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Wonderful night with W. at Shakespeare in the Park. W. said it wasn't what he was expecting at all -- he really enjoyed the experience. I think he was expecting dull, not the Age of Aquarius production we were exposed to. Lots of great conversation, good food, and terrific weather. I think we both needed this.

Bought FURNITURE this week!! Very excited. It's part of a Kent Coffey set, Perspectia. I have a chest, a dresser and mirror, and two night stands. No telling where the bed has vanished to. Saw the set at the Salvation Army while shopping with Mom, who has financed this purchase. I researched it all on the Net, and the variety of the line is pretty incredible. This vintage ad shows rounded nightstands, but mine are square. The ad's dresser mirror is rounded at the top, but mine is a rectangle, more like the one below I found on an old auction. And that same auction photo shows a chest, but my chest is very different. Mine has the decorative scrollwork across the top, and its hinged and opens like a cabinet. This one looks more like a chest of drawers.





Also found the desk up for auction in Garland, and I'm really thinking of purchasing it too -- but I can't afford it, and I don't have room for it anyway. All this new furniture will go in the guest bedroom, but right now it's in the living room because I can't fit it in the guest room due to all the boxes.



What am I going to do when I've filled the house with furniture??? Will I be able to sell what I have as I upgrade? Or will I have to just donate my "old" look, and let someone else have the joy of purchasing it at their local thrift?

The Tiffany exhibit is still on next weekend's horizon, barring car-less-ness. I'm supposed to get the car back middle of next week, but I'm not counting on that. And a theater in Addison is doing Into The Woods, which remains one of my favorites. I'm going to go see that soon, too. I need to do more things like this more often, and do less of the sit-at-home thing.

Tomorrow will not be fun. Mom told me that a rat has gotten into my Easy-Bake collection, and I have to go to their house and do something about the mess. Ugh.

I have to come to terms with that collection, anyway. Easy-Bake ovens are about a lot of things to me -- about the toys I didn't get as a child, about the luxury of eating all that cake and icing, and the creativity of making all those little baked goods. But as an adult this collection is also about wasting money, wasting storage space, and eating a potential ton of unneeded calories. I have to make a choice here. What, exactly, is my life about? What can I afford, and what will I have to give up to move forward?

Part of the answer, of course, is that my beloved collection is about to be jettisoned. And since I'm the only person to ever collect Easy-Bake stuff I can't resell any of it at a profit, except maybe the Strawberry Shortcake and Care Bears kits. So I'm going to get a bunch of Hefty bags and start trashing a three-year-old collection.

I'm not forsaking everything, though. I'm going to open each set and take out the baking tools, the instructions, and any non-edible parts. I'll keep a couple of ovens, the drink dispensers, and the cotton-candy maker. I'll have the ability to indulge, but I won't have the calories sitting around for the rats to eat. And the resulting items will take up a lot less space. I think I'll be able to get everything in two large plastic totes, instead of the 20+ totes it occupies now.

Really don't want to do this, but there are a lot of things I don't want to do. This is the down side of being a grownup.