One Seasonal Vignette At A Time ~ My Fun Me Day Of Bliss

 

I'm staying ahead with Unpublished Pre-Scheduled Posts, about Five ahead at the present time, tho' at one time I was up to about Nine, which, was too far ahead of Real Time.  Things were no longer relevant by the time something Posted over a Week out, so I do try to go back and update these Unpublished Posts, bear with me, things are Changing by the Minute these Days, aren't they?  *LOL*    Blog Friend Nina had told me she got Salmonella from some Cereal that had been recalled and she didn't know about coz they don't announce every recall.  So I went to the Food and Drug Administration Website to see if any Foods we have had a recall that might have made Princess T sick?  Good Lord, there's 108 Pages of recalled Foods, WTF!!!!!!!?????   Seems thing like Cucumber and Shrimp should be avoided right now, and Thankfully most Brands aren't any we even have in Arizona so that was a relief.  But, I didn't get thru all 108 Pages either, it would literally take Days to!  I didn't know so many of our Foods were on blast, Lord have Mercy!  That's a bit terrifying and with the Roided Out Worm Brain in charge, I can't imagine it will get Better!?

Salmonella and E. Coli had crossed my Mind since if something is contaminated and you aren't aware it is you could keep eating it and making yourself sicker.  The only thing I saw so far on the List was Cucumbers with Salmonella contamination, no brand, just Cucumber listed as problematic lately, so I'll tell her.  She does eat Cucumber when she goes to the Vietnamese Restaurants coz Fresh Herbs and Veggies usually comes with your Meals.   It might not even be that, but, I'll inform her so she can temporarily avoid eating those things for a while and see if that helps and her Symptoms are alleviated with that abstinence?  She'll still go to see her Gastro Specialist coz that Kid has a lot of Gut Issues and it can't hurt to find out if she's allergic to more Foods than we know she is already?  You can develop allergens and sensitivities thruout Life and as you Age, my Mom did.  And Princess T and her Mom have sensitivities with their Skin and their Gut, always have.  Her Brother, The Young Prince, has developed some Food sensitivities as he got Older too.

 

The Man has a sensitive Stomach and cannot tolerate anything Spicy, but, I have a Stomach like a Goat.  However, since being on Ozempic, that sometimes upsets my Stomach and I suppose that's why people also lose Weight on it, even tho' it's meant to control Diabetes primarily as a Drug.  With an upset Stomach feeling, or actual Nausea and Intestinal Issues from being on it, you really are more cautious about Eating any kind of Food, you can't eat much when you eat, and I really can't even eat now sometimes, no sensation of even being Hungry.  Not sure I wanna be on this Medicine long term becoz of that, I would think it could make you lose too much Weight, tho' if it gets rid of the Diabetes, I'd rather be Skinny again without Diabetes, than Overweight with it.  Until a Hysterectomy I was Naturally Underweight all my Life and never had Diabetes until the Post-Op Weight Gain after Age 50.  It was hard to find Clothing when I was a Size 1-3 thru to Age 50, but no chronic Health Issues from being that Thin.

I definitely don't wanna be that Skinny again in my Old Age, you look too Frail.   But when I did lose 61 Lbs. before and got to 157, I looked good and almost too Thin at that Weight, and that's when I quit trying to lose more and set 160 as my Goal Weight and being a Size 10.  You can find Clothing in a Size 10 and that seemed a decent Weight for me personally.  I haven't weighed myself since being on Ozempic, but some Clothes got too Big and I had to get rid of them, mostly Pants, so I know my girth is shifting to being smaller and I don't look as Fat in Pixs as I did, so, it's Promising Weight Loss/Shift, however much it might be?

LATER:  The Daughter's Job went well and she was finally able to pay Princess T back at least some of what she owed her for bankrolling the Tuition for one of the Sisters in Mexico to stay in School.  Princess T isn't worried about what is owed but her Mom feels badly that she can't pay her back right away.  I bankrolled the cost of the Uniform and said I don't need to be repaid, it was for a Grandkid, so, it's all Good.  I just hope the Kiddo does better in School this Year so she doesn't get held back again and gets to Graduate?  But, she is a Special Needs Student and has Behavioral Issues as well as Learning Disabilities, so, we'll see how it goes? 

 Her Older Sister is weary of trying hard to finish Raising that Sister, since, she's a High Maintenance Child and they are only One Year apart in Age.   The Youngest Sister is a Golden Child like the Older One was and is, it's the Middle One that is a handful and none of the Relatives can Deal with her.   I'm rather relieved we couldn't get that one into the U.S. coz I know I'm getting too Old for to Raise another Prodigal Child, especially one I didn't Raise for the first 17 Years and can't even speak or understand the Language of fluently either.  And I know The Man would be unable to Cope with a disruption in the household like that.  The Daughter understands but feels so conflicted, she couldn't do it at all, her Dad can't, so would have to rely on me exclusively to.

Anyway, whaddya gonna do?  I just send Money to help out, that's all I can do at this juncture.   I appreciate that Two out of the Three there will probably be Okay and Pray that Mercy and Grace be extended to the Middle One by God, due to the extent of her Disabilities and Challenges.  She's also the one with the most PTSD from what happened to her Dad right in front of her by some very Bad Actors Years ago.  I can't even discuss that Trauma again, long time Readers know how it went and that for over a Year we didn't know if the Ex-SIL was Alive or Dead, or if the Children and the Elderly Grandma would be Okay and Safe?  The American Consulate was Zero Help and even with Asylum requests, and an American Parent, it was a futile effort and expensive for no results.

Moving On... while The Daughter was Cleaning, I spent Four Hours Blissfully at some favorite Shops and the Mediterranean Restaurant I always go to over there.   "Ivy & Sage" had perhaps the BEST Halloween Displays and OOAK Seasonal Merch I've ever seen presented.  I spent Two of the Four Hours just there enjoying it, being Inspired, and Photographing it for Blog Fodder.  The Pixs will be in another Post tho', haven't downloaded them yet, but I took a plethora of them for Blog Fodder.  *Winks*  I did some Retail Therapy there and bought a Creepy Doll with Fuggler-Like Teeth {pictured Above in my Interior Halloween Vignette I did that Night}... and a Mud Cloth Fabric Pumpkin with Real Pumpkin Stem {Pictured Below in the same Vignette}.

Turns out I had 196 Pixs I'd taken, so, Blog Fodder Imagery for Days.  *LOL*  Just downloaded them and they all turned out good, yay!  My Old Camera is working fine again, which is a relief since the Gifted one by a Blog Friend got Stolen and the one I bought and replaced it with from a Seller on E-Bay didn't last long before it went on the fritz and is useless, thankfully didn't pay all that much for it.  Then, miraculously, the Old one began working Fine again, Answer to Prayer coz I was going thru Photography withdrawal and had used up all the Memory on my Phone's Camera so had to start deleting Pixs off it.  Anyway, "Ivy & Sage" was better than the Events I've attended, and they were great, so, it exceeded my expectations for a Brick & Mortar Shop, they really Kill it during the Holidays with their Vendors OOAK wares.

They had so many Creepy OOAK Artisan Made Cloth Dolls I wanted more than One but couldn't afford the One.  The Cashier said some Customer comes in and Buys 15 of them at a time!!!   Wow, that's a Deep Pocket Customer and I'm wondering, Obsessed Collector of them, or Re-Saler who is getting even more for them?  Didn't speculate, I have my One and they're similar to the Creepy Cloth Dolls one of our Vendors makes and Sells at our Antique Mall and I've Collected.  Hers are a quarter of the price point tho', so I've been able to afford hers and to build a Collection of them.  It would be too indulgent to Collect this Artist's Dolls so I'll probably only ever have just the One, and that's Okay.  I could become Obsessed with Collecting them otherwise, choosing a favorite was difficult.  *LOL and Winks*   Mine has long Cornrowed Hair.

Some of the Vendors and Artisans at "Ivy & Sage" are rather expensive, and some are more reasonably priced and affordable, but, it's still an experience to Shop and enjoy the place even if you Buy nothing.  I was duly Inspired enuf that when we got Home I set about making my Interior Halloween Vignette on my Sofa Table behind the Sofa.  I'd been meaning to put an Old Door from our Historic Home on top of that Table for some time, coz the Leaded Glass Window on that Table got damaged some Years ago and needs repair that never got done.  It used to have a Safety Glass over the Old Leaded Glass Architectural Salvaged Window, but, when The Young Prince and I were moving it, we didn't know the Safety Glass protecting the Window wasn't permanently affixed and it fell out and turned out to NOT be Safety Glass and shattered, and the Window's Leading got damaged and concaved some when it then fell out too!!

Luckily he and I didn't get hurt or cut, coz, it was a lot of broken Glass when we'd turned the Table Sideways to get it out of the Showroom.  We used to use it as a Display in our Showroom for Vignettes, but took it out coz people kept having the Mall Call us to try to buy it and it was a NFS Display Table, didn't wanna Sell it.  Had bought it from a Friend who had made it and Sold it to me.   Anyway, 'til I ever get the Old Window repaired and then get actual Safety Glass made and permanently affixed to the Table, which is Black Wood, I will now keep the Old Wood Historic Door on top of it, fits perfectly and looks really good.  Now I can put heavier items on it as a Vignette to change out for the Seasons, which is Fun and I like to do to bring Seasonal Atmosphere to our Home, at least some.  I don't Decorate the whole House anymore like I used to.

Some day mebbe I might, but for now, a Single Vignette might be it for this Halloween on the Interior, and the Front Porch as the Exterior Halloween and Autumn Display.  I always Love it once I'm finished, so it's always worth the Effort and we get loads of compliments.  The Kiddos had their Boyfriends and Girlfriend over, then Timmy came over too and they all raved about how good it looked.   So, I know I did Good.  *Winks*  And, I did Photograph it for this Post, tho' didn't do a Panoramic of it coz I haven't taken the effort yet to Stage what's under the Table properly yet, but, I will, in another Day of Ambitious Decorating.  *Bwahahahaha*  I was so Tired just doing One freakin' Vignette that it was ridiculous.  The Son even teased me about how much I was huffing and puffing with the effort.   And I was, it was ridiculous for about an Hour of effort/work to be that fucking Tired and Spent.  *Le Sigh*

Well, One Seasonal Vignette at a time and Pace myself, then mebbe I'll actually have everything done by Halloween?  *Bwahahahaha*  I did the whole Showroom first, complete Makeover of it, and now the One Vignette inside the House... so, we're getting there.  *LOL*  Luckily I keep Halloween major Collections up Year Round in the Guest Bedroom that The Son occupies, so it always looks perfect for Halloween, even has suitable Dust collected, coz, he's a 30-Something Year Old Man, so, he never fucking Dusts.  *Smiles*  If there were Spiders that lived in there with him there would be suitable Cobwebs to add to the Halloween Atmosphere, I swear!!!  *LMAOROTF*   He's very, very Tidy and Organized tho' and he doesn't mess with my Stuff, he's OCD and Autistic, so he keeps everything in it's place and can't handle any Change, so, it works for both of us that way in there.  *Smiles*  

The etched Wine Bottle I got at "World Market" that day, I don't drink, but the Alcoholics in the House will and I only wanted the Bottle for my Altars.  *LOL*   There's very few Wines I like and only a tiny bit of with a Meal about once every Two Years, so, a Bottle like that could otherwise last me a Lifetime I think.  *Smiles*  I remember when people would give us Wine as a Housewarming Gift and we'd still have it when we Moved to yet another House and eventually it was a Fine Aged Wine and we'd give it to someone we knew who actually drank Alcohol, The Man and I don't Drink.  Me, coz I get Crazy on the Fire Water, those of us with any amount of Native American Ancestry should NOT Drink at all, period.   And, The Man grew up LDS so never drank until he joined the Military.  After Vietnam, with the Emotional Damage of that War and being a Sniper with a large Body Count high, high, high... he said he got to Drinking too much, so stopped before he ended up a raging Alcoholic.

I was Married to a 1st Husband with Substance Abuse Issues, so it's a Trigger for me.  My 1st Husband was part Native American too and was a raging yet functional Alcoholic, then he got to being a Drug Addict too, and the Marriage thus ended becoz it became Unsafe for the Children and I to remain, since, he had Mental Health Issues too and the Substance Abusing only Magnified him being an actual Psychopath and Sociopath.   So, I don't like people getting Drunk or High around me at all... zero tolerance... and everyone around me knows this, it could make me Snap even being totally Clean and Sober to be around you, if you are NOT.   Anyone Drunk or High trying to engage with me WILL get Dark Dawn to be Dealing with, so, it's not healthy for me to be around people under the influence.  If you must do it, just don't do it around Yours Truly, if you don't want a Situation.   But, that etched Wine Bottle from "World Market" was Killer, hadda have it!   And it was on Sale too! *Smiles*   I opted for the Green one rather than the Pink/Violet one.  They only had the Two left in Stock.

Pretty sure it's a Ltd. Edition for the Holidays, so, if I'm feeling flush I might pick up the other Color at another "World Market" Location?  *Smiles*  Then, save both for popping on New Years for Guests that Drink.   Anyway, now that I have some Halloween Displayed in our Home that I can sit and Enjoy daily, I'm feeling in the Holiday Spirit now.  I'll have The Daughter help me to Decorate the Front Porch, she enjoys Styling and Displaying things as much as I do and has Fun with it.  She doesn't mind the Work it entails coz she missed so many Years of Celebrating American Holidays while living abroad for a couple Decades.   Halloween especially she has many fond Memories of when her Dad and I used to be Over-The-Top with Celebrating it all.  The Kiddos really fondly recall all of that, both Generations of them, since, when you have Smaller Children at Home, you do go more All Out than if it's just Adults now in the Household.   With just Adults we've Dialed it way back now.

Well, for us it's Dialed way back at least, for the rest of you perhaps it's still all Over-The-Top!?  *Bwahahahaha*   And, since I Channel my Morticia Addams 24-7 and 365 at Home, the House does look like a Haunted Attraction all the time, or the Addams Home from the Cult Classic Sitcom.  *Winks*   I swapped out the 4th of July Vignette at our Front Entry with Halloween, that was simple, traded out Flag Draped Female Vintage Dress Form with Halloween Arted Up Vintage Mannequin Male Torso and a couple of Goat Skulls, sufficiently Sinister, yet benign.  Tho' it should keep the Proselytizing Religious Zealots away if they ignore the Sign. *LOL and Winks*  When I come to the Door in my Dreadlocks too, well, it kind of sets the Tone that just mebbe Voodoo or Santeria is being Practiced here and it Scares the Bejesus out of them.  *Bwahahahaha*   Hey, we have Fun with them, what can I say?  Funny to me actually that they don't Believe strongly enuf that their overly Zealous Faith they espouse will Protect them tho'!   Things that don't Square.  *LOL*

This Mannequin has a Party in the Back too of exposed Vertebrae, it's Awesome and was part of what Rob Zombie had in his Haunted Attraction that had to be Closed Down during the Years of COVID.  So, he Sold all the Props from it to my Industry Friend Big Kenny, who bought it all, and gave me a First Cousin Deal on this piece.  The fact it was Rob Zombie's, who I'm a rabid Fan of, only added to the Provenance and Back Story of this Prop for our Halloween.   Many people don't know that Rob is actually a Vegan and a very Not-Scary Guy, just a Musical Genius and makes the BEST Music Videos and Horror Films IMO.  I just LOVE Rob Zombie's Music Videos, they're Off the Chain Insane in a Vintage use of Film Cuts.  Some of the Vintage Visuals of bygone Eras are actually Creepy as Fuck IMO.

Anyway, during my Fun Me Day of Bliss, I also picked up a Faux Marigold Garland from "World Market" too, to use on Dia de los Muertos and Halloween Vignettes and Altars.  It was a little spendy but I know I'll use it a lot so it was worth Investing in.   Making my own with faux Marigolds was of coarse an Option, but, WOULD I?   That's always the lingering Question, not IF I COULD but WILL I actually get around to it?  If the Answer to the latter is No, or even Probably Not, I just Buy whatever it is and call it a Day, if I really want it and hadn't seen one before either.  I've not seen Faux Marigold Garlands before and they're Traditional for the Dia de los Muertos Celebration Decorating and Altars, so, it was a No-Brainer for me to just Buy it, even tho' it wasn't on Sale yet.  They only had Three and I didn't wanna risk they'd be Sold Out if I didn't.  For some reason Dia de los Muertos Merch is lean this Year and I don't understand it coz it's Mad Popular in the Southwest. 

 Mebbe folks are Fearful ICE will Raid their Home and Kidnap them if they have a Dia de los Muertos Altar set up?   I'm Serious about saying that BTW, it's not a Joke.  That's how Insane in the Membrane our Nation has become where Citizens have to be Fearful, due to blatant Racism Racially Profiling them and Abducting them by Masked Goons who don't Identify themselves and without Due Process, from the Streets, Businesses, Churches, Schools and Homes in America!!!   It's all very Gestapo Naziesque and Yes, I compare their behavior to Nazi Germany becoz it fucking has parallels to how all that began, and we all know how that ended up, so it is and can be a very slippery slope into some of the worst Historic Atrocities we should NEVER repeat!!!   Some would say, oh, he's not like Hitler and others who committed horrific Acts... but, Yes, he is.  

  

 

And so are his Sycophants like Stephen Miller, his White House Deputy Chief of Staff, and they would do all of that and then some if and when he thinks they could just get away with it, so don't be naive and too confident and complacent that they won't!!!   Even Stephen King is Warning it's some Scary stuff... STEPHEN KING the Horror MASTER Author, just ponder that for a Moment!   There's a lot of Evil Minded Motherfuckers out there now who have infiltrated Deep into our Government and now they have Power, and have proven they're unapologetically Corrupt and don't Respect the Rule of Law, shit could get really bad really fast.   Listen, History has Taught us, or SHOULD have Taught us, that Humans can be capable of some heinous acts, and horrific shit!!!   I've Witnessed it in Case Files I Processed in my 2nd Corporate Life at a large DA's Office... unimaginable heinous Evil Acts against People and Animals.   There are folks out there among us like that, it's a Fact.  And now we have some in the highest positions of Power.

Moving On... these Two Specialty T-Shirts {Above and Below} are now in our Showroom, I'd of kept them had they been in my Size, alas, they're for Smaller Humans.  *Winks*   And they're perfect for our Halloween Offerings, which are Selling Out fast, so I keep trying to keep Pace by Purging what I have from Home that I don't mind Letting Go of now.  It is Merch that is Selling and so since Sales have been in the Shitter for Months now, I'm trying to make the Holidays profitable at least by Selling Off some Primo Merch in my Personal Stash of it from Home.  I'm operating on the premise that we could always get more if we regret getting rid of Too Much... and, I have Too Much right now so a Purge of some of it isn't such a Bad Thing if it can make some discretionary Income we Need right now to cover inflationary Costs every American is currently experiencing en mass due to Poor Leadership and Billionaires insatiable Greed.   Too Much is never Enough for the Top 1%, even if they have to further exploit and steal it from the 99% to get it. 

I find it Ironic that American Farmers are flipping out now that many of them are losing the Farms becoz of the Tariff's imposed that fuck up their Exports they rely upon... when... the vast majority Voted In this Fool.  What were they Thinking, I have to Wonder?   He said what he was gonna do and he's doing it, did they not Believe him... or did they actually Believe him but were foolish enuf to think it wouldn't Negatively impact them personally, I dunno?   But, I have little Sympathy for those who could Trust someone with literally Decades of being exposed as a consummate Conman and Career Criminal, it's not like anyone didn't know his previous Criminal History dating back to the 1970's, it's Common Knowledge.   You'd have to be not from this Planet to assume otherwise.  *Eye Roll*   Which is Why I find the above Tee Graphics particularly humorous... if Aliens are and have been Visiting Earth, they must think there is no Intelligent Life anywhere here!!!   Coz I'm fucking Questioning it more and more now myself!!!

I got my Mediterranean Food To Go this time, tho' I did sit and eat some of it there at the Restaurant, with Ozempic, I know I can't eat a lot anymore so I knew I'd be asking for a To Go Container anyway.  I ate about Half and gave the other Half to The Daughter when she got off her Gig, coz she found out she Loves this Cuisine too.  *Smiles*   I did indulge in the Baklava Ice-Cream tho' and ate it all while there, hadda leave room for that, it's Sublime!!!   Actually the whole Meal is Sublime, almost Orgasmic, I'm not kidding!!!   Remember the Scene in "When Harry Met Sally" {1989}, with Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal... and Meg's fake Orgasm while eating... yeah, it was almost like that.  *Bwahahaha*  Where folks might have been saying, "I'll have whatever she's having..."  *Winks and LMAO*

 

They had the most Gorgeous Fresh Roses in Vases on each Table, and this is a Fast Food Joint, but the Ambiance is another Level and the Food too.    Since I wanted a relaxing Monday I ordered Pepperoni Pizzas with regular Crust and Pretzel Cross, Hot Wings, Italian Cheese Bread and Crazy Bread from "Little Ceasars", so the Family was Happy about that.  They have Specials on it all so it was inexpensive to feed everyone, plus extra for any extra Guests.  It was supposed to Cool Off this Week but it hasn't and is till higher Triple Digit Temps, so, I don't wanna be out and about in it.  Having a Me Day also fatigued me, sometimes have enough Fun I need a Day to recuperate from it now.  *LOL, I know, Pathetic!* 

This was the Lovely real Rose on my Table at the Mediterranean Restaurant, had to Photograph and Touch it becoz it was so perfect it almost looked Faux.  All of them on every Table were different Colors and just as Lovely, I Wondered if someone at the Restaurant grew them at Home and brought them in, or Bought them?  I am seeing great Pricing on a Dozen Roses lately, so, it must have been a good growing Season for them?   I was Sad to see the Historic Rose Garden at the White House paved over by this Culturally Deprived President who has garish lack of Taste and made it look like a Panera Bread Patio now... and all that garish Gilding he's put everywhere inside the White House is just so Tacky and Tasteless.   I do Hope when he's gone they put everything back to a Tasteful and Classy {not White Trashy}, the way that the White House should look.  Visiting Dignitaries must look at it now and think WTF?!   With all the Money that Orange spray Tan Moron has had in his whole Life, he couldn't Buy an Ounce of Class, an Education or any Decorum.

This was my Baklava Ice-Cream, it's probably one of the best Flavors of Ice-Cream I've ever had and never had it anywhere else, I'm sure they make it there with Fresh Baklava they stir into it, then drizzle Fresh Honey onto it, it's decadent and delicious.   Below, one of the Granddaughter's Back East always sends me a Weekly Selfie of herself, she's the Best one to take Pixs often and I appreciate that.  And she has the Best Smile and is very Photogenic.  Her Mom was terrible about exchanging Photos or taking them.  The Youngest Grandchild back there is equally terrible about exchanging Photos or taking them, the last Pix she took was probably in 2024.  The Oldest one takes a lot of her Three precious Children, the Great-Grands, but not a lot of herself.   Of coarse I don't have a lot of Pixs taken of myself either, so I can't stand in judgment there, I'm behind the Lens most of the time taking the Photos.  And I take the worse Selfies ever.  *LOL*

I have some more Inventory to Price and take in to the Showroom that is really Primo Merch and should Sell during the Holidays.   I got a couple of 1970's Talking Dolls with Homemade Outfits with little Purses that match the Outfit, that I'm bringing in.  {See Below}   There had been a 3rd One but somebody bought her.  I went on Half Price Day so my Margins will be great for Resale, I don't Collect these kinds of Dolls but a lot of people do and remember having one in their Childhood.  These used to Talk, I'm not going to pull their Strings to see if they will still, tho' I'm sure Customers, even those not interested in a Purchase, will try to and might even Manhandle them or allow their Feral Children to.  It amazes me how many Parents aren't up to the Job when they take their Spawn out and let them act any kind of way and play with things and maul Merchandise they aren't Buying and have no intention of Buying, no matter how expensive or Old it is!!!  You can put Signs up asking them not to allow their Children to Play with the Merchandise until AFTER they Purchase it, but they ignore such things.

I can do well with Vintage Toys but I don't want people who aren't interested in Buying them mauling them and ruining the condition for those Customers who actually will Purchase them.  You don't have to handle items you aren't even Buying.  You don't have to manhandle items to examine them before deciding to Buy them or not either.  I've never had to misuse or abuse Inventory at any Store I've ever been in for my entire Life, I was Raised better, I know better, even as a small Child I knew better and that if it wasn't yet mine, I needed permission from whoever it did belong to for me to even handle it!!!   When I was a Child our Parents didn't allow us to Touch Merchandise at all, they examined it FOR us and made the decision to Buy it for us or not, without abusing it either.  We were told to "Look With Our Eyes Not Our Hands" and I Raised Two Generations of Kids the same way.  And ours were Special Needs Kids and they still knew better than act the Fool in Public and to be Respectful of everyone's Things and whatever Place we were Guests or Customers in.

 

Far too many Children and Adults think they can act any kind of way in Public that they want to, no matter how inappropriate and unacceptable.  They catch an Attitude if they're told not to act that way by a Business that doesn't want it's Merchandise Abused and it's other Customers having to endure Bad Behavior by those Customers who are Out of Control and Creating Drama and a Mess by tearing up a Store or letting their Children run amok with zero discipline, manners or ability to behave in Socially acceptable ways.   Undisciplined Children with no Boundaries grow up to be Undisciplined Adults who feel Entitled, are Inconsiderate of other People, and still don't show the ability to Respect Boundaries.   And without Boundaries people spiral out of Control quite often and cause problems within Society.

I did Prince more Inventory and am waffling about whether to take it in or not Today?  I don't really want anyone in Tow if I do, I'd like to get in and out quickly and without Caregiving while trying to Work my Spaces.   The Man has been obviously bored with me keeping him Home to recuperate from his most recent Medical Emergency.  I just don't want him having another Crisis of Health, it takes a lot out of him and the rest of us to have to go thru something like that, it's stressful and can be expensive too.   I did finally get my Doc's Office to send a Prescription to a local CVS so I can get my COVID Vaccine.  They said CVS will Call me when they get the Prescription, the Doc's Office wasn't given any of the Vaccines and said this requirement of everyone needing a Prescription to get the Vaccine has been a huge burden to Medical Professionals already.  They also don't understand why Arizona is requiring it when others States aren't?    And the Nurse who took my request said she's so frustrated with the inconsistencies and decisions being made at high Government levels, it's causing a lot of problems and confusion, plus unnecessary Work and delays, already for Patients and Medical Staff.

My Creepy Doll named Claire is on the Left, but I did Photograph a lot of the other Creepy Dolls I was considering, Rashida being my next favorite.  She had Real Dolls Legs and Doll Arms/Hands rather than Cloth ones, which was Cool, but I liked the Braids on mine better than the Braids on her.   Some of them had loose Hair and not Cornrowed Braids, every one was OOAK and completely different, there wasn't any of them I didn't really Love or wouldn't have minded having in a Collection.   Either you dig something like this or are repulsed by them.  *Ha ha ha*  Most Customers seemed to really enjoy them tho' and I guess they are Selling easily even tho' they are expensive Fabric Art.   Most Handmade OOAK Art is more spendy than mass produced Product.   An Artisan had to spend who knows how much Time to Create each Piece, opposed to just ordering Mass Produced Merch made in 3rd World Countries and usually by an exploited Labor Force, that sometimes includes Children and other Human Rights Violations in Countries like China and India.

Anything made in America is not gonna be done on The Cheap usually if the Employees aren't being exploited and are being paid a Livable Wage.  Not that there isn't exploitation in America going on, there is.   But, I do try to Support Businesses that aren't notorious for exploiting their Employees.   I will gladly pay more at a Small Business than by some Billionaire Owned Company that has a History of exploitation and that's why they can continue to provide Cheap Product.   The same with Ethically Raised Product when it comes from a Living Source in our Food Chain.  I only Buy Pasture Raised Eggs coz they must provide 8 Acres for their Flocks in order to be Sold as "Pasture Raised".  Some other Claims are misleading and not necessarily all that Ethical in their Treatment of the Animals that Produce their Products.   With Eggs, Claims like "Cage Free" and "Free Range" or "Organic" are used and the Hens might not be receiving Humane Treatment at all or have adequate Space either during their entire Lifetimes of Producing the Product. 

I got this Halloween Prop Faux Wolf Rug at SAVERS on Half Price Day for only Three Dollars!!!   It even has Faux Claws and is the length of the back of our Sectional Sofa, so it looks Splendid back there and like a full sized Wolf Pelt with Head.  I Photographed it from both Sides of the Sofa.  It makes for an excellent new Halloween Prop for this Year so I was Delighted to Score it in the Toy Section rather than in the Halloween Section.   Which is probably why it was still there even halfway thru the Afternoon.  Half Price Day tends to be Insane earlier on so I rarely ever go and Princess T doesn't Work on Half Price Day there coz they don't roll out New Merchandise during The Sale.   There are always those ridiculous Customers on Sale Day tying up Staff unnecessarily, I don't understand Time Wasters like that, especially when it's the busiest and they know they're holding things up on purpose.

 

There was an Older Lady speaking Spanish that tied the Employee up at the Jewelry Counter for a ridiculous amount of time while a lot of other Customers were waiting for their Turn.  She wanted to look at every fucking piece, handle it, then decide NOT to Buy it.  Another Middle Aged Mexican Lady was standing in front of the other Section of the Jewelry Counter blocking her being able to go over there and rolling her Eyes Dramatically at me.  *LOL*  I couldn't help myself, I loudly said, coz I was blocking my Section of the Jewelry Counter too so that Time Waster Old Lady couldn't get over there either, "You keep that section blocked and I'll keep this section blocked, otherwise we'll be standing here for Hours!"    The Kid waiting on the Jewelry Case Customers is a Friend of Princess T's and Smiled at me.   I could tell he was growing frustrated coz he can only wait on One Customer at a time at that Case and people were stacking up and getting Upset, but saying nothing, I will when I've had enough of the bullshit.  

Above I could finally do my Panoramic Pix of my Halloween Table Vignette... coz I cleaned and organized underneath it.   The Old Problematic Lady, tho' she had been speaking only Spanish to him, I KNEW understood English, so she moved it along after my Comment and Hard Cold Resting Bitch Face Stare at her.  *Winks*   I didn't give a shit what she thought about it, Touche' Bitch, be inconsiderate and don't expect me to Care if I Shame you publicly, I will, Count on it and I pity the Fool who may feel bold enuf to React to it.  *Winks*  She had her Husband with her, he moved her Ass along quickly, I could tell he was embarrassed the whole time coz clearly everyone waiting for a Turn were getting impatient with her nonsense.   

The other Lady clapped as she walked away, it had been absolutely ridiculously inconsiderate and rude of her to tie the Boy and other Customers up that long when she wasn't Buying 99.9% of what she pretended to look at and NEED to handle.  So we didn't Care if we had embarrassed her by Calling her Out.   She'd Wasted enough of everyone's Time already, move on and move along now.  Bye Felicia.   When I go out to have an Experience, to Shop, to Eat, I don't wanna hafta endure Asshats like that, nobody does, but, they themselves seem either oblivious of how they are, or, they're being that way on purpose to be a nuisance and cause friction and unnecessary Drama and hold things up where ever they go.   Anytime I have a Time Waster at my Shifts I give them some Time to be slow and indecisive.   Then I cut it short and politely tell them I have to Serve other Customers too, I'll get back to them when they've got a better Idea of what to decide upon, no hurry to tho', take your time THINKING about it.  *Winks and Snicker*  Then I Walk away and go wait on someone whose had to be waiting too long becoz of them.

 

And if they have to be kept Waiting now when they have to get another Employee to Serve them now, mebbe it Taught them what it feels like to have to wait?  *Snort*   If they were to complain to Management, don't Care, be a Karen, if that's what you are, nobody really Cares about folks like them and has nothing but contempt for them.   Management has nothing but contempt for The Karens, all Management everywhere, nobody wants to Deal with those kinds of Customers, nobody.  Not Employees, not other Customers, not Management, they're a Pain in Everyone's Ass and we'd rather not endure them.   So, I just don't.  With any Luck, they will crawl back under their Rocks and not be seen or heard in Public.  *LOL*

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Happy Autumn Vibes my Friends... Dawn... The Bohemian