Yancey dragged me off into the sleeping bag last night after I'd been researching for a couple hours. "Three is more than a couple," he'd probably say at this point.

"'Cause it is."

Yes, dear. At any rate ... it's a good thing I didn't do a scan of this coin Willy gave me and try a more cyberwitchy approach to finding out what it is. And it's ( Read more... )

Ever thought about how difficult it is to go furniture shopping without a car? Not that transportation itself is a problem--Yancey just slid us to the stores--but if you don't have a vehicle big enough to carry whatever you've bought (or at all), then you're at the mercy of their delivery service. Not like we can tell them just to tuck it under ( Read more... )

The bids came back more quickly than I expected--I must've lucked out and hit a slow period or something. Anyway, a Mr. Harris is supposed to come over to the shop today so that we can discuss everything in more detail. I'm hoping I won't have to have any custom cabinetry work--I'm really trying to stay under budget on this one. Yancey and I ( Read more... )

Yancey and I finally got to check out of the hotel today. Such a relief. Maybe we don't have any furniture for the apartment yet, and we'll have to break out the sleeping bag again, but at least we'll have a space of our own ... and I don't have to keep worrying about fooling the credit card reader anymore.Today I'm going to start accepting bids ( Read more... )

I was able to get all the paperwork signed yesterday, and today I thought I'd work on a more detailed list of what needs to be done to the apartment and the store. I think the apartment just needs a good cleaning and maybe a new paint job ... I can take care of that, but I'll need to hire a contractor to take care of the store, I think. The ( Read more... )

Ev and I hit all the likely commercial properties yesterday. I think she's found one she really likes. I'm not quite as happy with my own personal best candidate, but the wiring in some of the others ... just not acceptable. I don't need something that's on the safe side of firetrap: I need something better ( Read more... )

Real estate section from current newspaper--check.

Listing of Sunnydale Realtors specializing in commercial properties--check.

Information on current price/sq. footage--check.

Time to find a new store.

It was a lovely ceremony. Astraeia and Willy looked so happy together. Speaking of looking happy together, I think Willy suspects we're more than engaged--I caught him looking at us a couple of times ... well, I don't see how you can run a demon bar on the Hellmouth without learning how to put two and two together, right ( Read more... )

Okay, so the ceremony won't actually be until this evening. A wedding in a bar ... never attended one of those before, but I've never been a bridesmaid before either. At least the dress fits and the shoes aren't uncomfortable. I'm not really used to dress shoes. Or dressing up like this. Hell, I didn't even have any makeup with me--I don't ( Read more... )

Oh, what a morning. Went with Yancey to get his tux rental taken care of for tomorrow. Luckily Willy doesn't want powder-blue or anything crazy like that, just plain ol' black and white. Yancey grumbled about it ... guess that's something that the male of any species will do. But oh, he looked handsome ( Read more... )