Beeswax, Bunnies, and Lasagna

[rolanni]

Monday, cloudy, breezy, and cool.

Breakfast was oatmeal and a cup of tea. Had a very nice errand-running session.

Went to Uncle Dean's and bought three pure beeswax votive candles in their own glass holders (they even give you a pack of matches, which is very thoughtful; matches not being as common as they once more). Two of those votives are unscented; the third is scented with frankincense and lavender. I'm glad I noticed the lack of candles on Halloween; I have an anniversary coming up a little later in the week, and it will be nice to have a candle for that, too.

Also at Uncle Deans, I grabbed a loaf of sourdough/olive bread, a pack of "everything" English muffins, and! Yes, I could not resist -- dried pineapple.

The morning being a bit chilly, I grabbed my very favorite not-winter-yet hand apparel -- Pearl iZumi biking gloves -- and I noticed that some of the grippy strips are coming off, transforming them into sticky strips. After I got over being appalled because these gloves are Practically! Brand! New! (I bought them when we were in Miramichi for our anniversary in I'm gonna say ... 2001?), I stopped at TJMaxx to see if I could replace them. Long story short, I couldn't, but! I was able to buy an eight-pack of bed socks (my feet get cold without other feet to put them against) at a good price, so -- success of a sort. I also did not find a 2026 desk calendar, so that's still on the list.

Paid my excise tax on the car, got my stickers, had a nice chat with the lady who heads up Waterville's Health and Human Services office, went to the post office where a kind reader (I don't use people's names, usually, because some folks don't like the publicity. You know who you are, and thank you!) sent me a pic of their tree-and-dragon tattoo and also a moon-and-rabbit coin purse, which the fact that the moon-and-rabbit is on a coin purse couldn't be more perfect.

On the way home, I stopped at Holy Cannoli and bought a slab of meat lasagna only slightly bigger than my head, and two cookies, because I couldn't decide between pumpkin chocolate chip or lemon-blueberry ricotta.

Next up is getting the cat litter from the garage to the house, doing my duty to the cats, and staging the trash for tomorrow's trip to the curb. Then I'll reheat part of the lasagna for lunch.

How's everybody doing today?