the many blouses of kathleen's cupboard... part deux

after Kathleen's cupboard and i

had settled upon the fact 

she needed a little pick me up

and quite frankly so did i,

a happy few evenings

were spent

leafing through my old magazines.

then armed with tear outs 

i bravely ventured forth

to my local paint store

where i have to say it gives me quite a thrill.

not only do they know my name

but they also have me in their system!

this is a paint store where tradesmen go,

professionals and the like.

i feel as though i have been promoted to their ranks

that they believe i know what i am doing

"here comes Tif, she knows what she is doing.

lets put her in the system"

i do wish they offered up badges for folks like me to wear

saying 'i am in the club'

then again, perhaps that is not what one 

would wish a badge to say.

perhaps i would suggest they do not have that on a badge at all

and go with something like

'i am knowledgeable on paint, thus i am in the system'

or something like that

but then if i wore my little badge around town,

someone may stop me,

quiz me and my knowledge on the spot

 and gosh!

i could be stripped of my little badge,

demoted from their system and

no longer,

alas and alack,

when i walk through their door,

 can they quite recall my name...
"ummm, hello... sorry, who did you say you were again?"

so for now i think it wise to keep quiet

and not insist on a badge

and in turn

heighten my chances

of staying in the system

with the in-crowd of tradesmen

and such like

both kathleen's cupboard and myself

settled for a jolly aqua colour

(the sort that looks blue

in some lights

and green in others)

and after just one brush stroke

we both got rather giddy and carried away

(and by carried away i am implying 

other victims around the shed

were found pronto,

after i had finished with K's C)

so after many years of new blouses

it is quite true to say

kathleen's cupboard is feeling rather splendid

in her new coat just in time for spring

and i?

well i am feeling rather splendid too

footynote: due to monitors and quite frankly, 'frankly frank' (my camera) being quite often pants at representing true blues and greens, i must tell you, Kathleen's cupboard is rather more luminous than the photos above would suggest. in some lights, she is positively glowing. the colour for those that care to know is Benjamin Moore, waterbourne interior satin, #526 Bahama Waters