I'm ashamed!

I'm ashamed. I bought yarn again, a lot; it was on sale. I could envision what I would use it for and it was the best price I've ever seen on Paton's Merino or Cascade 220. Both were on sale for $3.99 and for once there was lots of colors in stock. I went to buy a mere two skeins of Paton's Really Red and was about to walk out of the store when I noticed a sticker on a skein of Cascade 220 for $3.99. You know that caught my attention since it usually runs $6.99. I decided I could use their red instead and would be saving almost the price of of the second skein. Then I decided that it would be a good time to buy the Cascade 220 that is used in the entrelac purse on my to-do list. For once they had the lime green and bright yellow that I want to use in stock so I put those in the basket along with the hot pink and bright aqua. About that time I noticed $3.99 on some skeins of Paton's while others had $5.99 on them. I ask the clerk and she said they hadn't gotten around to marking it all down but it was all the same price, including the new stripes. So…. I wanted to pick up something brown for one of my sisters a bag; but I've already knitted something for her, And if I knit her a bag I should probably knit the other five a bag also, or a hat, or something And then DD has ask for a new bag And I'd like to make one for myself…And, I probably won't ever find this on sale this 'cheap' again so I really should go ahead and stock-up…..And I did. I am determined I want go into a yarn shop or store and look at yarn again until I have knitted at least back to where I was on Thursday morning. To top this, I had just placed an order on-line with Little Knits on Wednesday night; Nora yarn is on sale.

I have been knitting off and on every day and night trying to catch-up and finish-up the projects I have on the needles and I cast on for the Red Hat. That will be a quick project so I will probably go ahead and get it out of the way then I can mark it off the to-do list.

This is the most beautiful day we've had in ages. It looks like fall with the sun casting longer shadows and a nice little breeze blowing. I drove into Richmond this morning so I could shop at Kroger and it was such a perfect ride in and back home. I stopped at Courtier Café on the way in to have a cup of coffee, having a second cup just so I could sit and look out the window. Courtier Café is really a coffeehouse and this one just opened this morning. I was on my way to the one a couple of miles on in when I noticed tables outside and looked to see they were now open. Generally it won't make a lot of difference which one I stop at except for mornings like today when I didn't have my coffee at home. The reason why is, someone had opened the can of coffee before I bought it and I didn't know it until I took the lid off to make coffee. I was ticked! Why would someone be so mean and inconsiderate? DH used what was left in the can we had (about ¼ cup in place of ½ that I normally use) and made what we call Georgia coffee which I couldn't drink. We call it Georgia coffee because it is so weak it has no flavor. I know this isn't a true picture of my home state's coffee making, but that's how my older sisters make coffee now that they are older. When we visit some of my sisters, it's not uncommon for us to make two pots of coffee, one for them and one for us.

Tomorrow is going to also be a beautiful day and although I don't especially like traveling on holidays, I would like for us to take advantage of the weather and go on a short hike and take a picnic along. I haven't mentioned it to DH yet but I know he'll be all for it, especially with the word 'hike' connected to it. We'll take Maestro along and he'll love running along a wooded path stopping to smell all the earthy things around. He will be in control, we'll walk when he does and stop when he does. I love grilled hotdogs in the fall so maybe I'll pick up some up and we can throw a small grill in the car and grill them late in the afternoon just before dusk. Sounds like fun doesn't it?

I posted the questions for SP-10's second contest earlier today. Hope I win.