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So much for my "diet"
The "new" yarn store - which has been open for a year now - put out
the word last week that they'd be having an anniversary sale today. Everything in the store was 20% off, except the stuff that was 30% off. So much for my New Years' resolution to buy no new yarn or fiber this year! Two vests, a shawl, a throw, many pairs of socks, some circulars, and a scarf for Meemaw later I managed to escape, but just barely. I have to say, even though the "new" shop is a 25 mile drive it is certainly worth the trip. The "old" shop just doesn't carry any good basic yarns anymore while the new shop has pretty much everything I ever want to work with that isn't my own handspun. Now if I could just get past the blinding Barbie-pink shade of this wool for Meemaw's scarf... +++++++++++++ Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET. This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%. Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account... |
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So much for my "diet"
Wooly wrote:
The "new" yarn store - which has been open for a year now - put out the word last week that they'd be having an anniversary sale today. Everything in the store was 20% off, except the stuff that was 30% off. So much for my New Years' resolution to buy no new yarn or fiber this year! Two vests, a shawl, a throw, many pairs of socks, some circulars, and a scarf for Meemaw later I managed to escape, but just barely. I have to say, even though the "new" shop is a 25 mile drive it is certainly worth the trip. The "old" shop just doesn't carry any good basic yarns anymore while the new shop has pretty much everything I ever want to work with that isn't my own handspun. Now if I could just get past the blinding Barbie-pink shade of this wool for Meemaw's scarf... Great way to break a diet! Higs, Katherine |
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So much for my "diet"
"Wooly" wrote in message ... The "new" yarn store - which has been open for a year now - put out the word last week that they'd be having an anniversary sale today. Everything in the store was 20% off, except the stuff that was 30% off. So much for my New Years' resolution to buy no new yarn or fiber this year! Two vests, a shawl, a throw, many pairs of socks, some circulars, and a scarf for Meemaw later I managed to escape, but just barely. I have to say, even though the "new" shop is a 25 mile drive it is certainly worth the trip. The "old" shop just doesn't carry any good basic yarns anymore while the new shop has pretty much everything I ever want to work with that isn't my own handspun. Now if I could just get past the blinding Barbie-pink shade of this wool for Meemaw's scarf... rotfl.... breaking ^that^ kind of diet is A-OK! Laughing about you and the PINK, if it totally makes you pukish, I'LL do it! (I can handle pink, grin) Noreen |
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So much for my "diet"
Hi Wooly,
That's one thing I would never attempt to do, go on a yarn diet especially when AC Moore keeps having great sales like all the yarn was 33% off last week and I "only" bought 16 skeins in a variety of colors. Hugs, Nora |
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So much for my "diet"
On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 14:35:41 -0600, " YarnWright"
spewed forth : rotfl.... breaking ^that^ kind of diet is A-OK! Laughing about you and the PINK, if it totally makes you pukish, I'LL do it! Thanks for the offer, but I think I'll manage. I will have to do some therapy knitting (purple scarf for me? Kureyon vest for me? loud-ass socks for me?) to counter the pink, however, and I certainly won't work on it before bed lest I have nightmares. My not-so-small-boy chose the color and asked me to make it up as a Mothers' Day gift for his Meemaw, though I did have to redirect him to some acceptable yarn. Its hard to refuse the boy when he sugars me up. I'm a sucker for a redhead, I guess (I can handle pink, grin) I just don't know what I have against pink. Maybe my mother stuffed me into one too many Shades of Pepto frilly frocks when I was a toddler and couldn't resist? Or all the Barbies she gave me for Christmas and birthdays when I wanted GI Joes and capguns made me resentful of anything pink Maybe I was frightened by the pink voluptuousness of a Georgia O'Keefe painting when I was an infant (has she been around that long?)? Maybe my mother had a close encounter with a pink Chevy when she was pregnant with me? [I don't like Chevy vehicles OR pink now that I think about it.] Back to your regularly scheduled rainy Saturday afternoon +++++++++++++ Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET. This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%. Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account... |
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So much for my "diet"
"Wooly" wrote in message ... On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 14:35:41 -0600, " YarnWright" spewed forth : rotfl.... breaking ^that^ kind of diet is A-OK! Laughing about you and the PINK, if it totally makes you pukish, I'LL do it! Thanks for the offer, but I think I'll manage. I will have to do some therapy knitting (purple scarf for me? Kureyon vest for me? loud-ass socks for me?) to counter the pink, however, and I certainly won't work on it before bed lest I have nightmares. My not-so-small-boy chose the color and asked me to make it up as a Mothers' Day gift for his Meemaw, though I did have to redirect him to some acceptable yarn. Its hard to refuse the boy when he sugars me up. I'm a sucker for a redhead, I guess (I can handle pink, grin) I just don't know what I have against pink. Maybe my mother stuffed me into one too many Shades of Pepto frilly frocks when I was a toddler and couldn't resist? Or all the Barbies she gave me for Christmas and birthdays when I wanted GI Joes and capguns made me resentful of anything pink Maybe I was frightened by the pink voluptuousness of a Georgia O'Keefe painting when I was an infant (has she been around that long?)? Maybe my mother had a close encounter with a pink Chevy when she was pregnant with me? [I don't like Chevy vehicles OR pink now that I think about it.] Back to your regularly scheduled rainy Saturday afternoon ah well, we have other things in common, I guess! I AM a Chevy gal, lol! But, I know you won't hold it against me, grin! Noreen who FINALLY is starting Terri's second sock.... these have been the socks from HELL... that and I've been having headaches...... (dark green ragg sox) |
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So much for my "diet"
LOL ... sorry but I was just sitting here picturing you dining on small
skeins of pink fluffy yarn, a bite of green wool and several strands of peach fuzz. LOL!! Dee "Wooly" wrote in message ... The "new" yarn store - which has been open for a year now - put out the word last week that they'd be having an anniversary sale today. Everything in the store was 20% off, except the stuff that was 30% off. So much for my New Years' resolution to buy no new yarn or fiber this year! Two vests, a shawl, a throw, many pairs of socks, some circulars, and a scarf for Meemaw later I managed to escape, but just barely. I have to say, even though the "new" shop is a 25 mile drive it is certainly worth the trip. The "old" shop just doesn't carry any good basic yarns anymore while the new shop has pretty much everything I ever want to work with that isn't my own handspun. Now if I could just get past the blinding Barbie-pink shade of this wool for Meemaw's scarf... +++++++++++++ Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET. This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%. Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account... |
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So much for my "diet"
Wooly wrote:
On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 14:35:41 -0600, " YarnWright" spewed forth : rotfl.... breaking ^that^ kind of diet is A-OK! Laughing about you and the PINK, if it totally makes you pukish, I'LL do it! Thanks for the offer, but I think I'll manage. I will have to do some therapy knitting (purple scarf for me? Kureyon vest for me? loud-ass socks for me?) to counter the pink, however, and I certainly won't work on it before bed lest I have nightmares. My not-so-small-boy chose the color and asked me to make it up as a Mothers' Day gift for his Meemaw, though I did have to redirect him to some acceptable yarn. Its hard to refuse the boy when he sugars me up. I'm a sucker for a redhead, I guess (I can handle pink, grin) I just don't know what I have against pink. Maybe my mother stuffed me into one too many Shades of Pepto frilly frocks when I was a toddler and couldn't resist? Or all the Barbies she gave me for Christmas and birthdays when I wanted GI Joes and capguns made me resentful of anything pink Maybe I was frightened by the pink voluptuousness of a Georgia O'Keefe painting when I was an infant (has she been around that long?)? Maybe my mother had a close encounter with a pink Chevy when she was pregnant with me? [I don't like Chevy vehicles OR pink now that I think about it.] Back to your regularly scheduled rainy Saturday afternoon +++++++++++++ Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET. This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%. Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account... I avoided pastels whenever possible for decades, because they always made me feel like a little girl who had to make sure her sash was tied straight behind her back. I still basically don't wear pink. Mom didn't force me into frilly dresses, I liked them, but I just always had this feeling that pastels were something you outgrew. I'm changing my mind now that my increasingly whitening hair is making me look washed-out in the deep shades I like...but still no pink. |
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