I hope u wrote it down by now!!?? har! Shirley, dreams are so funny!
now if we can just get a clue...

I love it.  have to read it a couple of times to be able to comment.
let me pick it apart, my standard method and lay it up to some recent dreams I've had.

u said: We (a friend and I) arrive at a large gathering.
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1)  this could be symbol of our PE today on the 12th.
2) could also be a symbol for this forum gathering
3) could be related to the shift in consciousness
4) or related to my dream
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traveling with a friend means you are not alone out there. the friend could be a guide posing as a friend.
the other night I was involved in a gathering and we all had food to celebrate. I went in the kitchen to prepare miniature cupcakes and they were pretty and lined them up in a row. there were other tables with food and cakes of all size and flavor.
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u said: One item really catches my eye.  A figurine of some sort. Cylindrical in shape, open at the top. A nail/needle protrudes from the bottom.  Another object, a bassinet with a baby in it sits on top of the needle.  You wind it up, and it spins.
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I'm hoping to make my book spin by winding it up. my book I've often dreamed is a baby. hee. this would be something I would be selling outside the auditorium.
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u said:  I commented it was like something I has a child (which I didn't  ) I really wanted this "thing", but so did alot of other people.  It was a $1,but because so many wanted it, Alysia decided to auction it, like a silent auction.  Last price was $7.
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thankuthankuthankuthankuthankuthankuthanku!!!
(do I sound like ElvisPresley yet?) actually, in reality, I really do think we are doing a PE here together. and I really do think we are connected because of this dream and u are a strong explorer, I know. currently, as a reflection I am editing the book down further as otherwise the price will not be affordable. I am trying to get it reduced to the price of $17 retail at Barnes and Noble; that would mean I either have to make it a size 10 point, or whack that sucker to pieces! if I left it the way it is, the major book stores would have to charge $34.  3+4=7.   isn't that a coincidence? that u would dream the number 7?  maybe we are meeting out there dear!
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ahhhh, shirley...u made my day by saying that a lot of people wanted it...my pov I'm just a hawker with a little table out front....
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the auditorium I have dreamed of this auditorium also before and I think it is the shift in consciousness we all are involved in these days...
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yes dear, u can have any trinket on hand here
let me finish editing and I'll send u the whole baby! but that would mean u would have to rear it..ha ha!

spin spin