Lovely day

I had a great day in SL today; I got to spend one-on-one time with a number of friends who mean a lot to me. That's really rare :)
 
First Ari sailed into my life (literally):
 
 

 
 
Very dashing he was too, in his pirate -- *coughs* I mean profiteer -- get-up, but the ruthless image was rather ruined by the kitten on his shoulder. Whatever happened to Polly wants a cracker?
 
We had a great chat, even if he forgot to abduct the wench and sail off into the sunset. Ari, you're losing your touch! :p
 
Later in the afternoon I met Bon, who left SL for awhile but to my delight, decided he couldn't stay away. We had a wonderful time dancing and talking. I've missed him so.
 
 

 
 
Bon and I don't get to meet very often due to time zones, but he is a wonderful person and a great friend. I'm so very glad you're back, Bon ‹3 (I bet I made him blush! *grins wickedly*)
 
After that I IM'd Ali to ask where I could get a unique, cute and colourful skybox or home. I've decided I'm tired of the house after all, and want to scrap it, but I want something out of the ordinary in its place, not the boring old stuff with boring old colours. I knew Ali was the best person to ask because she has a prefab addiction :P (She says so herself!)
 
She told me about the Invite Only hunt prize being offered by Concrete Flowers -- an autumn skybox -- and then came to help me search for it at the store because I suck at hunts! Thanks, Ali!! lol
 
Much later, London came inworld and we spent some time together. She was in a VERY "rawr!" latex outfit:
 
 

 
 
Yes, my hand is on her boob. One of the best places to be, in my opinion *wicked grin*
 
She also gave me advice on building, because I've finally given up and decided to build my own home. This is after surfing Xstreet and going, "WHAT! 500L for that?! I could build that myself!" and muttering, "Omg ugly... next... ugly... ugh... UGLY!" and TPing around prefab places clutching my heart and gasping in horror: "134 prims?!"
 
My current house is 47 prims, so I'm aiming for a house with fewer prims than that. Actually, I'm aiming to build one below 20 prims. I completely believe it's doable ;)
 
This is what I have so far:
 
 

 
 
Yes, I do know it's pink. You have a problem with that?! lol
 
In between building, I bugged Kamian on IM for how-to tips (poor Kamian :p) because, well, he does custom builds for people, so who better to ask, right? ...and met up with my plurk friend Carter Denja of Pocket Gardens, a store that specialises in landscaping and creating pre-made gardens. Carter gave me the Castalia garden which I'm totally going to use together with my new house. The garden has a waterfall! How could I not love it? (I think I have a love affair with water... okay, that sounded really wrong...)
 
And finally, I ended the day with a hug from Peter. No picture unfortunately because I was sleepy and he was in a rush to get to his dinner, but I couldn't have chosen a better way to end this full, happy day spent with so many special people :)