Herbalism & Alchemy

Played WoW leveling my DK all evening. Stevo was raiding during the pre-midnight hours, and it's fun to get updates on what's going on on the other side of the world... of Warcraft [couldn't resist that one sorry, hehe]. I cleared all the quests in Zangarmarsh & got the achievement for that.

I started around 8:30pm at early-level 63 and leveled to 64 and 75% into it by ~1am. That's about when Steve was finished with raiding, so we got on Skype. Then we did a smash-&-grab thru Blood Furnace so I could complete 2 dungeon quests for that place. Then I was at 97% so as we B.S.'d around Honor Hold (town nearby) I convinced him to do it again till I hit 65. We did, I dinged. /dance

Then I was in the Scryer's Library in Shattrath (tho I hate blood elves... they're so pretentious, ew). There are bookshelves for every profession in the game, and my DK didn't yet have any professions (you can learn & train up to 2).
I wanted a 'gathering' prof so I could sell that jazz on the Auction House and make money. Herbalism (picking plants) or Mining (mining ore nodes for raw ore) would suffice, but being level 65 means to level a gathering prof I'd have to go to the starting areas and spending time leveling my character and only leveling the prof [professions are generally meant to be worked on as you level up your character].
I also wanted to have Alchemy, which allows you to brew all sorts of potions -- not just health & mana potions, but stuff like "underwater breathing" and "run speed increase" potions. I also get the Mixology feature, and at the max level you also get 'bottomless' potions for your use only. >8:-]

So, it was 2:30am and Stevo & I were chatting about professions and the benefits... and I grabbed Herbalism & Alchemy. Alchemy needs herbs & plants as ingredients to the potions, so I can level both back-to-back. I won't have to spend much money at all leveling Alchemy since most of my mats will come from my gathering.
Also, he pointed me to WoW-Professions.com -- a site that lists the most efficient way to level profs up! /smart

I spent the next 30-40 min making 2 loops around Elwynn Forest to level up my Herbalism, collecting plants. Stevo for a bit was also leveling Herbalism on his Druid alt in another area before we called it a night ~3:15am. ^_^

Happy Thanksgiving!