More decisions.

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Crystal inadvertently gave me an awesome idea for a new Once vignette the other day, and today's 31_days prompt was perfect for it, so I wrote it and just got it up now. This one fully deconstructs "canon" from 3B on, and acknowledges "canon" in a certain way that gives things more closure than if I was just writing my AU verse without acknowledging "canon" at all. It felt so good. This is probably the only show I'll ever write for where I feel the need to make such a clean break from canon. In general I'll acknowledge all known canon and write stuff after the last canon point, but Once just became too much of a mess. I can't acknowledge anything beyond 3A as canon for that show.

I bought The Virginian season 7 on Saturday, since I had an Amazon gift card and that's how I noticed the sale in the first place, and opted for the cheapest thing possible to push it to free shipping: a cute fish plushie I've wanted for a while. I name all my fish plushies after Perry characters; years ago, I selected this one to be Della Fish. It shipped early Monday and is supposed to arrive on Saturday, but I really hope it gets here before that. Saturday is supposed to hit 100, and it's going to be a busy day, if everything works out the way it's supposed to. I don't want a package arriving on Saturday and sitting in the mailbox for hours on such a hot day.

I'm glad I didn't include the movie as part of the order, because I found that some copies of the movie carry an offer that expires at the end of July, for $4 off the entire purchase if you get a doll with the movie. Squeeee. But I wasn't sure whether to get it while I was at the store or not, because I need to have money for Saturday. I don't know if I'll find any orders I can write this week; last week I couldn't find any. So I need to use what money I've got very carefully. We'll be up in the old area on Saturday and I can go shopping there. It's possible, but not probable, that I could find Octavia or the Sunset plushie. I felt like I couldn't be at peace making the purchase this past night until I know what's up there. I assume that other Wal-Marts will also have copies of the movie with that offer.

The Wal-Mart here is just getting in some new dolls, including an adorable Fluttershy with partially braided hair, and I love her so much that I think I'd be happy to get her instead of the original deluxe Fluttershy that I've wanted. I considered getting her tonight, either her or the Sunset Shimmer doll with the correct hair, but in the end decided I really did need to wait, even though it was torture putting everything back. Hopefully I'll still have the chance for that purchase if I don't find anything at the other stores.

I'm also trying to remember which doll box some kid left their lollipop stick on last week. Ewwwww! I think it was a Rarity box and not the Sunset Shimmer box, but because I can't remember, that makes me a little leery about getting the Sunset doll at my Wal-Mart. I'll be checking other Wal-Marts we're at; I'm hoping to visit at least two Wal-Marts, a Target, a Toys R Us, and the big F.Y.E. I hope it works out; I'm so excited to think of being able to go to those stores again! They might have different stock than the ones down here.

I also need to get some sheet protectors for the final act of my first 100songs set. Wal-Mart has been out of the kind I need for the last couple of times. Ugh. Something else to check other Wal-Marts for....

Comments

[rose-of-pollux.livejournal.com]

Indeed, I love the way you've put that closure there. So glad I could inspire it!

And yay DVDs and plushies (but bleah at that kid. Gross)

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I am very glad, too.

Yeah, seriously. Yuck! And I suppose it was a kid.... These days, even some adults could be idiotic like that. **rolls eyes.**

[pleasant-valley.livejournal.com]

Glad you managed to buy your DVD'S and cute fish plushie you wanted. Amazon really is a treasure trove of goodies.

Hope you manage to get all the new dolls you're after. And yuck at that kid sticking his dirty lollipop stick on that doll box.

[insaneladybug.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :) They totally are, at really awesome prices.

Yeah, that was so gross. Ugh. And thanks again!