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Money money money YAY!!!!!

Anyone who knows me is aware that I'm only interested in money for the things it does.  I love getting things, and more than that I love HAVING things.  Fortunately, I keep my interest and enjoyment of the things I get well after I get them.  I'm not interested in the latest and greatest, I don't need to have any more money than what I need to live comfortably on and maybe pay for a few luxuries. The fact is, money is nice, but I only see it as a means to an end, like possibly to obtain more yarn or paints or...damn I need to start painting again, I have that 22x30" commission to be done by October....

And this is me having taken my ADD meds!!!

Anyway! I'm finally at a point where I might actually start MAKING money instead of just spending it.  2b Inspired has bought one scarf, ordered 6 others, and now the owner has a kind of catalog (I put it together) for some scarves priced at in a way that I can't LOSE money by filling the order!  I found a good website that sells scarf yarn incredibly low, but the shipping is outrageous...then again, it IS from Turkey. We had a lovely meeting this morning that I hope will produce more orders in about a week, after she has time to look through the binder.

NOW for the reason I started this post: She was late to the meeting at her shop, (no big deal, it's all to the good as you will see) so I wandered to a shop next door, Val's...vintage maybe? I think maybe just Val's.  Owner, whom I shall call V, was there and after looking around a bit, I mentioned that I was meeting with S.C. (I haven't asked if it's ok if I mention the owner of either shop in my blog and I'm trying to be respectful.)We got to chatting, and I mentioned I'm looking to sell other work as well, and wonderful things happened! I'm going to knit up fingerless gloves and headbands and bows and potentially legwarmers, and she understands the time and more importantly the VALUE of the time making knit items takes so I'm confident she will pay a fair price and help me figure out what a fair price is if I make something that I should sell myself at a fair or some such. AND....ok, unrelated kinda but I finished a market bag!! I forgot to mention a few things at the meeting at 2BI, so I don't know if I'll be selling any market bags to her...but I could stop by today again...or...um...

Pretty sure that ADD people, although extremely creative and fun to be around, should be put in a zoo so the normals can go look at the monkeys.

Life is good!
Be a monkey!
Peace!
E

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