Stop Me Before I Buy Again!
Help! I got an email this morning that www.joann.com is having a big sale and FREE shipping on orders of $25 or more. Help! They have Fun Fur and Boa yarn (and others) on sale — perfect scarf supplies. I have this big stash of yarn waiting to be knit up, but I’m SO tempted to stock up. So far, my shopping cart has over $200 of yarn in it! ACK! Stop me before I buy again!
Oh, the shawl. I’m kind of disgusted w/it. I frogged and re-knit it b/c when I came to the end of the yarn, it was too small to be useful for anything. I made it narrower and longer. I still don’t like it, but I don’t want to frog again; I don’t know how the yarn would handle it. Of course, the silly yarn (JoAnn’s Confetti) has been discontinued, so I can’t get any more. I don’t know what to do with this thing. It looks ridiculous on me — I think I’m just not built for that kind of bulky, fluffy stuff. Maybe I’ll give it to my skinny sister.
BIG NEWS: After over a year of going back & forth on it, I HIGHLIGHTED MY HAIR yesterday. Hubby likes it. I could have done a better job, but it’s OK. I’ll have him take my picture later w/the digicam, and then I’ll post it. I keep forgetting that I did it, then being surprised when I look in the mirror. Thing One and Thing Two love it. They wanted me to do their hair, too! It was tempting, but I didn’t, and I told them they were too young. That’s all they need is damaged hair at 6 and 4 years old….
I have TEN balls of Patons Divine in Denim Storm calling my name. I originally thought I’d make a poncho for myself to wear with jeans, but now I think not. As top-heavy as I am, I think ponchos are just not for me; it would just hang off my chest and make me look even fatter than I currently am. Trying to decide what to do with this stuff. I mean really, how many blue scarves do I need to make? It would like nice done up doubled with a grey or a lighter blue, though. Maybe sis-in-law will get a warm scarf for her bday instead of The Passion. I already bought the DVD, but I can give it to their family as an Easter present or something.
We’re getting SO jazzed about the March of Dimes WalkAmerica. I looked at our pages this morning, added everything up, and between money received and money pledged, we’re already at a combined total of over $1,400! I’m SO happy! If you want to pledge, go to my page, www.walkamerica.org/ericah64 and go for it. Hubby put his page on his blog, so I thought I should put mine up here. He’s got more “deep pocket” contacts than I do, so he’s ahead of me in fundraising.
Well, Thing One and Thing Two AND Hubby are all home today, sick. Thing Two has an ear infection, poor kid. She woke up at 1am, 5am, and 6am Sunday in pain and even crying about it. Took her to the doc yesterday instead of going to church. Antibiotics seem to be helping already; even her cough is better. Thing One’s nose is so runny her face is red under her nose from wiping, and now she’s starting a cough. I let her stay home today, but I made her do math stuff for a while in her room. They’re watching a movie right now, but when it’s done, I’ll make her do flashcards or play LeapPad or something else educational.
Check out hubby’s blog: www.andrewh.blog.com. He’d be happy.
