Free Books!

And I'm the one giving them away! In honor of my 49th birthday on October 6, I am giving away books that I have culled from my shelves, mostly duplicates that I have purchased over the years. If you'd like to be included, head over to my LiveJournal and enter.

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And the gift-buying march to the sea continues.

I bought myself another birthday preseent. Yes, I am hopeless. Yes, it is a hat. A beautiful Frank Olive hat, and I got it for ten bucks on Ebay. It was a steal!

The pictures aren't very good, but they give you an idea of the hat...brown, with feathers, tilted up on one side.





And I want this one so bad I can taste it:

And so begins my gift-buying march to the sea.

I have bought myself a birthday gift. A hat. A very fine hat. A very fine Italian hat. And you know what a slut I am for the Italians.

I am very Mad Men today.

Black/white print georgette dress with a fitted, criss-crossed bodice and a floaty, layered skirt. Jeanette says she is going to call me Joan. :-)

Dragon*con is imminent, and I am getting both nervous and excited. I have a thousand things to do today, and I still have to do my job.