Booze run

Today we leave (in just a few hours) for our Christmas Party Booze Run. Several of us gals head down to Greenville SC (where all the shops are) and buy our liquor - wine and hard spirits. Discount prices make me do it, although I have been enjoying some Tisdale wine at the low price of $3.19 per bottle. Everyone likes the wine and is amazed at the ridiculous price. oh well, back to the trip

I posted early yesterday and I hope my readers discover it. I assume they will. All the pieces of the puzzle are on the table and next week, we visit in America with Rawlings as he continues his quest to find Astor. What will he learn? mmmmm.

then chapter 43 puts the final touches on the "setting things up" stage. It will be downhill from there. Of course Darcy is heading to Rosings so you can guess where the downhill starts. lol But I assure it does not end there.

Readers will soon realize my story stops way short of where P&P went. In fact, I have three chapters to cover one day, I think.

Can you guess the actual event that ends the story? lol I am sure you can.

well, off to shower and get ready to take the hour or so trip down to Bed, Bath, and Beyond, the discount liquor store, Home Goods, and lunch at PJ Chang's and perhaps a hardware store. And best of all, SC has the cheapest gas of all - I heard tell it costs $1.85 per gallon. Geesh! and just a few months ago it cost $4.30. lol Drill, baby, drill - if just the expiration of the drilling band caused this drop then definitely drill baby drill. lol Why should China be allowed to drill off our shores and not us? enough of my soap box.

I hope the readers enjoyed the chapter and I hope they don't give up on the story just yet. But if they do, I understand. They want E&D and I am giving them a different world. I once told a friend if 100 people remain reading this story I would be surprised. I wrote what I saw in my head and it is very different and offers such a change from the typical stories that focus on Elizabeth and Darcy that I never expected any amount of popularity.

gayle