I remember driving somewhere for some reason... vague, ain't it? I remember this because several random traffic lights were out around town. The one at 12th & Pine. The one at 19th & Cedar. For the most part people were doing the right thing and treating them like four-way stops, but I did see two accidents almost happen. Where the heck did I go, though? I know I stopped at Starbucks on the way back, because I remember it being busier than I'd ever seen it, due to it having power and being warm. And who'd wanna stay home in their powerless, cold home when there's a nice, powered, warm Starbucks nearby?
I'm sure I'll remember later. Or I'll just ask Carrie.
Anyway, around noontime Carrie & I drove over to Gig Harbor so Carrie could bring some more of her jewelry to the store Red, because they'd completely sold out of her stuff in less than a week! Astonishing! When the owner came downstairs to talk to Carrie, she just said, "I'll take everything you have," without even really looking it over! Awexome! So that was really cool.
We grabbed lunch at the little eatery a couple doors down from Red. We'd eaten there earlier in the year. I had a pepperoni & sausage calzone.
Oh, I just asked Carrie. She said I went to Michael's to buy some more etching cream. She's correct! That's what I couldn't remember. So much going on right now!
The Bead Factory did not have power during this whole time, so Laura, who was scheduled to work, wanted to know if she could hang out instead. Carrie was planning on going shopping in the afternoon, and so Laura could go with her! We would pick her up on the way back from Gig Harbor.
Well, Laura was walking home from UPS when we picked her up, and she'd just gotten a message from the store saying they'd gotten power back. So instead of hanging out with Carrie, we took her to work. I'm glad the store got power, because they can sell more stuff and make us more money that way, but it kinda sucked that Laura got her hopes all up to hang out with Carrie, only to have to go to work.
So, yeah, in the afternoon Carrie went to do some shopping on her own. She got home around 5:00 and I cooked up some chicken for a snack. We were supposed to go with Christine up to Bellevue for some shopping, but Bell Square was closed due to power outage, so that fell through. Instead we got a call from her folks. They were at an Irish pub near downtown and wanted to know if we would join them for dinner. They said they'd pay, so I said, "Okay!"
We met them down there, where Carrie & I split a Cheesy British. It's a cute little place, and they sell all their glassware for just a couple bucks a glass, which is a cool touch.
After we came home I etched a couple of things, and Carrie worked on some jewelry stuff, though she wasn't feeling particularly inspired, which isn't surprising considering just how freakin' much jewelry she's had to make these last two months! It's unbelievable.
We watched "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" on the Family Channel. It was interesting to see what they edited out and what they kept. They actually kept the super-creepy "A Kiss is the Price You Pay" song, as well as Jessica's completely superfluous and a bit trippy song. But they edited whole verses out of other songs, and they edited out the Rudolph joke! Very strange choices.
At 9:00 Family Channel played that godawful Island of Misfit Toys CGI crapfest, so I came out in the living room and watched Battlestar Galactica. Mein Gott, that is quickly becoming one of the best shows in the history of television EVAR. It's up there with Firefly. Seriously! Especially this current season, it seems like very episode just keeps getting better and better.
Viki came over to hang out after that, which was pretty cool. We watched Joel McHale on "The Soup" and then watched "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," which is getting really hard to see nowadays. They hardly ever play it on any of the channels. It was interesting to see what they edited out of that one, too: an entire musical number ("There's More to the World Than Meets the Eye"). It's a shame, really.
Viki'd gotten into a car accident on Thursday night (though no one ever told us about it; we didn't know about it until more than halfway through Friday). Apparenly some old guy had done something wrong/stupid and ran into her while she was driving Mark's car, and it was totally Mr. Old Guy's fault. Nonetheless, Viki's arm had gotten jammed up under the steering wheel and now the whole inside of her forearm is a really pretty shade of deep purple! Fortunately that was pretty much the extent of her injuries.
She left after "Twas the Night," and then Carrie & I went to bed.
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