Current mood:

working

At the Magic Box
I cannot believe all of the local butcher's shops have closed at the same time. Every single one of them in town is either closed for remodelling or closed while the owner takes a vacation. I tried to look through the windows of one that is supposedly closed for remodelling and I didn't see any sign of work being done in it. There was no permit in the window, either, and having been engaged to Xander I know that you cannot do any work without a permit.

Being part of the local Merchant's Bureau has it's advantages. I know some of the men that run the butcher's shops and I've called their houses to find out if this was some part of a butcher strike or something. The only one I was able to reach was Mr Anderson, and he told me he was on his way to Mexico for a long overdue vacation. Luckily he's always found me attractive, and after telling him I was flattered but didn't think Mrs Anderson would be very pleased to have him take me out to dinner, he agreed to sell me the remaining pig's blood he had in the shop when he closed last week. It's only about five pints, and it's not the freshest, but it will have to do for Spike until I can convince one of the butchers in the next town over that I really want to buy their left-over pig's blood. I don't see what's so hard to believe about that. And who is this Carrie that they think I want to play a joke on?

I gave Spike the weekend off after giving him the pints I keep here at the shop. He hasn't done much more than pace around and curse about the closed butcher's shops in town, anyway. Not to mention he's scaring off the paying cutomers with his attitude. He even growled at one that asked him where we kept the crow feathers. Normally I find this attractive, but when it's directed towards me during sex, not when it's at the customers. Besides, I caught him looking at my neck the other night when he came over.

After I close this evening, I'll take him the pig's blood that Mr Anderson dropped off this morning on his way to the airport. I'll even add the cinammon to it.