Little Bottles of Happiness

February 2009: It had been a dreary winter with no hope of sunshine in the forecast. Jamie and I stepped into a tiny shop off the square and took a quick look around. It was a mish-mash of handmade underwear, screen printed Roller Derby promotional posters, a handful of used books and anime figures.

I had given up on finding anything that might eject me from my mid-winter funk. Then I noticed a small wood shelf that held 23 very small tantalizing bottles. It looked like something out of Harry Potter and it made me happy just to look at it.
Pricetag: $20.

I brought it home, unwrapped each bottle and took some time arranging them in a pleasing way. It was then that I noticed this piece had a name, handwritten on a white label: S.A.D. Remedy.