South for the Weekend

I actually have a post that is supposed to go before this one, but I am in Charlotte at my parents house for the weekend and I don't have it with me. The dogs started barking at 7am ET at the neighbors walking their big hunting dogs so I will not be getting any extra sleep this weekend. I am excited though because my Mom was able to get the second skein matches of the Red Heart sock yarn that we had originally bought over 4th of July but you need two balls and they only had one skein in each color at Hobby Lobby because it was a new item.

I finished the seafoam shawl last night. Now all my Mom has to do is add the fringe on and it will be ready to go. I also started a new shawl using the Cobalt blue Homespun that I bought with my 25% off everything coupon at AC Moore on Thursday. My mom has discovered the art of knitting socks now and was very excited when i brought her down a pair of bamboo size 2 DPNs. All she had were metal ones and those tend to slip out and make a big clinky noise on her hardwood floors.

So since my Amazon order FINALLY arrrived, I have been dutifully watching Season 3 episodes of Project Runway. Watching all the Project Runway episodes has given me a boost of creativity and I have found myself sketching outfits in my notebook which is not something I normally do, it's just fun and i make little stories to go with them and it's a good excuse to play with my colored pencils.

Mom and I are going to make the trek later to Kohls (fiestaware on sale, holla!) and Hobby Lobby, since I have every other craft and yarn store available to me in the Triangle except for that one. I think we might also be going to the post office to mail this big ass box of school supplies that we are sending to my sister. My mom bought this box that is like 18 inches tall and on the wide side. I am not really sure how I am going to lug that thing out to the car. It is on the heavy side and I really wish she would have bought two smaller boxes instead because she bought my sister a lot of paper and heavy stuff. Anyways, since my sister's classroom supply budget is $35 for the ENTIRE YEAR and she has students that are major kleptos and deviants, my mom and I scoured the sales for her. Hence the big box. I'm not sure how my sister is going to get it in the townhouse. She is a big wuss so I could totally see her opening it up outside and carrying stuff in by the pile. LOL.