking about things like that to keep me from stressing out. This month is insane. It's our last month at our current address on good ol’ Huron st.
Problem is we don't know where it is we're moving to. The plan was to by a place out in Georgetown. The house we put a bid on kinda fell through. The dude took too long to decide and the bank took his place. This may be good though cos the bank is gonna wanna sell it off real cheap. (fingers crossed)
Here's my second problem... I'm going to have to drive to work. Which is totally okay with me except the car I'm getting is stick. I don't drive stick. I've tried and I kicked butt at it but that was back in the winter of 07'.
There is so much to get done, that we've already started packing to give us less to do at the end of the month.
I think we have to pain the place cos our futon chipped some paint off the wall.
Plus Halloween is at the end of the month and I am all about Halloween!
Hilda was great enough to drop by a red cape for me! It's just that, I don't know how we're gonna have Halloween when we have to move out the next day.
Last year we were in NYC for Dez's wedding on Halloween and I stayed behind in Brooklyn while Taylor moved into the place.
Ahhh too much to do!
Anyway, if we do have to paint, who wants to be an awesome friend and come over for a painting party?
Oh so I went to the AGO on Wednesday (haven't been since it reopened.) And came out of there full with inspiration. I love that place!
Yesterday I went down to Queen and Augusta and got a bunch of fabric to make Charlie a rad fall and winter jacket.
The fall one is an olive green fleece on the inside and I'm going to sew a hunters red plaid on the outside. The winter jacket is this gorgeous red Italian fleece material. It's so thick and wonderful. The dude gave me a great deal. He remembers me cos I always buy fabric from him and he always tries to set me up with one of his 3 sons. "Come back and see me tomorrow.."
"Why do I need to come back tomorrow?"
"I want you to meet my son. He's around your age. He's 16."
I laughed pretty hard. I know I don't look my age, but I definitely don't look 16.
I can't for the life of me remember the name of his store right now but it's on the north side of queen pretty much across from peach berserk.
Anyway, if the coat works out, I'll look into making the other dogs in my life coats. (I'm looking at you Sharkey...) |
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