three day work week, four day weekend

i am a strong proponent of a 3 day work week with a 4 day weekend! ok - i know this will probably never happen in my lifetime anyway. but a girl can dream, can't she? i will take these moments when they come along and this weekend i have my wish. i did some shopping yesterday, but limited to rubberstamps and punches and antique stores. i picked up some lovely vintage sequins at an antique store in deerfield. dinner was at my favorite chinese restaurant. i will limit my purchase of "more stuff i don't need" and pretty much just support local art/craft stores for the holidays. ok - internet shops may get my business too, but in those cases where the local shops don't carry what i need/want.

today i got a few things done. worked on one of my projects in process. made another trip to our favorite antique store which is going out of business. every time we go there, i find more things. it's too bad that she's going out of business - it's not for a lack of inventory. so many cool things that i've found there... most will end up in future art projects. i will have to show you some of the things i've picked up there. hopefully tomorrow i will have time to take photos. in the meantime, here's a glimpse of what monday, 11/24/08 looked like when i awoke. the first snowfall. most of it has melted by now. just some remnants in the shaded grassy areas. tomorrow, sometime after noon, we are expecting up to four inches. winter is really here. i suppose it's only right. christmas is just a few short weeks away now. i put one of my little trees up yesterday. i have several mini christmas trees with tiny ornaments.