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$6.59 + 6.7% tax = $7.03 at Aldi in NC

I've got Lee's novel Summer Sons sitting at the top of my TBR pile right now!

Step 3 was just leaving her to air dry overnight. I'll try to post updates tomorrow as I start mending and adding things back on.

Step 2: the bath. The vest didn't really stink, but it hadn't been washed in a decade. But as soon as I got it wet. It. Stank. So. Bad. I would describe it as "teen athlete gym bag at the end of summer break with rotten onions on top".

It took 4 hand washes to get clean.

Step 1 was just to take everything off, which took quite a while. She has some pretty bad damage to the collar from the spikes, and some small holes I will need to cover with patches.

Plus she's missing several spikes, the patches were falling off, and many of those pins feel outdated, and don't really reflect what I want to put into the world now.

There are a few reasons I decided she is due for a makeover. I used to wear this thing almost daily in college. It felt cool and edgy to have a giant swear word on my back. And it was! But it's not really my vibe anymore.

And also I HAVE to mention the best #glutenfree #crepe ever from Crepe Crazy. It has sweet cheese and strawberries with a raspberry drizzle on top!

I went to a little book store called Book Escape, which had this fantastic mermaid mural! Mer-mural? Mural-maids?

I spent some time relaxing with a quick reread of The Hellbound Heart in the hotel pool and sauna afterward. #booksky

If that Romanov playlist doesn't end with a track of screaming and gunshots, they did it wrong.