So late last night we ended having this big thunderstorm and the power flicked off twice but nothing was ruined and the Subaru got a nice wash as a result.
I ended up finishing the green apple shawl and re-started the seafoam one last night. I will probably work on it some more tonight. I am sitting at the mall Starbucks because my sister mentioned that she has worn out all the hand me down purses i've given her and would i help her buy a new one? I was suspicious already. then she tells me about a really cute Dooney and Burke purse that she saw at Belk's with swimsuits on it but she has no clue how much they cost other than she knows that I have one so they are probably not cheap. LOL. That was literally a direct summary of the conversation. So we have a Belk's out here at the mall so I decided that I would investigate them after work. I got there and right over the Dooney and Burke section was a direct sign from God that read "40% off!!!" I rush over to the clerk and ask her if it's a joke and she said it was a special one day unadvertised sale. Now, this purse is way over her $50 limit I set for her so this is definitely going to be part of her birthday present since her birthday is August. I guess I was just so excited that she took an interest in any purse at all, but I am not buying her any Coach purses anytime soon. she has to prove she can take care of this one first. Anyways, it is a cute purse and if she decides she hates I will totally adopt it for myself. I just couldn't deny her, she actually asked me very nicely and she had a really shitty weekend so it didn't take much effort on her part.
I have also come to the conclusion that I could drink tall skinny iced vanilla lattes all year round. I have finally found my signature drink and I only had to move across country to discover it.
Anyhoo, scroll down after this post because I just posted two other posts that catch up on the month of June.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Sunday the 29th
I can’t believe that June is basically over. Where did this month go by or my weekend for that matter. I did go to the yarn store in Raleigh yesterday. It had a nice selection but I think that the one in Hillsborough carried more of my personal favorite yarns. I also went to the Whole Foods next door. They had these adorable locally grown Venus Fly-Traps and I really wanted to buy one but I didn’t because I have no clue at all how to care for them. Next door to Whole Foods is Quail Ridge Books and Music, which is a really cool independent book store. It’s nice going to indy book stores because you will find more small press books and a more diverse selection then what you will find at the big box stores.
Today I ended up going to Jo-Anns and I bought two Simplicity patterns from their Project Runway series (how cool is that?!!) and some odds and ends craft supplies. Then I went next door to World Market to buy some more Dr. Pepper Jelly Bellys (theirs come in a faux plastic pop bottle that is perfect for collecting sand) and it turned out that it was free tote bag day. Then on my way home, I decided to stop by the Borders because I hadn’t been into that location before. Seriously, people I can only visit them once a month. They have a HUGE selection of Paper Source products and some really cool magazines. I found this magazine called BBC Music, which is run by my favorite BBC people and it is essentially a magazine for classical music buffs and included a free cd, so I couldn’t resist buying it for Sunshine to put in his next box. I like classic music but I am a rock n roll girl to the core. I buy Rolling Stone magazine about every third issue because I don’t like to buy the ones with politicians or plastic chicks on the covers.
When I was not out stimulating the economy, I was working on the green apple shawl (I am almost finished with skein 2) and watching old episodes of Project Runway. I am so annoyed that I would have to get satellite tv to get the Bravo channel. I only have seasons 1 and 2 so I need to see if seasons 3 or 4 are out on dvd yet.
Anyways, I am excited that this is only a 4 day work week. YAY! The worst part about 4th of July weekend is that my idiot neighbors (and yours too probably) think it is fun to shoot off fireworks at all times of the day in the apartment complex parking lot in a state that is still in a drought and still on fire in some parts of the state. I enjoy fireworks from a safe distance with a ample water supply near by that are set off by pyrotechnic professionals. It scares me when they are set off carelessly because one of my worst fears is becoming engulfed in flames. It sounds like thunder outside but I peeked out my window and it is not raining yet so it is a big tease. I don’t like being wet either but I like the fact that the rain washes the dust off my car and makes the temperature about three degrees cooler.
I also did boring chores today. I managed to vacuum, clean the bathroom and do dishes. Yay for me! I hate chores. They interrupt precious crochet and reading time. I was mainly motivated to vacuum because I hadn’t vacuumed the areas where I had all the moving boxes piled up yet since they finally picked them up this past week.
It should be an interesting week. Hopefully work goes smoothly. We are short two people in my department and soon we will be short a third so that has made things sort of hectic around there. It is definitely making things interesting.
Today I ended up going to Jo-Anns and I bought two Simplicity patterns from their Project Runway series (how cool is that?!!) and some odds and ends craft supplies. Then I went next door to World Market to buy some more Dr. Pepper Jelly Bellys (theirs come in a faux plastic pop bottle that is perfect for collecting sand) and it turned out that it was free tote bag day. Then on my way home, I decided to stop by the Borders because I hadn’t been into that location before. Seriously, people I can only visit them once a month. They have a HUGE selection of Paper Source products and some really cool magazines. I found this magazine called BBC Music, which is run by my favorite BBC people and it is essentially a magazine for classical music buffs and included a free cd, so I couldn’t resist buying it for Sunshine to put in his next box. I like classic music but I am a rock n roll girl to the core. I buy Rolling Stone magazine about every third issue because I don’t like to buy the ones with politicians or plastic chicks on the covers.
When I was not out stimulating the economy, I was working on the green apple shawl (I am almost finished with skein 2) and watching old episodes of Project Runway. I am so annoyed that I would have to get satellite tv to get the Bravo channel. I only have seasons 1 and 2 so I need to see if seasons 3 or 4 are out on dvd yet.
Anyways, I am excited that this is only a 4 day work week. YAY! The worst part about 4th of July weekend is that my idiot neighbors (and yours too probably) think it is fun to shoot off fireworks at all times of the day in the apartment complex parking lot in a state that is still in a drought and still on fire in some parts of the state. I enjoy fireworks from a safe distance with a ample water supply near by that are set off by pyrotechnic professionals. It scares me when they are set off carelessly because one of my worst fears is becoming engulfed in flames. It sounds like thunder outside but I peeked out my window and it is not raining yet so it is a big tease. I don’t like being wet either but I like the fact that the rain washes the dust off my car and makes the temperature about three degrees cooler.
I also did boring chores today. I managed to vacuum, clean the bathroom and do dishes. Yay for me! I hate chores. They interrupt precious crochet and reading time. I was mainly motivated to vacuum because I hadn’t vacuumed the areas where I had all the moving boxes piled up yet since they finally picked them up this past week.
It should be an interesting week. Hopefully work goes smoothly. We are short two people in my department and soon we will be short a third so that has made things sort of hectic around there. It is definitely making things interesting.
Where I've Been - The Big Recap
Damn near everywhere. Work all day and play all night. Lounging on the beach on the weekends. I finished a prayer shawl and started another one. I crocheted on the beach near Wilmington for WWCIP day. I crocheted at Myrtle Beach State Park and in the Subaru (when I wasn’t driving). I discovered another couple of yarn shops. I bought a ticket to the Robert Plant and Alison Krauss concert on July 11th. I had a blast the last week or so while Sunshine was visiting. I was completely SPOILED ROTTEN while he was out here. He supervised the delivery of my furniture, did chores, made spaghetti and cleaned the inside of my Subaru and made it sparkle inside. He is just so much fun to be around and manages to handle all my quirks. He is the only person I would get up at 4am eastern time to drive to the airport. I’m not even sure I would willingly do that for my sister.
I did finish reading the book Bonk by Mary Roach. This book is probably not for everyone but I was completely engrossed by it. You will definitely learn a lot about sex and the study of it from reading this book in a humorous and non-gross way. I have read a pile of magazines. I can’t help it, they last longer than newspapers and the good ones are like little flat books.
Wilmington was a lot of fun, but I think I would pick Myrtle Beach State Park as being my favorite beach. While in the Wilmington area, we went to the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher. We walk in the front door of the Aquarium and this photographer pulls us over in front of a green screen and all of a sudden, he’s taking our picture without even telling us to say cheese. Sunshine hates the pictures but I honestly know we have taken worse pics and I am a sucker for souvenir. Right next to the Aquarium, is a nice state park beach (with free parking). Sunshine spent most of the time in the water and I spent most of the time sitting on my Little Mermaid beach towel crocheting the teal prayer shawl.
The day after Wilmington, we went to a newer yarn store in Hillsborough. I went a little nuts there, but it was all in the name of creativity and stimulating the economy. I bought Noro sock yarn, Plymouth Yarn Happy Feet and Brown Sheep Prairie Silk, some heart shaped stitch markers and a tiny tiny crochet hook the size of a tooth pick.
This past weekend, I rocked my world at the Hard Rock Café and the Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach. I rode the Led Zeppelin roller coaster and drank a rockuccino at the KISS Coffeehouse. The Hard Rock Park is really cool. The first time I rode the Led Zeppelin roller coaster I was scared shitless but the second time I was more prepared so I loved it. Our favorite ride though, was Moody Blues: Nights in White Satin – The Trip. You sit in a little car with 3D glasses on looking at all these optical illusions while listening to Nights in White Satin. Words cannot due justice to the awesomeness of this ride. You just kind of relax and are lost in the moment of it all and it is really peaceful. I think we rode it at least 4 times.
The Hard Rock Café in Myrtle Beach is really unique. It is in the shape of a pyramid and I had the world’s best Caesar salad there and the photographer there took one of the best pictures of Sunshine and I ever. Right around the corner is the KISS Coffeehouse. I love their French Vanilla Kiss Rockuccinos. Yum. They had a Cabbage Patch doll by the cash register that had full KISS face paint on and it was so awesome. I would totally do this to my old Cabbage Patch dolls but my mom would kill me.
We went to Myrtle Beach State Park and it is really pretty and you can find the biggest seashells there. I am not a huge fan of popular crowded beaches. Beaches are supposed to be pretty and peaceful. It also has a nice pier that you can walk out on and you can fish off the far end of the pier. I finished the teal shawl and started the seafoam one. Later on that week, I ended up frogging the shawl that I started at Myrtle Beach State Park. I was trying to gauge how much yarn it was going to take and I laid it out and realized it was the size of a couch cover and not a shawl, so I ripped it out and now I have a giant ball of seafoam green yarn sitting on my desk. I was so made that I started another shawl with the green apple Homespun that I had purchased on sale at AC Moore. I will use the seafoam green yarn eventually.
It really sucked to leave Myrtle Beach. I really felt like I was on an actual vacation there even though we only spent one night there. On the way down there we listened to Margaret Cho’s Revolution cd and it was absolutely hilarious. She is one of my all time favorite chicks and a true inspiration.
When we weren’t at the beach, I was at work or we were unpacking my furniture that finally arrived. We did a lot of shopping, I introduced Sunshine to the joy of Whole Foods and we found cool bookstore and club in downtown Raleigh. We also watched a couple of cool documentaries. This Thursday, I went to TJ Maxx for fun and they had a ton of Converses there and it was really hard not to buy a pair because I was really looking for new work shoes. Then on the last rack in my size range I found a pair of size 8 ½ Borns! Normally I don’t wear 8 ½ unless I am wearing arch supports or socks but they are narrow enough that I can keep them on without them slipping too much. So I bought $100 shoes for under $30 and I fully understand why my Mom and my sister love them so much. They are so cushy. These are brown leather squared off ballet flats with corset stitching on the heels and thin leather bow ties on the toes. They are hawt. I am wearing them to work today even though it’s casual day and I could wear Converses. I just have to wear new shoes right after I buy them. The funny part is that while Sunshine was here, we spent all this time looking at shoes for him, and I didn’t really see any that just had to come home with me. Then he leaves and I just find these cute little Borns that just called out to be adopted.
Prior to the shoes, I had gone to the Suncoast Video store in the mall in hopes of finding something to watch this weekend. I ended up finding a used copy of Big Love Season 2 and The Vicar of Dibley: A Holy Wholly Happy Ending. It was like 100 degrees out and I am pretty sure it is going to be like that here all weekend because when it rains it is only for a couple of hours and then sometimes we get a bunch of humidity afterwards.
So tomorrow, I am going to the post office to mail off swap stuff and post cards. I am also going to try and go to the yarn store in Raleigh. I don’t need more yarn but I am determined to experience everything possible while I am out here. 4th of July weekend I am driving down to Charlotte to see the parents and my sister who is flying in for the week. I am such a book slut and bought a copy of The Importance of Music to Girls, which is a memoir by Lavinia Greenlaw. It looked good flipping through it and it reminded me of my angsty teenage years lying on my bed listening to Nirvana and Pearl Jam and Led Zeppelin. I plan on working on the green apple prayer shawl and watching dvds for the majority of the weekend. It is just really hot again and I don’t like going to a ton of places when it is hot out because I become uber cranky very fast.
I did finish reading the book Bonk by Mary Roach. This book is probably not for everyone but I was completely engrossed by it. You will definitely learn a lot about sex and the study of it from reading this book in a humorous and non-gross way. I have read a pile of magazines. I can’t help it, they last longer than newspapers and the good ones are like little flat books.
Wilmington was a lot of fun, but I think I would pick Myrtle Beach State Park as being my favorite beach. While in the Wilmington area, we went to the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher. We walk in the front door of the Aquarium and this photographer pulls us over in front of a green screen and all of a sudden, he’s taking our picture without even telling us to say cheese. Sunshine hates the pictures but I honestly know we have taken worse pics and I am a sucker for souvenir. Right next to the Aquarium, is a nice state park beach (with free parking). Sunshine spent most of the time in the water and I spent most of the time sitting on my Little Mermaid beach towel crocheting the teal prayer shawl.
The day after Wilmington, we went to a newer yarn store in Hillsborough. I went a little nuts there, but it was all in the name of creativity and stimulating the economy. I bought Noro sock yarn, Plymouth Yarn Happy Feet and Brown Sheep Prairie Silk, some heart shaped stitch markers and a tiny tiny crochet hook the size of a tooth pick.
This past weekend, I rocked my world at the Hard Rock Café and the Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach. I rode the Led Zeppelin roller coaster and drank a rockuccino at the KISS Coffeehouse. The Hard Rock Park is really cool. The first time I rode the Led Zeppelin roller coaster I was scared shitless but the second time I was more prepared so I loved it. Our favorite ride though, was Moody Blues: Nights in White Satin – The Trip. You sit in a little car with 3D glasses on looking at all these optical illusions while listening to Nights in White Satin. Words cannot due justice to the awesomeness of this ride. You just kind of relax and are lost in the moment of it all and it is really peaceful. I think we rode it at least 4 times.
The Hard Rock Café in Myrtle Beach is really unique. It is in the shape of a pyramid and I had the world’s best Caesar salad there and the photographer there took one of the best pictures of Sunshine and I ever. Right around the corner is the KISS Coffeehouse. I love their French Vanilla Kiss Rockuccinos. Yum. They had a Cabbage Patch doll by the cash register that had full KISS face paint on and it was so awesome. I would totally do this to my old Cabbage Patch dolls but my mom would kill me.
We went to Myrtle Beach State Park and it is really pretty and you can find the biggest seashells there. I am not a huge fan of popular crowded beaches. Beaches are supposed to be pretty and peaceful. It also has a nice pier that you can walk out on and you can fish off the far end of the pier. I finished the teal shawl and started the seafoam one. Later on that week, I ended up frogging the shawl that I started at Myrtle Beach State Park. I was trying to gauge how much yarn it was going to take and I laid it out and realized it was the size of a couch cover and not a shawl, so I ripped it out and now I have a giant ball of seafoam green yarn sitting on my desk. I was so made that I started another shawl with the green apple Homespun that I had purchased on sale at AC Moore. I will use the seafoam green yarn eventually.
It really sucked to leave Myrtle Beach. I really felt like I was on an actual vacation there even though we only spent one night there. On the way down there we listened to Margaret Cho’s Revolution cd and it was absolutely hilarious. She is one of my all time favorite chicks and a true inspiration.
When we weren’t at the beach, I was at work or we were unpacking my furniture that finally arrived. We did a lot of shopping, I introduced Sunshine to the joy of Whole Foods and we found cool bookstore and club in downtown Raleigh. We also watched a couple of cool documentaries. This Thursday, I went to TJ Maxx for fun and they had a ton of Converses there and it was really hard not to buy a pair because I was really looking for new work shoes. Then on the last rack in my size range I found a pair of size 8 ½ Borns! Normally I don’t wear 8 ½ unless I am wearing arch supports or socks but they are narrow enough that I can keep them on without them slipping too much. So I bought $100 shoes for under $30 and I fully understand why my Mom and my sister love them so much. They are so cushy. These are brown leather squared off ballet flats with corset stitching on the heels and thin leather bow ties on the toes. They are hawt. I am wearing them to work today even though it’s casual day and I could wear Converses. I just have to wear new shoes right after I buy them. The funny part is that while Sunshine was here, we spent all this time looking at shoes for him, and I didn’t really see any that just had to come home with me. Then he leaves and I just find these cute little Borns that just called out to be adopted.
Prior to the shoes, I had gone to the Suncoast Video store in the mall in hopes of finding something to watch this weekend. I ended up finding a used copy of Big Love Season 2 and The Vicar of Dibley: A Holy Wholly Happy Ending. It was like 100 degrees out and I am pretty sure it is going to be like that here all weekend because when it rains it is only for a couple of hours and then sometimes we get a bunch of humidity afterwards.
So tomorrow, I am going to the post office to mail off swap stuff and post cards. I am also going to try and go to the yarn store in Raleigh. I don’t need more yarn but I am determined to experience everything possible while I am out here. 4th of July weekend I am driving down to Charlotte to see the parents and my sister who is flying in for the week. I am such a book slut and bought a copy of The Importance of Music to Girls, which is a memoir by Lavinia Greenlaw. It looked good flipping through it and it reminded me of my angsty teenage years lying on my bed listening to Nirvana and Pearl Jam and Led Zeppelin. I plan on working on the green apple prayer shawl and watching dvds for the majority of the weekend. It is just really hot again and I don’t like going to a ton of places when it is hot out because I become uber cranky very fast.
Friday, June 27, 2008
HOT HOT HOT!
So I'm still here. I am working on several mega posts but work was INSANE this week so I am not finished with them yet. I had so much fun with Sunshine last week that there is a crapload of stuff and funny stories for me to post about. I am hoping to finish the posts while I am at my parents for the big 4th weekend. LOL. Plus did I mention that as soon as Sunshine left the temperature returned to a 100 bazillion degrees? Yuck!
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Random Crazy Talk
My home state is beyond flooded, my newly adopted home has wildfires and water usage restrictions. What is going on the world this summer?
THE MOVERS SUCK MONKEYS! Not the company just the driver. He failed to tell anyone that he wasn't going to make it until 4pm so now he has to load tomorrow morning. I am not a happy camper at all and don't even want to go into all the drama but if my stuff isn't picked up tomorrow and delivered on monday I am going to have a good ol' hissy fit of diva proportions.
In other news, my BFF Sunshine arrives tomorrow. I can't wait. It will be very nice to have company and show him the important things like my favorite Starbucks.
I started skein 3 of the prayer shawl tonight and plan to make more progress tonight while I am watching Project Runway Season 2 and Army Wives Season 1. Damn Barnes and Noble DVD sales. I am also a giddy dork because New Kids on the Block has released their new single Summertime and it takes me back to the days when I was young and beautiful and skinny and optimistic.
Other than that, I am mainly doing some last minute chores and trying to deal with the relocation BS in a calm manner. i have been reading several books too lately.
THE MOVERS SUCK MONKEYS! Not the company just the driver. He failed to tell anyone that he wasn't going to make it until 4pm so now he has to load tomorrow morning. I am not a happy camper at all and don't even want to go into all the drama but if my stuff isn't picked up tomorrow and delivered on monday I am going to have a good ol' hissy fit of diva proportions.
In other news, my BFF Sunshine arrives tomorrow. I can't wait. It will be very nice to have company and show him the important things like my favorite Starbucks.
I started skein 3 of the prayer shawl tonight and plan to make more progress tonight while I am watching Project Runway Season 2 and Army Wives Season 1. Damn Barnes and Noble DVD sales. I am also a giddy dork because New Kids on the Block has released their new single Summertime and it takes me back to the days when I was young and beautiful and skinny and optimistic.
Other than that, I am mainly doing some last minute chores and trying to deal with the relocation BS in a calm manner. i have been reading several books too lately.
Monday, June 09, 2008
Vanilla Latte Heaven
I am happily addicted to iced vanilla lattes now. I blame it on the heat, the high gas prices and the change of place. They are actually really good and I have a tall one once a week. LOL.
I am also blaming the heat for going to Target and buying a new comforter, a throw pillow and a portable bed. the comforter is plain white but I decided it would be easier to save the color for the accent throws and pillows so that if I wanted to change my style I could.
I started skein 2 on the shawl yesterday afternoon and I have made it 3/4 of the way through of that skein. It is going fast, so I might be chaining on another one sometime this week.
Work is wonderful and the movers packed my stuff up back in Oklahoma and I didn't receive any frantic phone calls from my sister which was a good sign I think. I am also loving my pedal pushers that I bought at the mall this weekend. They turned out to be a good thing after all.
I am also blaming the heat for going to Target and buying a new comforter, a throw pillow and a portable bed. the comforter is plain white but I decided it would be easier to save the color for the accent throws and pillows so that if I wanted to change my style I could.
I started skein 2 on the shawl yesterday afternoon and I have made it 3/4 of the way through of that skein. It is going fast, so I might be chaining on another one sometime this week.
Work is wonderful and the movers packed my stuff up back in Oklahoma and I didn't receive any frantic phone calls from my sister which was a good sign I think. I am also loving my pedal pushers that I bought at the mall this weekend. They turned out to be a good thing after all.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Sunday Morning
So last night and this morning I started listening to some back episodes of Brenda Dayne’s Cast-On from the summer of 2006 just to have something to listen to while I was working on the prayer shawl. I have found that I crochet faster when I listen to her podcasts because her voice is steady and entertaining and I achieve a really nice rhythm. I also put down the last of the drawer liner that I bought in Charlotte last weekend and organized my yarn stash out here a little. I told myself that I was just going to use up the yarn that I packed to come out here and I wasn’t going to buy anything new. I kind of failed on that one but it’s not my fault that there is an LYS like a mile away and a Joann’s, Michaels and A.C. Moore within a three mile distance of me.
Tonight is baseball game #2 and this time I have a box suite ticket. I am dreading the driving and parking thing because this time I have to drive myself. At least it will be daylight so that it will be easier to find exits and such.
I haven’t made much progress on the decorating front and I think that a lot of it is that I want to see how my current furniture and possessions fit into the apartment before I make decisions on new stuff to buy. The other problem is that I am really picky and things end up either being overpriced or I find that I just don’t love them enough to buy them.
Tonight is baseball game #2 and this time I have a box suite ticket. I am dreading the driving and parking thing because this time I have to drive myself. At least it will be daylight so that it will be easier to find exits and such.
I haven’t made much progress on the decorating front and I think that a lot of it is that I want to see how my current furniture and possessions fit into the apartment before I make decisions on new stuff to buy. The other problem is that I am really picky and things end up either being overpriced or I find that I just don’t love them enough to buy them.
Technically a Saturday Post
It is so stinking hot. I honestly thought I would have a couple more weeks before it hit above 90. This is full sun too, it has rained twice since I have been here, but not heavy rain, just enough to wash the layer of dust off the car. I can’t believe I spent Friday at the ballpark and lived to blog about it. It was a good thing that it was a night game but those first couple of hours were miserable hot. I had a blast though. It was my first time to see the Durham Bulls play (AAA baseball) and it was a good game and it was fun spending time outside the office with my new co-workers.
I heard from the movers this past week. They pack on Monday, load on Thursday and my stuff will allegedly be out here on the 16th but that won’t be confirmed until they load my stuff up. It’s mixed feelings because I will be glad to have my stuff again but the whole unpacking process is going to potentially suck a lot and poor Sunshine will be here that week. I am apologizing in advance for the box pile. It’s a small price to pay for living in such a nice area and having a job that I love now.
Today I ventured out and discovered Whole Foods and the yarn store that is like a mile from my house. Karma has been very good to me lately. Whole Foods was fun. I didn’t realize that you could actually eat there. You can buy chocolate in like pound bricks. I didn’t buy any because it would’ve melted in the car on my errands.
The yarn store was probably the best part of the day. They carry hooks!!! Like Addi hooks and Brittany hooks and a few aluminum hooks. I was slap-happy because a lot of yarn stores only have knitting needles and the lone hook for weaving in ends. So I replaced the Brittany size H hook that was stolen over Christmas and I bought two skeins of Patagonia Nature Cotton color 212 to use for a swap and then I bought a skein of Colinette JitterBug in Kingfisher. The Patagonia is a aqua/seafoam blend and the Kingfisher is a black/purple/blue/green mix that just popped out at me. They even sell back issues of Vogue Knitting (some from the early 90s even) and it was so tempting to buy a bunch but I am supposed to be saving money so I resisted. Anyways, the store is in an old house and it is covered from floor to ceiling in yarn and it is a small square of heaven. I walked in the front door and I was like damn, this is better than an old lady’s attic! I spent an hour there and I know I only saw about ¼ of the yarn there. They even carry tatting supplies and they have a couple of spinning wheels in the back. I was in a major crafty mood today because I used my 15% off coupon at BN to buy Amy Butler’s Sew-It Kit. It has some really cool patterns and I am a huge fan of her fabric.
I am still working on the shawl for my mom’s prayer shawl ministry at her church. I think I have finished about a foot so far. I would be making faster progress but I was dumb and started this in single crochet and it’s some Red Heart Plush that was donated to the group so it doesn’t frog easily, so I decided to just keep going with the single crochet. Their goal is to have 59 shawls completed by Christmas so that they can give one to each resident of a local nursing home that her church has adopted. It’s a nice summer project because it doesn’t cover your whole entire lap so you don’t get as hot but you can finish them a lot quicker than an afghan.
Hell also froze over for a little bit because I bought a pair of pedal-pushers at Lane Bryant that cost more than my jeans. The problem was that I wanted long shorts made out of a reasonable quality material that were plain and did not have a bunch of wild colors, sequins, embroidery or weird washes. Anyways, they are the perfect fit and a nice shade of khaki and now I won’t sweat to death going to the beach and baseball games this summer. I looked at swimsuits and said hell no. Anything that was remotely cute was a bikini and you couldn’t pay me enough to go out in public in a bikini or even a tankini for that matter. I also found a waterproof wristlet that I can snap on to my pants when I am at the beach or the amusement park because I am not taking my beloved Coach purse to the beach and get sand all over it. It’s really cute and it’s big enough to fit my chapstick, cell phone, keys and chapstick in. Plus it was 50% off at Aeropostale so it was only $5 which made it even better.
I heard from the movers this past week. They pack on Monday, load on Thursday and my stuff will allegedly be out here on the 16th but that won’t be confirmed until they load my stuff up. It’s mixed feelings because I will be glad to have my stuff again but the whole unpacking process is going to potentially suck a lot and poor Sunshine will be here that week. I am apologizing in advance for the box pile. It’s a small price to pay for living in such a nice area and having a job that I love now.
Today I ventured out and discovered Whole Foods and the yarn store that is like a mile from my house. Karma has been very good to me lately. Whole Foods was fun. I didn’t realize that you could actually eat there. You can buy chocolate in like pound bricks. I didn’t buy any because it would’ve melted in the car on my errands.
The yarn store was probably the best part of the day. They carry hooks!!! Like Addi hooks and Brittany hooks and a few aluminum hooks. I was slap-happy because a lot of yarn stores only have knitting needles and the lone hook for weaving in ends. So I replaced the Brittany size H hook that was stolen over Christmas and I bought two skeins of Patagonia Nature Cotton color 212 to use for a swap and then I bought a skein of Colinette JitterBug in Kingfisher. The Patagonia is a aqua/seafoam blend and the Kingfisher is a black/purple/blue/green mix that just popped out at me. They even sell back issues of Vogue Knitting (some from the early 90s even) and it was so tempting to buy a bunch but I am supposed to be saving money so I resisted. Anyways, the store is in an old house and it is covered from floor to ceiling in yarn and it is a small square of heaven. I walked in the front door and I was like damn, this is better than an old lady’s attic! I spent an hour there and I know I only saw about ¼ of the yarn there. They even carry tatting supplies and they have a couple of spinning wheels in the back. I was in a major crafty mood today because I used my 15% off coupon at BN to buy Amy Butler’s Sew-It Kit. It has some really cool patterns and I am a huge fan of her fabric.
I am still working on the shawl for my mom’s prayer shawl ministry at her church. I think I have finished about a foot so far. I would be making faster progress but I was dumb and started this in single crochet and it’s some Red Heart Plush that was donated to the group so it doesn’t frog easily, so I decided to just keep going with the single crochet. Their goal is to have 59 shawls completed by Christmas so that they can give one to each resident of a local nursing home that her church has adopted. It’s a nice summer project because it doesn’t cover your whole entire lap so you don’t get as hot but you can finish them a lot quicker than an afghan.
Hell also froze over for a little bit because I bought a pair of pedal-pushers at Lane Bryant that cost more than my jeans. The problem was that I wanted long shorts made out of a reasonable quality material that were plain and did not have a bunch of wild colors, sequins, embroidery or weird washes. Anyways, they are the perfect fit and a nice shade of khaki and now I won’t sweat to death going to the beach and baseball games this summer. I looked at swimsuits and said hell no. Anything that was remotely cute was a bikini and you couldn’t pay me enough to go out in public in a bikini or even a tankini for that matter. I also found a waterproof wristlet that I can snap on to my pants when I am at the beach or the amusement park because I am not taking my beloved Coach purse to the beach and get sand all over it. It’s really cute and it’s big enough to fit my chapstick, cell phone, keys and chapstick in. Plus it was 50% off at Aeropostale so it was only $5 which made it even better.
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
It's 95 degrees and I am in a coffee shop
Well, Mackie and I decided to try out the atmosphere at the Starbucks by the new apt. I really like the setting especially once the creepy old guy stopped staring at my boobs. Seriously? It was beyond obvious. Anyways, since it was hotter than hell, I decided to not buy my usual hot cocoa and I bought a mint mocha chocolate frapp. It's like someone stuck a Thin Mint in your frapp. Pretty tasty, but I still taste the coffee part. I am trying really hard to become a coffee addict, but it is slow going. I love the music they play in the store too. Anyways, I got a little wifi account so now I have internet access and I don't have to commit to either dsl or cable. I just hate setting up all that when I am going to be moving at least 2 times within the next three years because of the rotational program that I am. Plus, if I had internet in my apartment, I would never leave and since I live in a metro area now, I feel like I need to take advantage of the opportunities.
I did make it to my parents' house outside of Charlotte this weekend. It took me three hours and I did not get lost once, so that was good. I met my aunt's canadian fiancee for the first time so that was cool. The best part was seeing Sex in the City the movie. I ended up buying the movie book and the tv show episode guide. I definitely want to see it again. I ended up getting some apartment stuff while I was there and it took me forever to get it all back in the house when I came home saturday night.
I did finally get a date from the movers. I have bribed my sister into handing the whole thing. all I have to deal with is when my stuff finally gets out here. Anyways, I about dropped the phone when my moving coordinator said they were coming to Oklahoma to pack on Monday the 9th. yes, that is June. Hence sister bribery. Hello Apple. Buying her a little Nano video was a lot cheaper then buying a last minute plane ticket.
I did order Sunshine's plane ticket today and it was way cheaper than I had budgeted for. YAY!!! Anyways, he has this crazy idea that we are going swimming in the ocean and doing beachy stuff. I don't mind going to the beach or getting in the ocean but the whole swimsuit in public thing is a totally different story. We will have to see. I will add that to my list of things to do when I go to the mall next. I really want to go to the brand new Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach so that I can ride the Led Zeppelin roller coaster. I think we will do the Outer Banks too since he will be here for two weekends. I've kind of left the schedule up to him. He is the planner. I might be a planner at work but when it hits 5pm ET, all planning stops and I just do whatever.
Anyways, I will post more soon.
I did make it to my parents' house outside of Charlotte this weekend. It took me three hours and I did not get lost once, so that was good. I met my aunt's canadian fiancee for the first time so that was cool. The best part was seeing Sex in the City the movie. I ended up buying the movie book and the tv show episode guide. I definitely want to see it again. I ended up getting some apartment stuff while I was there and it took me forever to get it all back in the house when I came home saturday night.
I did finally get a date from the movers. I have bribed my sister into handing the whole thing. all I have to deal with is when my stuff finally gets out here. Anyways, I about dropped the phone when my moving coordinator said they were coming to Oklahoma to pack on Monday the 9th. yes, that is June. Hence sister bribery. Hello Apple. Buying her a little Nano video was a lot cheaper then buying a last minute plane ticket.
I did order Sunshine's plane ticket today and it was way cheaper than I had budgeted for. YAY!!! Anyways, he has this crazy idea that we are going swimming in the ocean and doing beachy stuff. I don't mind going to the beach or getting in the ocean but the whole swimsuit in public thing is a totally different story. We will have to see. I will add that to my list of things to do when I go to the mall next. I really want to go to the brand new Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach so that I can ride the Led Zeppelin roller coaster. I think we will do the Outer Banks too since he will be here for two weekends. I've kind of left the schedule up to him. He is the planner. I might be a planner at work but when it hits 5pm ET, all planning stops and I just do whatever.
Anyways, I will post more soon.
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