oh the greatness!

Do you ever have these finds in life that are little treasures? Things that bring great joy, despite their bizarre nature? I found one of these little gems this weekend while home. I went to this consignment store in PO this weekend, between church and world cup final, and was just browsing. Those types of stores have the most random and incredibly cool things in them. Yes, you have to weed through a bunch of junk, but "one man's garbage is another man's potpourri!" (*bark!* "I dunno, it's some kind of soup.")

While looking through these random collections of items, I stumbled upon this jacket. It wasn't anything too remarkable. Army green, tough canvas-like material, the sort of jacket that looked like it belonged on a WWII paratrooper. I thought to myself, "That's a wicked tight looking jacket." So I decided to try it on. And whaddya know? It fit! So I asked my sister what she thought--there were no mirrors handy for my own opinion to come into the picture--and she thought it looked cute. Well, then and there I decided to purchase it. Vintage type jacket, warm enough to wear in cold weather, and it was the type of coat that I would be comfortable wearing.

I was quite stoked about my new clothing item. However, in the next day and a half of owning it, I have discovered even more incredible things about this jacket. There is a quilted removable liner, so it makes the coat more versatile. I can adjust the cuffs of the sleeves to make them wider or smaller. There is an empty tin of chewing tobacco in one pocket, and what looks like a whale tooth in another pocket. There are zippers and snaps and velcros and pull strings all over it--enough to keep my little ADD mind occupied for many an hour. AND there's a hood that zips in and out of the collar. All in all, I'm thrilled with this coat. Brilliant!

Anyhow, I have one of my old roommates from high school visiting from the UK. She's visiting a lot of the people in our graduating class all across the US, and she came to Seattle just to see me! I'm thrilled and a half. It's been a lot of fun talking and hanging out with her. It's funny because at first I was thinking that it might be sort of awkward to hang out since we haven't seen each other in three years and only kept up pretty minimal contact. But it's been so much fun. Talking and remembering and catching up. Really, it's been a blast!

And now I'm really tired. My ears are doing weird pressure things on me--a sure sign that I'm exhausted--so I'm going to go to bed.

Ta!