Weekend update:

Since I didn't do daily updates for Saturday and Sunday, I'll combine them into one.  I only did one approach each day, so there's not much to report about.

Saturday evening, I talked to this woman in HyVee.  I found out that she's a chemist.  She was also into running, so we had something in common there.  We talked about that for a bit.  I also mentioned my challenge, because she looked a little skeptical when I first approached her, then when I explained it, I could see her expression soften.  I thought we had a pretty good conversation, so I tried to get her number.  She turned me down.

Sunday afternoon, I went to Michael's to get some stuff to work on my Halloween costume.  Specifically, I needed some scissors or something that would cut vinyl.  I talked to this young woman that worked there and asked her what she thought would work best.  She checked with some coworkers and they decided that a rolling razor thing would work best.  Then I was explaining to her what it was for, and she thought the costume was a cool idea.  She was cute, so I asked her what she was doing.  We talked for a little bit and I found out she's into some nerdy stuff like steampunk and anime.  She also seemed really sweet.  Cute and sweet is usually a great combination.  So, I kept asked her stuff about her, like what she does for fun, things like that.  At one point she had to go check on something, so I said: "well, maybe I'll talk to you again when you're done checking on that."  She left and then came back like a minute later, saying that apparently she didn't have to do that.  I also asked her what would be the best way to paint on fabric, so she showed me a few things. This was also to keep the conversation going, since I liked talking to her.  A woman came up and asked her where to find something, so she showed the woman and then came back to talk.  I figured this was a good opportunity, so I said I would let her get back to work, but I wanted to talk to her again, so I asked her for her number.  She gave me her number and I texted her a little bit later.  She texted back and I playfully said "hey, shouldn't you be working!"  She said she was on break and we were joking about me getting her in trouble.  We texted quite a bit last night and then some this morning and we're already working on plans to hang out.