Brain munchings

Every few minutes I get a shooting pain in my right temple. It goes away as quickly as it shows up. Ugh.

I cleaned last night. Holy Crap! I did what I said I was going to do!! I still have lots more to go, but not as much as before. lol!

I want today to be a good day. Today WILL be a good day. I deem it to be so!

*hops offline and gets to work for once*

Brain munchings

Every few minutes I get a shooting pain in my right temple. It goes away as quickly as it shows up. Ugh.

I cleaned last night. Holy Crap! I did what I said I was going to do!! I still have lots more to go, but not as much as before. lol!

I want today to be a good day. Today WILL be a good day. I deem it to be so!

*hops offline and gets to work for once*

Long hard thinking about Dragoncon

First of all, no I'm not bailing out. I'm still going, so no worries.

It's about my costumes. With the changes in scheduling here at work I don't have the extra income to make them. This SUCKS, however I really need to just take a deep breath and say no to making anything. *sniffle whine*

Here's the breakdown of the estimated costs:
Mrs. Black purchase: $200-$300 for dress, shoes, petticoats, woodwork for frame, and hair dye
Mrs. Black inhouse: nothing available to pull from
STARS officer purchase: $150-$250 flack jacket, pants, under shirt, weaponry
STARS officer inhouse: combat boots...just boots. -_-

So two costumes right away have already cost $550, assuming my numbers are close. I still have to buy repair parts for my GB pack, build ecto-goggles, and fix my elf shoes for Lookie. The only costume I don't need to mess with is Lemming. *sigh* Thankfully neither costume is 'omg need NOW' (although I will miss stalking keita_yuki in zombie garb). There's nothing new going on in either fandom. I'll just rewear Umbridge for the parade. I'm thinking of leaving GB home completely since I could never get with the other guys.

On the plus side, I'll have more time to actually go to panels at the con this year. Last year I was either in costume, changing, or running to a photoshoot! Such a busy girl. lol!

Honestly, this takes a HUGE load off my chest. It'll be nice not to freak out about money, production time, etc. My only regret is that I have to wait till next year to get things together. Boo...

Long hard thinking about Dragoncon

First of all, no I'm not bailing out. I'm still going, so no worries.

It's about my costumes. With the changes in scheduling here at work I don't have the extra income to make them. This SUCKS, however I really need to just take a deep breath and say no to making anything. *sniffle whine*

Here's the breakdown of the estimated costs:
Mrs. Black purchase: $200-$300 for dress, shoes, petticoats, woodwork for frame, and hair dye
Mrs. Black inhouse: nothing available to pull from
STARS officer purchase: $150-$250 flack jacket, pants, under shirt, weaponry
STARS officer inhouse: combat boots...just boots. -_-

So two costumes right away have already cost $550, assuming my numbers are close. I still have to buy repair parts for my GB pack, build ecto-goggles, and fix my elf shoes for Lookie. The only costume I don't need to mess with is Lemming. *sigh* Thankfully neither costume is 'omg need NOW' (although I will miss stalking keita_yuki in zombie garb). There's nothing new going on in either fandom. I'll just rewear Umbridge for the parade. I'm thinking of leaving GB home completely since I could never get with the other guys.

On the plus side, I'll have more time to actually go to panels at the con this year. Last year I was either in costume, changing, or running to a photoshoot! Such a busy girl. lol!

Honestly, this takes a HUGE load off my chest. It'll be nice not to freak out about money, production time, etc. My only regret is that I have to wait till next year to get things together. Boo...

Gas prices for thought

I was checking my hotmail a few minutes ago when I saw an msn article about gas costing $10 a gallon. Relax, it's a hypothetical situation. ^_^ It does have loading problems, so you might need to refresh the page a few times.

It did make the think though. If gas when that high, what would I do? I can't walk/bike to work. I take the interstate for part of the way. The bus route doesn't work for what I needs, and right now the passes are nearly as much as what I spend on gas. I could, however, walk/bike to the grocery store. I'd have to stop shopping at Walmart OR just go once a month instead of weekly as I do now.

Honestly, there isn't much I could cut out of my driving. I really don't do much other than seeing my parents. One good thing though is that they're building a bike path on part of Dorchester Road (I live on it, and use it to get to M&D's). It doesn't go the whole way, but it's close enough. Summerville is great about putting in bike lanes when they renovate roads. It's just a shame Charleston doesn't do the same. -_-

Well, it's bedtime. I'm going to go to sleep and wake up one day closer to the weekend. Woo!

Gas prices for thought

I was checking my hotmail a few minutes ago when I saw an msn article about gas costing $10 a gallon. Relax, it's a hypothetical situation. ^_^ It does have loading problems, so you might need to refresh the page a few times.

It did make the think though. If gas when that high, what would I do? I can't walk/bike to work. I take the interstate for part of the way. The bus route doesn't work for what I needs, and right now the passes are nearly as much as what I spend on gas. I could, however, walk/bike to the grocery store. I'd have to stop shopping at Walmart OR just go once a month instead of weekly as I do now.

Honestly, there isn't much I could cut out of my driving. I really don't do much other than seeing my parents. One good thing though is that they're building a bike path on part of Dorchester Road (I live on it, and use it to get to M&D's). It doesn't go the whole way, but it's close enough. Summerville is great about putting in bike lanes when they renovate roads. It's just a shame Charleston doesn't do the same. -_-

Well, it's bedtime. I'm going to go to sleep and wake up one day closer to the weekend. Woo!