I treated myself yesterday to a few little treats for my altar that I had put off.  One was getting a small offering bowl and plate for my altar and the other was getting a few small white ramekins and a small white tart dish for esbats.  I wanted to get some good mead as well but ran out of money.  I had been searching for an incense burner but really dislike the brass ones.  On one of the many witchcraft sites, I saw a ceramic bowl in a few nice colors but it came with black sand.  I wasn't able to pick the color of bowl I wanted or change the color of the sand so I gave up.  Then, a voice in my head told me that I had two serving bowls both with a handle that I had picked up at a place called The Town Dump YEARS ago and why couldn't I use the smaller one?  I pulled them out and sure enough, the small one is perfect.  I have some beach sand from my last trip to CA to boot, so, as it turns out, I had what I needed all along!  I love it when that happens!  I also remembered that I had two crystal shot glasses my SIL brought back from Sweden as a gift, so I can use those for the mead.  I honor the Norse pantheon-Odin and Frigga specifically-so, again, what I wanted was stashed away in the depths of my cabinets.  Both the bowl and glasses were obtained years before I found Wicca.  I'm usually one to toss or donate what I don't use so I'm a little suprised that I still had them. 

The pendant I ordered from Cybermoon finally arirved today.  It's the triple moon with a moonstone as the full moon in the center and a pentacle on the back.  I ordered it nearly two months ago but due to a typo, was sent back to Cybermoon.  The typo was very minor.  Instead of Way, I had typed Wat.  You're telling me that the post office couldn't have figured THAT out?  Anyway, tomorrow, I'm going to get a silver chain so I can wear it.  It's on my altar now.  It's my first piece of Pagan jewelry.  I haven't worn a necklace for a long time.  I have a few but ordinarily, they're to wear with an outfit.  Normally, when I wear jewelry, it's on all the time like my wedding ring.  I'll keep this on all the time too, it'll just take a while getting used to wearing a necklace again. 

Well, that's the news from Lake Wobegone, as it were.  Talk to you all later.

Blessings