Standing outside R&T

She's a cool cucumber in Spokane, WA

Anybody who's beading knows about Rings And Things, one of the popular online companies that sells beads and findings. Their web site is horrid to navigate, but their merchandise is good. I bought some 4mm garnet nuggets and rectangles, and 4mm amethyst (A grade quality, woohoo), and teardrop fluorite beads. The store is full of everything in beads you could want. They gave me a free catalog and I'm like an 11 year old girl with the Sears Roebuck catalog with this thing. I can pore over it and dream for hours!

It rained. It rains and mists here a lot. I like it though I think the grey might make a person a mite crazy after awhile. But there are a lot of people living up here so I guess it's doable. Spokane's downtown was quite nice. It's a city with a small town feel.

Flying in to Rings and Things

Flying in to Rings and Things 

It's a pose and the employees on their break are sitting in the parking lot on the curb laughing and smoking their cigs saying what a great idea this picture is. :)

Rings and Things store and warehouse

Inside Rings And Things

This shows only about 1/4 of the store. There are tons of beads. And...all the rest of the stuff in the catalog is in the warehouse which is behind the counter. While I was waiting for my husband to pick me up (after my foray in the bead store!) I must have seen four or five different employees come out for their break time. It's a big company. Even my husband looked around at all the beads. He bought a Swarovski crystal to hang in the truck on the rear view mirror.