The One That Started It All....

The very first African violet I ever bought (a minature noid I bought at Lowe's in February 2007) is going into bloom yet again.
Every time it flowers, I am reminded of the mystified feeling I got when I saw this tiny fuzzy/glossy plant with sparkling purple flowers on the shelf at the store that night, when I scooped it up and brought it home, and how this whole obsession began...