Generosity...

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. - Kahlil Gibran, 1883 - 1931

The stylish traveller....

I bought myself a Little Black Dress today. Dirt cheap in a sale. I feel so glamorous!

The Encyclopedia of Important Things...

I have a zillion things to do today (like pack for my trip tomorrow) but I had to look at the book I'd ordered, that came in the mail today: The Torchwood Encyclopedia.

I opened it at random. It was page 86. It was a very beautiful picture of Captain John Hart.

What a gorgeous book! And handy for fanfic reference.

Southwards Bound...

I'm beat. Not finished packing for my coming cruise - I'm off to Florida tomorrow - (eek! tomorrow!). Laundry is mostly done, and various odds and ends. I was wondering why I felt so exhausted - and then remembered how little I slept last night. Yup, that'll do it.

Some of the things I intended to pack are still in the backpack I took to England in August. I thought it would be a safe, handy place for them - keeping travel stuff together. Unfortunately, it's now in the back of my locker behind a heavy table, two chairs, a Christmas tree, and several boxes of assorted stuff. Whatever it is, I'm not going to make my back hurt again by moving furniture to get 'em. I have my passport and some clothes to wear and a book to read. Anything else is incidental.

I was worrying because on the cruise ship we are supposed to have formal and semi-formal clothes and I barely know what those words mean. Me, I live in jeans and t-shirts, and why not? But I have my new LBD¹ and the Chinese dress I wore at Torchsong so I figured I could make do. And then I found the most wonderful things in the back of my closets and drawers. A skirt just such as I was wishing I owned - and I do! At least I'm consistent in my good taste.

And my toes. That was why I was at Billings Bridge Plaza today: to get a pedicure. I've only ever done that once, when it was a gift from commodorified and walkingowl. This time it was a Christmas gift from StarWolf and the Sparrow. I thought: I'm going to be on a trip, where it's warm, probably wearing sandals and lounging on decks if not on beaches. This is the perfect time to use my Christmas present. So I did.

If you want to look at my feet, ( here are the results... )

¹ LBD means Little Black Dress.