"Waiting for an Invitation to Arrive..."

[psalm_onethirtyone]

We went to the craft store to-day, also! ^________^ And I bought a hundred-million stickers.

And besides stickers I bought little boxes to put things in, and notecards, and stationery, and a lilac ink pad for the stamps Nanni gave me for Christmas, and little sparkly pompom balls, and applique hearts, and another surprise for Miss Zara, and two somethings special for Miss Kylee, and little silly-pretty thank-you gifts for Manon and Erin, and also black cake glitter (only this makes me want to bake a cake for this weekend so I can use it, and I am already doing rather an excessive number of silly edible things). And silk flowers, by which I mean little tiny flowers made out of silk and beads.

...People on my letter-writing and package-sending list should be very wary in the next two weeks, because I have all the means to attack.

...I wanted to get more stickers, but I ran over my gift card and my Christmas money and had to borrow from Mum to pay for everything. Clearly, the way to make Soujins truly and utterly euphoric is to set them loose in craft stores with gift cards. Someday I will win the lottery and I will spend a whole day in a craft store buying all the stickers I should like.

I think I got something else, but I can't remember what.

(By the way, when we were in the babies-and-scrapbooking section, Hero kept going eeee, babies! which is a really good reason she is never going to get anywhere with Don John. I cannot help but think that Don John + tiny noisy waily messy thingies would = a complete disaster.)

They played Stand by Me and Every Little Thing She Does is Magic in the crafts store. I was very amused, because I had been telling the overhead music playing thingy to play Stand by Me for ten minutes before it came on.

--And now I have to go make stealth!mint truffle batter and prepare the tea infusion for the nuts for the teanutbread.

Does anybody know the whole of the Babylon rhyme? The 'can I get there by candlelight? Yes, and back again' rhyme? I've been thinking of it lately, but I don't remember the words at all.

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[erinpuff]

Every Little Thing She Does is Magic

They were playing that in Kohls when I was buying pants yesterday, only it was the Shawn Colvin (<--female) cover so it was "...he does..." and it's a little weird in bits, but I've actually heard that more than the original, so. :o

Craft stores are fun! I haven't been in a long time, but I used to go all the time and spend lots of my mom's money. ^^

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Really? *giggles* That's--that's odd, really, but I suppose it would work. ^_^

They aaaare! ^_____^ Yes, that's what I did, although I only had to borrow six-fifty, which is better than usual. I do, however, have to pay it all back from next month's allowance, so I will not be splurging again for a while.

[mhari.livejournal.com]

Thee's adorable. *cuddle*

Black cake glitter! You can make Hamletcake. :D

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Me's regretfully silly. *loves*

I know! ^____________^ That's what I want to do. It looks all furry and lovely, too.

(Eeeek, Florian!)

[mhari.livejournal.com]

*loooooovesback*

(I KNOW! *dies* Poor Zara. (Poor Baron.))

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

(Zara's mad at him. XD (Poor Baron! ;___;))

[mhari.livejournal.com]

(He can't help it! It's allll his evil typist's fault. :D (I knooooow. *snf*))

[meteorspark.livejournal.com]

How many miles to Babylon?
Three score and ten.
Can I get there by candlelight?
Aye, and back again.
If your feet are nimble and light,
You'll get there by candlelight.

... stickers. I love stickers. -- and -- Every Little Thing She Does is Magic! The Police! *insert fangirling here*

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, thank you. ^__^ Thank you. There's one song on this CD that mentions Babylon, and I think it might be an Icelandic translation, but the rhyme doesn't fit the English words in the song, so I'll have to keep guessing. But I do like that rhyme...! Thank you. ^____^

I love stickers. Obviously I will have to send you a letter. --Yes! I knowww! ^____________^ I love The Police.

[silverdragon262.livejournal.com]

HAMLETCAKE!!11 ...ahem.

Stop buying surprises for me, Missy. I only have one for you-- well, two for you, but one's in the post-- well, three for you, but the third is either for your birthday or for ZPSINJ Day. :D

I like craft stores, which is the main reason I never go to them. XD I want to see all your pretty things, though.

(... o______o Don!John!babies is a very, very, very scary thought.)

Stand by me. ♥

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

I KNOW. Maybe I could make something small, like Hamletcupcakes, or something. ^_^;;;;

...Sorry...!...? I don't buy them, you know. This is the first one I've bought. The other ones I... acquired. Besides, three--!-- we have an equal number. So there. --Oh, for goodness' sake, why's everything so far away? ^_~

Eeeeee. Yes. Why I go rarely. You will! I'll be all like, come and see everything I bought! And then I will show you everything, and you will be sorry you ever asked.

(Isn't it? I can just see them now -- gazing from their bassinets out at the world with a singularly hostile expression in their eyes and a firm, emo set of the mouth that graces their chubby little faces... ahhh, childhood, and innocence!)

^_____^

[silverdragon262.livejournal.com]

Ooooh. That would be lovely. ♥ But you needn't. You're already making me so much food...! (Hamlet is not amused.)

Well, yes, but-- but still. ;____; Three, yes. And I don't know! I'm constantly tempted to just give you the third surprise when I come visit as well, but-- well, I don't even know if it's right, so then I'd feel bad.

I would never be sorry I asked. ^____^

(Ahahaha. I'd feel so, so, so sorry for Hero. XD Hopefully the little ones were born in wedloc-- ...I mean.)

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

I shan't unless you would like. (I mean, for heaven's sake, I have an eating disorder, I'm not going to force food on you. ^^;;;;;) But if you would, I don't think it will be difficult to succumb to the temptation. (Awwwww, Hamlet.)

Do not worry about it or think about it or aught. They're small, they're silly, and they cost nothing hardly; it matters little that there are three. So there. *eeps* You, of course, as Miss Manners advises, must use your own discretion; but I promise to pounce and squee and generally make a fool out of myself over anything you give me ever.

...You will be.

(;__________; Now, really, Miss...! Hero is turning bright pink and incoherent at the idea.)

[jiasachan.livejournal.com]

Craft stores, eee. They're marvellous. (And cake glitter may be the coolest thing ever invented. Well, not the coolest, perhaps, but definitely a spark of brilliance.)

. . . And Don John with babies would be deeply disturbing, I think.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

They are. (Oh, I know! It came in every colour, too, but I picked black of course because of Zara. But still. Someday I will have to buy it in other pretty colours, such as purple.)

XD I would think.

[gileonnen.livejournal.com]

I shall have to make you a lovely and enormous package full of stickers and bobbles and stationary, and you can then send it back to me piecemeal. =)

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

#^_^# Oh! You needn't--!-- but I would, I'm afraid, if you did. Or trade off. ^^;;;;;

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

How many miles to Babylon?
Four score and ten.
Can I get there by candlelight?
Yes, and back again.

That's all I remember. There was a different version, probably older, in one of the Lymond books, but I can't find the right one :( I'll look tomorrow.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

It's okay! ^__^ Thank you very much. The only bit you didn't have Peri knew, so it's all right. --Unless the different version is very different?

[little-lady-d.livejournal.com]

i had something to say, but i forgot what it was -- yet another charming symptom of sleep-deprivation. oh --

craft stores are lovely. there's a paper and oddments store a little ways from here, and everything in it made me think of you. :3 :D -- the next time i get to buy a gift for you, i think i know where i'll want to go --

hamlet!cupcakes, ee.

(also, ros likes kids -- -- -- hush, ros. --)

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Oughtn't you to sleep, Miss?

They truly are. Oh! ^___^ Really? Really--? --Oh, but you needn't buy me gifts, for heaven's sake--

^______^ They were devil's food. It seemed suiting somehow. Perhaps at four a.m.

(--Does he really, now? Oh, Ros, I'm so sorry--)

[maranz.livejournal.com]

STICKERS! CAKE GLITTER! YAAAAAAAAY! I had the most wonderful cake today--it was strawberry cake, all pink. The only thing that would have been better is if it was glittery. I love craft stores.

Would you write me a letter, maybe? I promise to write back. And send you stickers.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

^_____________^ YES. --Ooooh, really? Ohhhh, it sounds glorious. I should buy you pink cake sparkles if I ever go back there...!!

I will! If you give me your address. I don't think I have it.

[maranz.livejournal.com]

Shall I e-mail it to you? No, wait, I don't know your e-mail. Well, hmm.

PINK CAKE SPARKLES!

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

E-mail is RainbowJehan@gmail.com. Please, do. ^______^

^_____________^ SPARKLY SPARKLES, of all things. Also, they dye one's mouth the colour they are; or at least the black ones do. Fingers too.