Today was my rest day, so of course that meant I cleaned, did dishes, and food shopped. No rest for the wicked, I suppose.

I also gave another stab at the latest mini kit which I had put on hold since I had to cut out every. single. piece. from paper with an Xacto knife. I was willing to keep plugging away at it until I realized some of the paper was blank that should have been printed. That's when I finally threw it all back in the box and said fuck this. I've done 3 successful mostly wood kits from the same company, but this new company? Will never order from them again. If they're going to send impossibilities, I am not going to try and hand draw/color these things. 

Luckily the same kit is available through different vendors, but I'll be much more careful about reading the reviews before I buy it. I assumed that if this is what they produce for a living it would be at least decent quality, but nope, proven wrong.

Oh well, that means time to start Alton Brown's book that my dad got for me, and do a puzzle since my patience with minis was pure rage by the time I realized this kit was not even possible to finish.

Tomorrow it's off to brunch with the parents then some good old fashioned mall shopping, although my shopping tolerance usually only extends to about 2 hours normally. Still, it will be good exercise, and since I accidentally left my coat at Burger King on Wednesday I'll be browsing the end of winter sales. Not a bad weekend overall.