when the goodwill gods are smiling....

ok, so......i drove up to lexington after work today to complete the payment on the plane ticket to paris for my eldest.....i was cashing in vouchers from april....and those must be processed directly by delta.....and so my horror at the price paid for the trip (it had gone up considerably since i originally did the on-line calculation) was mitigated by the subtraction of $400......and since i was already in lexington....i went by the l.barn, the clay's mill goodwill, and the boston road goodwill before marshall's and back home.....i found 3 lovely summer dresses in silk and/or linen......and a perfectly passable faux-amber bracelet...as well as a baby shower gift.....and to pay for it all i swung by my periodic consulting job to see a client who has lost weight since admission....between this visit and the last i will come out just about even on the day......life really is good......by the way, i do have the funds on hand to pay for my own ticket to paris....i only hesitate because those i love believe a second trip in a single year to be frivolous......on the other hand, a local wise woman i admire suggested to me today that i simply consider the december trip as a 2008 trip taken early.....and wrap this all up as a book-keeping manipulation.....i like how she thinks.....