Holeecrap today was expensive. I probably dropped close to $225 on stuff. Only about $190 of that was specifically for Sensei/Tea purposes. (I did splurge on getting myself an obiage and obijime in colors I think I will use.)
While I don't expect anyone to chip in towards this HUGE present, I am certainly going to cross my fingers and toes and braid my hair that someone might be willing to, because even with 7 hours of overtime, that's not enough to cover this all. So.
On the other hand, I was complimented quite a bit on my kimono ensemble today (and my ability to walk properly in it), so it made running errands despite a splitting migraine headache somewhat worth it. (Trying to field questions with a splitting headache, especially when they are in Japanese, is another matter entirely. I think I came across as a rather retarded but well-intentioned, bumbling idiot. Damnit.)
*thud* And now I'm off to go crawl onto the couch and watch some Netflix'd stuff until my brain melts from the agony that is my head right now.
(I have also fallen off the Tanka Challenge wagon, and will probably not be crawling back onto it until Thursday...)
SDMA tomorrow - let me know if any of you plan on going! (If you're coming from farther north, maybe you can carpool down with us? Otherwise it's just me and mom.)
Oh, and I'll be wearing my blue iromuji and cream watercolor-painting obi. :) Look for the big gaijin in blue if you go.
While I don't expect anyone to chip in towards this HUGE present, I am certainly going to cross my fingers and toes and braid my hair that someone might be willing to, because even with 7 hours of overtime, that's not enough to cover this all. So.
On the other hand, I was complimented quite a bit on my kimono ensemble today (and my ability to walk properly in it), so it made running errands despite a splitting migraine headache somewhat worth it. (Trying to field questions with a splitting headache, especially when they are in Japanese, is another matter entirely. I think I came across as a rather retarded but well-intentioned, bumbling idiot. Damnit.)
*thud* And now I'm off to go crawl onto the couch and watch some Netflix'd stuff until my brain melts from the agony that is my head right now.
(I have also fallen off the Tanka Challenge wagon, and will probably not be crawling back onto it until Thursday...)
SDMA tomorrow - let me know if any of you plan on going! (If you're coming from farther north, maybe you can carpool down with us? Otherwise it's just me and mom.)
Oh, and I'll be wearing my blue iromuji and cream watercolor-painting obi. :) Look for the big gaijin in blue if you go.