The Zoo over Ambuscade Street

I ordered 79 books this week. Again, counting omnibusses (and there were a lot of those) as a single book. I've read about a dozen of those, and wanted my own copy, but the rest...

I officially have too many books to read now. It's going to be wonderful. I should probably cut back on anime buying, since I won't have time to watch as much if I'm actually going to make it through these any time soon. I don't believe in owning books that have not been read.

I picked up fabric for my cloak finally, too. And it's probably going to rain all weekend. So - I'll have cloak fabric, but no cloak. My own fault, really. I love the fabric, and it was cheap, so I'm happy. It was my third choice, though (after giving up on the household fabrics section, since all the ones I liked were $20+ a yard) - I went digging through remenants, since they're much, much cheaper, and found one similar to the one I actually bought, but in green - there weren't even two and a half yards, so no luck. Another really nice striped fabric would have worked, but one of the stripes was velvet, which really isn't the best choice for a cloak fabric. I may go back and get a few yards of each for a bodice or something. It was cheap fabric...

I'm pondering attempting to go to no fewer than four wineries today. I need to pick up a bottle of red wine for Keith, but my mother already got him a bottle from Lake Anna winery. Smokehouse winery doesn't make red wine, but there's a winery half a mile from Smokehouse that does, and another about three miles from where I work that might be good. But...it's raining, so I probably won't. I'm lazy like that.

*twitch* They ship to Virginia. And they have the magic words - Blackberry, Raspberry, etc.

I just ordered one of each (except for the Reserves, which are too expensive for me to buy without trying the other stuff they make first). Erik's getting his birthday present early. Not what I had planned, but I think he'll be even happier with this.

I can't find any other meaderies that ship to Virginia...yet. This Supreme Court decision may work out quite nicely. Barring that, I need to get a PO Box in West Virginia.

These people have a distributor in-state...I've already called, hopefully I'll hear from them soon. They have another of those magic words - cranberry. Oooo...and elderberry. Note to self: You Really, Really need a wine jail.

[EDIT] Contrary to what some of my posts may lead you to believe, I'm really not some kind of raging alcoholic. I tend to have a glass or two of wine, on average, every two months. I'm just really picky, and the stuff I like is hard to find, which is why wine tastings are good.