Friday, April 27, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Shop till you Drop
Curl up and take a load off, it's a good day for it. I'd like to myself but you know how it is, things to do, especially while the kids are sleeping, at least for a little while.
It's been another exciting week, with a fair share of scary things almost going very wrong, but so far we've managed not to have any full on disasters, though there's a tired, jealous toddler taking a nap while I figure out how to shave off some jealousy points without neglecting the baby. I'm thinking there may be some Nana J time involved.
I caved a bit also and engaged in a bit of Yarn Therapy from the Verdant Gryphon. GORGEOUS yarns. I bought one at first as a test (A skein of 'Blue Green Damselfly' colorway in the 'Bugga!' base.) I kept hearing how amazing the yarn was from other knitters, and I wasn't disappointed even slightly. The colors are gorgeous on the web page both at V.G and at their 'sister' shop Cephalopod Yarns, which offers different colorways than VG. ((and also has a ridiculously cute icon.))
Their colors are rich on the web page as I said, and they're even more incredible in person. It seems to be pretty much impossible to accurately capture how gorgeous the yarn I bought is, so of course when I had some mad money to throw around, along with some wild plans on what to do, I did what any semi rational yarn obsessed human being would do and bought a bunch more.
I also have a new skirt on the way, and stitch markers (though these accidentally got mailed to my mothers house, Damnit Paypal and your spectacular fail qualities... (I did double check the address, I really did. Didn't stop PayFail.), and also a sampling of perfume oils from Delightful Rot, because it was ten bucks for the sampler pack and they just looked FUN.
...Yeah I probably spent a bit too much but I try hard not to go nuts like that very often, but most of it has non frivolous secondary uses, like the skirt. I look good in skirts, but I have an entirety of two right now, and they're a bit more comfortable to me than wearing shorts. My self confidence about my pasty white legs is next to nihl, I prefer to keep them covered, and I will FRY if I wear my jeans all summer.
Anyway, yeah. It was fun, and I know I'll enjoy it all, especially since I made myself pick some colors I wouldn't necessarily normally choose, just to make myself branch out. It's important to do that every so often, I think.
It's been another exciting week, with a fair share of scary things almost going very wrong, but so far we've managed not to have any full on disasters, though there's a tired, jealous toddler taking a nap while I figure out how to shave off some jealousy points without neglecting the baby. I'm thinking there may be some Nana J time involved.
I caved a bit also and engaged in a bit of Yarn Therapy from the Verdant Gryphon. GORGEOUS yarns. I bought one at first as a test (A skein of 'Blue Green Damselfly' colorway in the 'Bugga!' base.) I kept hearing how amazing the yarn was from other knitters, and I wasn't disappointed even slightly. The colors are gorgeous on the web page both at V.G and at their 'sister' shop Cephalopod Yarns, which offers different colorways than VG. ((and also has a ridiculously cute icon.))
Their colors are rich on the web page as I said, and they're even more incredible in person. It seems to be pretty much impossible to accurately capture how gorgeous the yarn I bought is, so of course when I had some mad money to throw around, along with some wild plans on what to do, I did what any semi rational yarn obsessed human being would do and bought a bunch more.
I also have a new skirt on the way, and stitch markers (though these accidentally got mailed to my mothers house, Damnit Paypal and your spectacular fail qualities... (I did double check the address, I really did. Didn't stop PayFail.), and also a sampling of perfume oils from Delightful Rot, because it was ten bucks for the sampler pack and they just looked FUN.
...Yeah I probably spent a bit too much but I try hard not to go nuts like that very often, but most of it has non frivolous secondary uses, like the skirt. I look good in skirts, but I have an entirety of two right now, and they're a bit more comfortable to me than wearing shorts. My self confidence about my pasty white legs is next to nihl, I prefer to keep them covered, and I will FRY if I wear my jeans all summer.
Anyway, yeah. It was fun, and I know I'll enjoy it all, especially since I made myself pick some colors I wouldn't necessarily normally choose, just to make myself branch out. It's important to do that every so often, I think.
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