What a full day!

My day started out with Hu. We were just sort of hangingout and working together.



Eventually, Kira came online, right about the time I was going to scoot off to the SLRFL auction in Caledon Victoria City. Miss Figaro of Radio Riel was spinning some great tunes and we all danced and bid. At 4:00 the bidding was over and I believe Miss Ellison raised a substantial sum for RFL. I won two auctions: a bedroom furniture set and a photography session with Miss A. Barrymore. I need to set up a time for the session with her. I am very excited about it. The photos are of us lined up to pay Miss Ellison for our items.





Once the auction event was over, I did a personal fashion show for Miss Meng and Miss Tammas, which I forgot to take a photo of. They noticed I am close to opening the store and wanted a preview, so I did a little personal fashion show for them.

I then went back to my store to do a little more work, which I regret that I was so involved in that I forgot to photograph that as well. I took most of the windows out of the store to gain wall space and started puttingup the vendor cards. Although the cards are not yet active, it gives passersby the opportunity to preview the collection thus far.

When I have a better ETA of the store opening, I may contact Miss Riel to set up an event for the Grand Opening - perhaps some music and dancing on my parcel?

While I was working away, Miss Tammas asked me if I would be coming to the rave in Wyre where Miss Figaro was DJing. I hadn't planned on it, but with her invitation, how could I refuse? I had a great time dancing. I spoke with Miss Tammas more and had the opportunity to talk with Miss Pennyfeather and Mr. D Writer. I was delighted with both of them and hope to talk to them more frequently in the future.









During the rave, I had the opportunity to talk to Red for a bit. He invited me to an Elven land where they had a drum circle, so I left the rave to see what the Elven land was all about. Well, it turned out that we were the only ones there, but we made fabulous music for just two of us!



We toured the area and Red found a piano that I was delighted with. We didn't stay there long as there was so much to see! The place was very large and there were new things to be discovered everywhere!



I found a faerie-drawn carriage and we took a ride.



I wandered away from Red and found a swing merry-go-round and took a few turns on it.



Eventually, Red caught up with me and told me he had to head to bed. We said our goodbyes and I headed off to join Hu and Kira in Neutralia again, ending up where I started for the day. This time, however, Hu was in "original Hu" form! Kira declared how much she loved "old Hu" and he gave her a big hug - though I am sure he may have had other ideas in mind for why he hugged her...



So we started goofing off a bit and we managed to make a stack of ourselves! I am so strong! Just look how I can support Hu and Kira without lifting a finger!



And the stack turned into a stack-dance. With the right angle of my camera, I got a really neat perspective shot!



But it was so late and I was tired, so I said my goodbyes to Hu and Kira and went to bed. What a full day!

Dancing the day away

Sure, I have things to work on that I probably could have worked on, but golly if the dancing wasn't just calling my name...

Started out going to a ball in Caledon without an escort.



It's amazing how a dance differs when you have an escort from when you don't. Wall-flower city for me.... Of course, I am too shy to really stand out or speak up, so of course I watched the others dance.



Mr Smashcan was so kind as to ask to stand up with me for the fifth and I gladly accepted. We danced the fifth and sixth before I suggested he dance with some of the other ladies on the sidelines.



After the dance with Mr Smashcan, I accepted an invitation to join Red for a little more informal and upbeat dancing. We danced and talked for a couple of hours at the Junkyard Blues Club. The DJ had a smooth voice and the more tequila he drank, the more fun he was on air.



We decided to change venues for a change in the music and ended up salsa dancing in Valentine. The music was upbeat and we just talked and danced. i don't think either of us noticed how tired we were from dancing for so many hours straight.



After the salsa dancing, we decided to explore the grounds a bit and ended up behind a waterfall in a cavern.



We managed to navigate the ledges of the cavern and spent a little time dancing together and taking in the great view. The place was so beautiful and the water sounded so soothing.



While we were up on ledge, Red pointed out a hot tub down below. We navigated our way to the floor of the cavern and Red did something I didn't expect: he jumped into the hot tup with his shoes on!



What could a girl do but follow suit? I jumped in with my shoes on too and the water filled the tub and swirled and steamed around us.



Relaxing as it was, Red was very tired and, dripping wet, we said goodnight and each went home.

Touring with Dante

Dante and I went touring tonight. We saw many eclectic places and a lot of ban lines...

Getting ready

Tonight I spent some time dancing at the Metronome to some 20s and 30s tunes. Apparently there was a costume contest - I didn't know about it, I just went for the music and atmosphere. Needless to say, I didn't win the contest! But Gabi always plays good tunes and I was just happy to be out dancing a bit!



After that I settled in at home and did a photo session for the promenade dress and then worked on making the vendor card template.



Still needs work and revisions, but it is a start anyway. I am definitely not entirely happy with it yet.

So I was working and all of the sudden I heard a rukkus outside. Turned out that there was an alien invasion going on in Tamrannoch! I tooka quick photo and ran back in the house to hide. I saw things burning and the aliens made this terrible noise that made my head pound.



Brave Caledonians were fighting the aliens and at one point Miss Tombola landed her flying device on my back lawn.



Eventually the flighting moved away and the noise dissipated. I came out from hiding in my house and resumed my work. As I was working on the vendor card template, I had the chance to talk to my friend Red for a while. I didn't get to see him, but we talked. He's been away for a while and it was good to talk to him again. I think he's feeling a lot better now than before he went away - he was much more lively than I remember him ever being. In any case, I am glad he is back and I look forward to more conversations between us.

More for the Store

Tonight I worked out a backdrop so that I can take photos for the advertising of my dresses for the store.





I think the backdrop works rather well so I can cut out the images and put them together in an advertisment.

Now I need to get some proper poses for the photo shoots...

A New Club in the Works

I spent a few moments today talking with SrLance Allen about his new club. He is working very hard on it. I wish him success.

Accomplished!

I spent a good portion of the day with Hu and Kira today. A friend of Kira's and Hu's is opening a new club called The Warehouse and we were there to dance and give some tips and opinions. The club owner, SrLance Allen, had put some "escort poses" boxes in the club and Kira showed us all how it worked - and more! We all just sat back and watched Kira as we talked.





Despite having a headache, I had a sudden urge to start trying to fix my dress. I had set it aside for several days because I was too frustrated to even look at it. It took several hours of reworking and reworking, but I finally got it to a state I could live with. Not exactly the design I intended, but close enough.



So I went back to the club to find Hu and Kira working on the interior design of the place. I showed them the dress, which they were pleased with. While I still need to make the sleeves and other decorations for it, the hardest part is finished. They congratualted me on finally getting it because they knew how frustrated I was with it.

So I decided to try the "escort poses" box and ended up looking something like a doll in a box with the new dress on.



I watched Hu and Kira build for a little while, but it was late and I went to bed.



I feel so much better now - so much more accomplished and so much closer to finally getting the store open. I told myself I would get the store open once this dress was finished, so now that I am closer to finishing it, I am starting to get excited about working on and building the store.