Proud new guest of the faeries, here...
I just got my Faeries Oracle today!
I have barely opened the box this evening, but the acquisition itself has been somewhat noteworthy...
I went to one of my favorite bookstores on Friday to get an entirely different deck, but it wasn't there anymore.
My friend noticed that there were numerous "fairy" decks on the shelves. I'd tried so many, I really wasn't interested.
We tried another bookstore, and still no luck with the deck I wanted.
However, at this store were several of the Froud's Faeries Oracle. There weren't any samples of the deck, but we found the "Good Faeries/Bad Faeries" book and basically drooled over the pictures.
I only had the $20 and change for the tarot I was looking for, so I couldn't buy the oracle. I figured I could come back for it later in the month, since there were several on the shelf, anyway.
But the Faeries had captured me...
Late Friday night, online, I check out the Faeries Oracle some more. All good reviews and beautiful cards. There I go!
By Saturday morning, I'm making plans to go back to the bookstore and get the Faeries Oracle with my $20, instead of the other deck. The oracle costs more, but I figure I can put up with mac-'n'-cheese for a couple of weeks.
Only trouble is, I have no transportation to the bookstore.
Just slightly after the noon hour, a friend calls to tell me he has money he owes me from a loan two-months old. Can he come by to pay me back, and would I like to go to lunch? WOO-HOO!!!
We got to the bookstore before lunch, all the cash I need to buy my Faeries Oracle in my hot little hands, and...
NO FAERIES!!!
All the decks on display the day before were gone! I looked everywhere!
I had no idea why, and I was too distraught to ask, so we just left.
I bought groceries on the way home, at least.
Well, today I had plans with a friend to go to yet another favorite bookstore across town. I'd pretty much tapped out their tarot selection, but I could at least trade in my unwanted decks for a few good books.
I'd already decided to look for "Good Faeries/Bad Faeries" to partially appease my need to look upon Froud's artwork.
I went searching for the book in the store, and THERE IT WAS...
Right next to the book, the Faeries Oracle--the one and only copy in the store!
When I got my trade credit tallied, it came out to EXACTLY the amount I needed to get the Faeries Oracle AND the "Good Faeries/Bad Faeries" book.
I was skipping out of the bookstore, Faeries in hand...
We went on to Wal-Mart, where I left my bookstore loot in the back seat. I forgot to lock the back passenger-side door.
I didn't realize it until we came back out of the store, and saw the bag still sitting in the back seat, door unlocked, practically screaming "Steal Me!" Amazing...
So you see, I can already tell that this deck is going to be amazing to use, hence my interest in the study group.
PEACE,
Tauni