Happy September!

I caved and went to Wal-Mart Saturday. I bought a wooden pre-assembled drying rack because my sister kept all of ours when I moved. Target didn’t have any wooden ones that were assembled and Mom needed to refill some prescriptions so stopped at Wal-Mart. I also stopped at Mc Donalds Friday night on my way to Charlotte because it was easy to get to and get back on the highway and traffic was SO AWFUL that there was no way that I was going to be able to wait until I got to my parent’s house. I left straight from work at 4:40 PM ET and did not make it to my parent’s house until 9 PM which is ridiculous. I left today (Monday) at 2PM ET and made it back at 4:45 PM ET which was a personal best. The traffic was much better and I went the speed limit because there was cops out like crazy.
Sunday night I finished the Candy Apple red Homespun shawl, my mom thinks that it is the 10th shawl that I have made this summer. This morning before I left, I started another one , this time in Homespun Delft (which is a painterly shade of blues and a little bit of white). I have at least 6 inches done on it.
My Kiehl’s order arrived on Saturday while I was gone but it was waiting on my doorstop for me when I came back. I ordered a bottle of their new Aloe Vera Bipgradable Liquid Body Cleanser, which is made out of 100% biodegradable ingredients and it is in partnership with the lovely Brad Pitt so 100% of net profits go to JPF Eco Systems which supports global environmental initiatives. It’s very light feeling and it makes you smell really good without it being overpowering. I will definitely be ordering another bottle. I love ordering from Kiehl’s because you get three free samples of your choice with your order and they are great for air traveling and for little stocking stuffers.
I popped into Books A Million on Saturday and I ended up buying a copy of March by Geraldine Brooks (which won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize). She tells the story of Mr. March , the father from Little Women, and what happened to him while he was away in the Civil War. I think it will be a quick read and I will probably take it with me on one of my work trips this month (or that is my intent, if I don’t use it as my bedtime reading).
I figured out when I came home this evening that I had downloaded FIFTEEN SONGS and one tv show through itunes this week. I am blaming it on my internet binge and the most recent copy of Blender magazine because I was reading the magazine and I would see a song that looked interesting so I would download it. I guess you could say my music dry spell is over.
Mom and I watched a lot of movies and HGTV and occasionally the news for updates about Hurricane Gustav.
I had a lot of fun this weekend and it turned out to be a highly productive one, I just wish it would have lasted a little bit longer. I can’t believe that September is here already and soon it will be my birthday (the 25th) and then we will be thrust into the Halloween-Thanksgiving-Christmas-New Year’s holiday craziness season. I am looking forward to this humidity leaving and having the opportunity to wear jeans and my hoodie without sweating to death.