scored a laptop

what people notice:

• 'You don't have a laptop?!" says the hotel clerk, Junior league volunteers, flight attendants, etc. Yes I travel for work all the time and all these years I have not had a laptop.  I've done everything my iPhone would let me (receive faxes, send paypal invoices, run etsy, charge credit cards, post blogs, etc) but it was time!  I need to be able to use photoshop to edit pics for etsy, to order business cards and postcards, and I need it now more than ever to set up SBHome!  Also I use carbonite.com to back up my computer which means I can access files from my desktop from any computer.  That way I can email images stores need, access previous catalogs and stone colors for clients, and so forth even when I travel.  It was a much needed purchase!

what they don't know:

• you may have noticed i like nice and pretty things and i like to shop.  but not everyone notices I AM CHEAP!  look at everything on my shopping blogs - yep I either traded with a store/client or used my AMEX or airlines points.   i don't like to spend money. *for those of you now laughing, this era started as soon when we decided to build a house

what makes this laptock rock:

• it's only $399!!  (click here to see it) i added a 2 year warranty that covers anything - even accidents for an additional $179-ish.  then i got a swiss army laptop bag (target gift card), a mouse ($14), and the newest photoshop edition ($99).  i'm ready to work on the road!

what made me do it today:

• because i love my husband!  i've seen him 24 hours out of the last 2 weeks with both of our traveling.  i told myself i could come on this florida trip with him only if i got the laptop and photoshop so i can photograph the new line and have access to my files to work on SBHome.  

what i've done with it so far:

• this blog entry!  yay!  i've never actually used photoshop before - i've always had Microsoft Digital Image Pro. it was time to advance.  so i tested the system a bit combining these laptop images and yes i added a textile from SBHome as the background!!!

what i plan to do with it next:

• tomorrow i will photograph and edit the 2011 Holiday Sarah Briggs collection!  oh yes, there is a new line and it is extremely fesitve and exciting - expect some sneak peeks tomorrow!  i bet you thought i forgot about the jewlery with all this SBHome stuff - but the more i am designing anything, the better it all gets!  guess my painting teacher in college was right about creative types needing to create every day or else they won't know when the good juices are flowing and could miss out on something incredible.  

did i just interview myself?...