Argh, late again already… the day kind of flew by.
I bought the flowers for the wedding reception I’m pulling together for this Friday night. It’s going to be SO gorgeous and I’ve only spent $27 out of my $60 budget so far. 🙂 The local grocery store had a killer deal on gladiolas, which I was rather keen on getting since they’ll provide great height to the arrangements, making it seem bigger and more expensive. They were only $2.50 for ten stems and were in the perfect shade of yellow! Hurrah! They also had fantastic yellow lilies, which were only $4.00 for a bunch (four stems, I think, but they’re full of blossoms.) I went ahead and bought them now because all of the blossoms are still closed and should be open by Friday. I also ordered some little mini white lilies for fodder, to soften the whole thing. Then I need to go buy some kind of plant to cut up for the greenery, then I’ll be all set! The arrangements will have four layers to them – gladiolas will be sticking straight up, providing height. Also, there will be copper wire sticking straight up amongst the gladiolas as a little hint of the unexpected. Then, around mid-gladiola-height will be the yellow lilies. At the mid-to-base level of those lilies will be the little white ones. Finally, to top it all off, I want to get really ferny-fuzzy greenery to drape down the side of the vase along with some finer-gauge copper wire. That way the arrangement has full body, encompasses the whole vase, and makes it all look so much more expensive.
(I’ll take pictures – I’m sure my description didn’t make much sense.)
Guess what I got this afternoon? I was flipping the channels at 4:00 and saw that TCM was playing one of my favorite movies, “Holiday”! But I hadn’t been able to find it on DVD. Instantly I started recording it on the computer, and now I have my own copy of it! Woohoo! I love that movie. Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn – you just can’t beat that.
And finally, I entered a screenplay contest today. Sujit sent me an email this morning about some film festival sponsoring one, so I printed out my screenplay and mailed it in. It’s only a prize of $400, but it’s worth it just to get someone to read it. And still, it’s $400! So, wish me luck.
But now I’m off to bed, I’m really sleepy. Good night!