04/20/2007 02:59
Guess who went to.... (THURSDAY POST ) Sorry it's late
**POSTED AFTER MIDNIGHT @ 3:00 a.m. - so it will show as a FRIDAY POST** ***Sorry I'm so late in posting this guys***
Guess who went and seen her artist today.....
That's right it was me!!! And I am so excited about my ink tomorrow! You wanna know the truly hilarious thing? He didn't know who I was until I took out a couple of old pics of myself. *** More on that in a moment***
It has been about 19 months or so since he'd last seen me. I noticed 2 weeks ago when my DH & I went in to talk with him about my new art I was wanting, he kinda had a dazed and confused look about him when I was talking to him like I knew him (because I do know him and have for the past 6 years - LMAO*) so anyways....
I went to the studio today and I must say I was looking pretty cute, my hair was being good and cooperating and my new foundation made my skin look better that it has in a long time! So, I walk in and he comes out of his studio room and smiles, and I say "Hi" and I ask how he's coming along with the design and I wait for his response.... and wait..... (LOL) So he's looking at me and he says "Oh yeah- you came in a couple weeks back." and I nod and smile and say "Yes, and I talked with you about the custom design I was wanting."
So anyways we are talking and it's more like he's staring at me than looking at me.... See, when I went in two weeks ago, I asked him after talking to him for about 20 minutes- "You do know who I am, right?" and he smiled and nodded yes and said something like "Oh yeah, of course I do." But I knew better. When we left I said to my husband "I think he was lying to me, I don't think he knows who I am at all." and my hubby agreed. (He's only met my hubby once, so I didn't expect him to know who he was, even though he did do one of his arm tattoos)
So I went in today to check up on things and see if he had any questions. So we are talking about the different aspects of the design and talking about changing a couple of things and afterword I look at him right in the eyes and I say "Tell me the truth- you don't know who the hell I am do you?" and he kinda shook his head no and he said that he knew my eyes, that they looked familiar and my voice was very familiar too, but he could not place me, he said it drove him nuts after we left the first time 2 weeks ago....
*****I KNEW IT! HA !!!! *****
*****I KNEW IT! HA !!!! *****
So I pulled out a couple of old pics of me of what I looked like when he had last seen me. He looked at them and looked back at me and then back at the pics again. He shook his head no and said. "No I know her, I've done work on her before." I was laughing so hard and I turned around and showed him my back- I thought he was going to lose his mind right there in the middle of the shop.
He turned beet red and was laughing and sputtering words like, "Oh my God you look fantastic!" and "I can't believe I didn't know who you were!!" and if memory serves I think he said "Oh my God" like ten more times.... *LOL* I was blushing during his reaction, he just couldn't believe it was me.
I still think that I look like myself, only a thinner version of me. I don't think I look like a totally different person or anything. I have changed my hair color and makeup style & even clothing style since he last saw me, but I still look like me, to me. Maybe I do look like another person, I dunno. But he was really freakin' out about it...
It was so funny! It really made my entire day. So he started talking a lot faster and a lot more now, plus he was smiling the whole time -- before he's was kinda quite and acted a little put off. I guess because he thought I was some wacko "acting like I knew him" or something.
It cracks me up to think about the look he had on his face. It was priceless!
It cracks me up to think about the look he had on his face. It was priceless!So anyways, we talk and catch up, then I asked him to quote me a price so I know how much to bring with me tomorrow. He quotes me @ $150.00--- I am looking at him and I KNOW that's a very,very low price for what I am getting. I've been in there many, many times before just hanging out with the guys and someone they didn't know would walk in off the street and want something like a small pair of dice on their wrist and 2 initials and they'd want $65.00 for a tatt that wasn't going to be much bigger than a half-dollar coin. And my artist has been featured in tattoo mags for several of his designs, he's really awesome at what he does. He is the best in our area. And my husband and I both were thinking it was gonna run about 300-350.00 for the size and design that I had come up with, because it's pretty big and it's gonna take a while to do.
(Good Lord, I'm making a short story LONG huh? Sorry 'bout that, I am long winded I reckon' - plus I'm excited and I talk a lot when I'm excited.)
I look at him and I say something along the lines of "Umm, that's kind of a low price isn't it? It's a pretty big design." ((( It's not like I have money to just give away or anything, but I didn't feel right him doing the work for that amount, I KNOW how much a good tattoo cost and I was more than willing to pay for it)))
(continued....) he smiles and says "Oh it's ok, I'll have the other form of payment along with the money" and I'm like
" ??? " and he says and I quote "Well, the added bonus is I do get to see you half nekkid." ( misspelled naked on purpose)
" ??? " and he says and I quote "Well, the added bonus is I do get to see you half nekkid." ( misspelled naked on purpose)
I'm thinking in my mind "OMG! He's freakin flirting with me!"
I know that I turned red, I felt my face get hot. It's one thing to have a guy smile at you while you're waiting at a red light, or one that holds the door open for you @ a gas station, or even the guy working at the post office who just seems "extra nice". But it's a whole other thing to have someone you've known for a long time just come out and blatantly flirt with you. I wasn't even expecting anything like that!
So when I left the studio I was walking to my car and I called my husband and I said "Guess how much it's gonna cost." and he said
"No. - I don't think I want to even know, just don't tell me." and I started laughing and he said "Ok tell me." and I waited for about 5 seconds and he said "I can't stand it, tell me" "Is it bad?" "It's bad ain't it ?!" LOL he was starting to sound almost desperate now, and I didn't want to make him suffer any longer so I told him and he was like "WOW!!!!" He said he couldn't believe it and then I told him all about being flirted with, and he started laughing and said "Ohhh ok, now I get it."
"No. - I don't think I want to even know, just don't tell me." and I started laughing and he said "Ok tell me." and I waited for about 5 seconds and he said "I can't stand it, tell me" "Is it bad?" "It's bad ain't it ?!" LOL he was starting to sound almost desperate now, and I didn't want to make him suffer any longer so I told him and he was like "WOW!!!!" He said he couldn't believe it and then I told him all about being flirted with, and he started laughing and said "Ohhh ok, now I get it."
He also said next time he goes to get a new tatt he wants me to come along with him, and that he might get a deal like I did.
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
So that's what's went on today. I went to bed at 1:00 last night (Wednesday night) and got up at 5:00 a.m. (Thursday morning) and I've been going ever since. I didn't even get home tonight until 10:30 (Thursday night)
Usually I'm home by 8:30 or 9:00 at the latest on Thursdays... But today was different. I had so many things to try and get done. I am so tired right now, I'll holler at y'all in the morning because it's WI day for me!
I hope you are all doing good. I'm sorry if my post seems kinda all over the place, I'm just not thinking too good right now. I'm gonna hit the hay, I have to get up early in the morning and get a few things done before tomorrow afternoon! Also, as soon as I get back home from getting the tatt in the evening, I'll upload my pics... I'll see y'all in the morning.
I am so excited I have butterflies in my stomach!!! 
~Tink~
