Well, I went to the paint store last week. Or tried to, anyway. I hadn't been to my FLGS all fall and decided that while my friend and I went thrifting in NE Calgary, we would stop in. Unfortunately, it went out of business at the end of June. Normally, I'd just hop on the train and go downtown, but my friend was with me and that would've been rude, so I said I'd get them another day.
Then I had an event I was attending SE Calgary, so I figured I'd go to the GW and buy the paints. I got there and realized I'd forgot my wallet in my other pants. Horror of horrors. It's not just a matter of driving across town. I actually don't live in Calgary, but in a little village outside of the city. It takes an hour and a half to get to the GW by driving. I tried to get them to do a credit card order over the phone, but they wouldn't do it. The next day I still couldn't find my wallet, so I looked in the car again. There it was, behind and between the driver's seat. I let loose a howl that would've put the White Warg to shame.
Then I decided I would order them online. Without free shipping, the shipping costs more than the paints. So my desk is littered with half painted miniatures from about 5 different armies, while I wait for either the opportunity to go into town again or the miniatures I want to come back in stock so I can have free shipping. If Shakespeare was a hobbiest, I'd be a tragicomedy. GW sells hundreds of thousands of paint pots every month, but not to me, I guess!
