Hey, guess what? I got a new camera! It wasn't very expensive, but I'm still feeling pretty poor now I've bought it (damn you water bill, for turning up the week afterwards!)
I haven't actually been anywhere exciting yet to give the camera a run, but I have been playing around with it at my parents house.
Not the best photos in the world, but I'm learning. I kind of always hate to use the flash, so I'm really happy that this camera can do a bit more correction for my shaky hands. Also, it is so wonderful to have a battery that lasts! I've turned the camera on and off about a million times and the battery indicator is still on full. My old camera refused to take more than one photo before saying "Battery depleted". New camera, I love you.
I want to show my love by buying a new camera case (the one I ordered off Amazon came up accidentally huge) but all the cases in the shops are really kinda dull. I was thinking of maybe browsing etsy for something cute. What do you think? Have any of you used etsy before? And is it any good?
In much worser news, I returned home from my parents house on Sunday, only to find that the carpet went "squelch squelch squelch" when I walked on it.
"Squelch squelch squelch?"
And then I switched on the light and realised that half my flat was completely sodden D:
Turns out that the flat above mine had had a leaking toilet (leaking clean water, not piss, guys) which was directly above my built-in wardrobe D: D: D:
So, after cleaning and tumble-drying my clothes, and running a dehumidifier for a couple of days, the place is slowly drying out. Oh God, but the smell is so bad! All kind of fusty and musty and manky. Eugh.
Still, could have been worse. All my electricals are ok, and everything will right itself pretty well once its dry. I could just do without the stress, really.
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Comment from: Janine Member
Comment from: Mariya Visitor
Ooooo, that pouch is so nice! I love it!! I got a pair of steampunk cuff links
http://www.etsy.com/listing/62445496/steampunk-cufflinks-perfectly-matched as a X-mas gift for Bo. I wanted to customize them a bit and the lady was able to do that for me at no extra charge. They look just as cool in real life as they do on the site. I also love this hat http://www.etsy.com/listing/68518805/crochet-totoro-hat-with-soot-sprites?ref=sr_list_2&ga_search_query=crochet+totoro+hat&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_facet=handmade but I am holding off on the purchase for now.
Comment from: Janine Member
I got the Sony in the end, because it was on offer at Amazon and it looked nice. Turns out it’s pretty idiot proof, which should be good for someone who knows as little about the technical details as me!
After all that talk of etsy, I ended up buying a case in my local camera store. I was browsing etsy at lunchtime, but all the cases on there seemed too large (they’re all made for iPhones mostly). I did fall in love with this case though. Foxy!
What did you get from etsy? I still kind of want to get something from there. There’s so much nice stuff about!
Comment from: Mariya Visitor
Hi Janine-chan! So sorry to hear about…leakage?…water trouble?….erm, anyway, I hope that your flat will get better soon! On the up side, congrats on the new camera!! More pictures of cats, please! Which one did you end up getting? I’ve used etsy once and it was a very nice experience - it was very easy to communicate with the vendor, the product arrived promptly and it look just like the picture on the web site. I would definitely shop there again. Hugs! M
Those cufflinks are awesome! The totoro hat is cute too. There’s certainly some interesting stuff on there.