ERMAHGERD! Has Mama been BUSY! I've now been at my new job 7 weeks and am feeling a lot more confident. Instead of having to ask for help 800 billion billion times a day, I'm down to maybe just 800 billion. Everyone is still pretty cool and I've been getting a lot of compliments from customers too which is reassuring. I've also been making more friends at workies too. A gal, Nikki, who works in my department is super cool and we've been hanging out almost every weekend. It's great to have someone to go thrifting with again now that I don't have my Nathan around anymore. It's a bummer that we don't get to chit chat very much at work (we keep getting busted for chatting with each other more than we do with customers--oopsies!) It's not OUR fault that the customers don't want to talk about Harry Potter and video games...
In addition to being busy as a Japanese beaver at my day job, I've been working into the wee hours of the night on custom orders from people on Etsy. Everybody's been asking for Pokemon commissions so that's all I've been doing with my free time lately. Here's some of my recent works I've been doing for some super cool ladies:
I have one more customer order to complete then I have to start building up my inventory for the holidays. The holidays can be a scary time for anyone with a small craft business. Last year I made 2 dozen felt brooches in about 5 weeks. Boy, it was intense! But it feels good to create something that people enjoy and actually want to wear and display in their homes. In case you're interested, here's some of the bands that I've been listening to lately while I craft:
*Foster the People
*Two Door Cinema Club
*Phoenix
*Empire of the Sun
*Miike Snow
*Florence + the Machine
*Dragonette
*Black Keyes
*Metric
*MGMT
*Band of Horses
I'm so happy that Pandora Radio came into my life. For the past 10 odd years I've been stuck in a musical time warp. I didn't listen to anything past the 1980s. But then my dear dear Ashley told me about Pandora and it changed my crotchety views about contemporary music. Not being into indie music was really the only thing that was keeping me from being a full-blown hipster too so that was another reason why I was trying to distance myself from it. I guess some things can't be helped and I should just accept myself as I am...
My name is Courtney Price and I'm a hipster! GAAAAAAHHH!
Hey, it's not like I can really help that I like cool things (that you've probably never heard of) :P
If you haven't listened to it yet, I'd highly recommend Foster the People's album "Torches". I've been listening to it nonstop for almost 2 months. It's one of those rare albums where EVERY song is gold. Mark Foster has such a unique voice and I love his quirky songwriting. GET THIS ALBUM!
In other news, I recently got new glasses that I'm really excited about. Here's a peek!
I've been wanting cat eye glasses all my life and I finally found some on my favorite online optical store www.zennioptical.com. This website is seriously the berries. They have hundreds of frame designs and all you have to do is enter in your prescription information. You can even upload a picture of yourself to get an idea of how the frames will look on you. It's the best. I'm so glad Nathan told me about this site. ^__^
In other news, I almost have my Halloween costume ready to go. Anyone who knows me well knows that Halloween is my favorite time of year. I exploit any opportunity to dress up; I live for costume parties. This year I've decided to go as...wait for it...
BELLATRIX LESTRANGE!
I'm soooooo psyched about this costume. Originally, I was going to only cosplay as Bellatrix for my upcoming trip to Harry Potter World in February but then I thought, "If I'm going to spend lotsa money on this costume I might as well get the most out of it!" So I'm going to be wearing this costume to Nikki's Harry Potter themed Halloween party and to workies (my manager was totally pumped that I was being Bellatrix and insisted I wear my costume to work). So far I have the dress and the wig so all I need now is a killer pair of boots and her bird skull choker. EEK! So excited!
I'm also super excited to be getting my first true taste of fall. Being born and raised in Arizona, I've never really gotten to experience all four seasons. We pretty much only had two: summer and winter. Nothing in between. All the trees in my neighborhood have turned red, yellow, and orange and they're so beautiful. It's amazing how excited a gal can get over a red tree. Here's some pics I took yesterday after work:
So yeah, things have been going pretty well for little orphan Courtney Annie these days. The only thing missing is "the boyfriend". I've been trying to be a good feminist and be happy on my own but as the seasons change and the nights get colder a gal becomes more aware of the lack of romance in her life. I've been on my own for quite sometime now and for the most part, I've consistently held onto hope that there IS someone out there for me. But after waiting and waiting in vain, I don't know...My hope has begun to waiver a bit. I can't even remember the last time I sparked with anyone. I've had my share of crushes over the past few years but have yet to make another strong connection. It's a little disheartening to tell the truth. And I can't fake my feelings. I could never be with someone who I wasn't crazy about. I want the real deal and that person continues to allude me. Everyone keeps telling me different things too. Half of my friends tell me that he'll come into my life when I least expect it and the other half say that the reason I haven't found him is that I'm not "putting myself out there". If I "put myself out there" doesn't kind of mean I'm expecting to meet someone? Everyday I see so many couples and I can't help but wonder where they met since it's been such a struggle for me. Where does an introverted, artsy girl find her match? I honestly don't know. And don't tell me the internet. I've tried that. All of my experience with internet dating have been negative ones so I don't think he's there. And I'm the kind of person who has to meet someone and feel their energy to decide if I'm interested in them or not.
Sigh...
I guess all I can do is keep living my life and try to be a little bit more social. For the past fews years I've been trying to do more things that are generally out of my comfort zone and during this experiment I've met a lot of people who I otherwise never would have met. I don't want to change who I am just to be in a relationship though. No sir. Changing yourself for someone else is always a recipe for disaster. It's taken a long time but I've accepted who I am and I like myself, flaws and all. It would be nice to find a man who accepts me as I am too and who wouldn't want me to change a thing. I hope I find him sooner than later...
Well, wish me luck! I need all I can get!
XOXO!
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