Travelling sale woman

That's a chandelier, in the foyer of the Museum Art Hotel.

This is a confused snail I found on a walk through Newtown.

Yup, been to Wellington for easter weekend. For a birthday dinner infact. What do you give a man who's turning 80? A sockmonkey of course!

That's him in the grey. He has a paint palette, because he's an artist. No brush though. (monkeys finger paint. or use their tails!) Little rainbow monkey is for a very small child who is a new addition to a friends family. Haven't made monkeys in a long time. Don't have room anymore for the kind of havoc they create! My room is STILL a bombsite.
I was having a minor panic about not having a "going out somewhere fancy" coat to take to Wellington. This is where angling for a minimalist wardrobe falls down a bit. Took myself out looking for a coat at the op-shops on tuesday. Found this:

Positives = Very nice wool blend coat, with hood, Max Label (nice), with toogles, nice fitted shape, only $8. (!!!)
Negatives = I'm a bit allergic to wool, and it's a size 10. I am NOT a size 10. Except in the shoulders.
So, according to my rules about clothes, I really shouldn't have brought it. But it looks good on, and I was getting a bit desperate, (having nothing but casual-wear for a very fancy restaurant dinner.) I can only get the top button done up, but it looks just fine left open, and worn with a scarf to keep the wool off my neck. That's a lot of "buts". I've told myself I can on-sell it if it doesn't work out.
Oh yeah, I also brought that black velvet skirt. *sigh* Talk about falling off the wagon! I had planned to wear it for the dinner, but it took up too damn much room in my carry-on bag! It cost more than the coat too, at $12. At least it is well made, and I may be able to wear it for work.
What I didn't buy, was a crown lynn teapot. It was a bit of a funny shape, but I probably could have on-sold it to a collector. Oh well. Too late now!
What's in my future? Catching up on sleep. You never sleep as well as you do in your own bed, do you? And 2 William Gibson books from the library.

Excellent.