Mall Strolling and the Pink Pashmina

Captain's Log, Stardate 06.09.2009

I went shopping with a friend of mine, Dineen Miller, yesterday (Dineen is a writer as well as my graphic designer who did my bookmarks! If you look at her website, you’ll see them posted). It was so fun! I hadn’t realized until then that I haven’t gone “mall strolling” in years!

I’ve gone mall shopping—usually with Captain Caffeine. Those of you with husbands know what that’s like—you go to the mall specifically to look for something you need, and/or to go to specific stores in the mall. No detours into other shops, except maybe one, and time is limited to five minutes before spouse drags you out.

On the other hand, “mall strolling” yesterday was fantastic. Relaxing walking through the mall, looking at storefronts, deciding to go in some, passing by others. Not being hurried out of any of them.

We discovered a little shop we probably wouldn’t have normally gone into but which ended up being our best “find” of the day. It’s a little Indian/Middle Eastern shop with handcrafted jewelry and Indian-American fusion clothing. Unique, some a little unusual, but not too out there.

My purchase of the day was this gorgeous PINK! pashmina (cashmere/silk blend) shawl with POLKA DOTS! And did I mention it’s PINK?! Bubblegum pink, to be exact.

As soon as she saw it, Dineen said it was totally me. And it was on sale!

I think I will wear it to the ACFW Conference in September (the meeting rooms can get a bit chilly).

I think I like the reverse side better.

Comments

Anonymous said…

Oh man, er, I guess it should be 'OH GIRL!' ;)

That shawl is gorgeous. What's is feel like? Super soft and silky smooth all in one?

I WANT ONE (pouting in my corner)

* Honey

Tue Jun 09, 09:15:00 AM 2009

Anonymous said…

Looks beautiful. It will definately brighten up the room.

Tue Jun 09, 09:58:00 AM 2009

Dineen A. Miller said…

What a great day we had, Camy! That was better than therapy! :-) Hugs! Love ya.

Tue Jun 09, 06:16:00 PM 2009

Camy Tang said…

Honey, that's a good way of describing it--super soft and silky smooth. I love Pashmina! But I probably wouldn't have paid too much for it. I thought it was $30 but it ended up being $18 (a super bargain!). I would have been okay with the $30, but I wouldn't have wanted to pay more for it.

Thanks, Anonymous!

Dineen, wasn't that totally fun? We have to do that more often.

Camy

Tue Jun 09, 06:57:00 PM 2009

Erica Vetsch said…

Beautiful! You'll look a picture...and now you will have the joy of mall strolling to find the perfect outfit to go with it. :)

Tue Jun 09, 07:03:00 PM 2009

Reihaisha said…

Like it a lot - I think I also like the underside better

Wed Jun 10, 05:33:00 AM 2009

I’m done

Captain’s Log, Stardate 05.17.2006 Blog book giveaway: My Thursday book giveaway is THE PREACHER’S DAUGHER by Lyn Cote My Monday book giveaway is BLIND DATES CAN BE MURDER by Mindy Starns Clark . You can still enter both giveaways. Just post a comment on each of those blog posts. On Thursday, I'll draw the winner for THE PREACHER’S DAUGHTER and post the title for another book I'm giving away. Stay tuned. I’m done. At the beginning of the year, I made a goal of three books this year. That’s four months per book. I started this manuscript January 15th. I finished in the wee hours of May 17th, so it took me about four months, a day and a few hours. Yay me. I’m going to bed now. Yes, this is the espresso maker on the right, and a professional coffee grinder on the left. By the espresso maker, I mean the one I promised to my long-suffering husband if I got a book contract, as a reward for letting me quit my biotech job and write full-time.

Romantic guys

Captain’s Log, Stardate 10.13.2006 Heroes: I’m a TV junkie, I admit it. I’m hooked on the new series called Heroes. (It’s like X-Men, but before they realized their powers and came together to become the X-Men. And without the funky costumes.) Okay, regardless of the X-Men type storyline, one of the heroines—a high school girl—is talking to a boy she likes, the quarterback of the football team. He’s sweet-talking her and being very flattering. She says he doesn’t really know her very well. He goes into this romantic spiel about how he notices she draws unicorns in the margins of her notes in class, etc. Now here I pause the TiVo and turn to Captain Caffeine. Skeptical Asian wife: “That’s so un-guy-like! How realistic is it for a typical guy to say something eloquent and romantic like that?” Captain Caffeine: “It sounds romantic because he’s the quarterback of the football team.” Confused Asian wife: “What do you mean?” Captain Caffeine: “If he were a computer geek, he would sound like...

ICRS Tuesday

Captain's Log, Stardate 07.11.2007 I started the day with a great meeting with Al Hsu , an editor at InterVarsity Press. We discussed Asian Americans—fiction, non-fiction, the church, family. He’s been in publishing for many years and is very wise. We had a great discussion. I also met his wife Ellen, who’s totally nice and is also into card-making! I wandered the floor and happened to meet Robin Jones Gunn. She asked if I’d eaten yet, and since I hadn’t, said to join her for lunch. On the way to lunch, we met Mark Mynheir, and he gave me a copy of his book, got The Void . Isn’t that cool? Robin has so much wisdom. I loved having lunch with her. She gave me such good advice, both professionally and spiritually. I hope I’ll get a chance to have lunch or dinner with her at the ACFW conference in September. I met up with agent Steve Laube, and walked with him to his next meeting, but on the way we were hailed by Cec Murphy and agent Jeff Dunn. Jeff had been the first editor to request...

I GOT A CONTRACT!

Captain’s Log, Stardate 03.29.2006 I had a wonderfully funny blog post planned for today, but I got sidetracked by some news yesterday! Zondervan has offered me a three-book contract on my Asian chick-lit series ! I’m still stunned by everything that’s happened. The series is actually a 4-book projected Asian chick-lit series about four cousins who fall under the infamous family title "Oldest Single Female Cousin," and their ruthless, wealthy grandma applies pressure on each of them to improve their lack of love interests. I think the first book is tentatively scheduled to be released in August 2007. The blurb on the series is on my website here . Brandilyn Collins posted to the ACFW loop about my writing journey, and Tamara Cooper asked that I share it. And since you all know how much I like to talk , here it is. My writing journey: Like most writers, I have wanted to write since I was very young. (In high school, I wrote a fantasy novel that will never see the light of day ...

Ironman

Captain's Log, Stardate 11.12.2008 I realize I’m late in posting this, but I just saw Ironman a couple weeks ago and it was FABULOUS! It was the most entertaining movie I’ve seen in a long time. I even liked it better than Mr. and Mrs. Smith (although that flick is a close second). I think because the acting was great. Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow were fantastic. I especially liked how the Pepper character is an older woman with more maturity than, say, MaryJane in Spiderman . Pepper was strong, intelligent, and relatively cool under fire. And did you guys catch the Easter Egg at the end of the credits??? Awesome!!!

Search This Blog