Black Friday

Ok, first let me start by saying, due to technical difficulties, I have not been able to get episode 2 of Unraveled into mp3 format, but I'm still working on it.

Today we got up at 4:10am to go do the early bird black friday sales. It was the first & last time we'll probably bother. We stood in line at Best Buy behind about 1,000 other people, and by the time we actually got in the store everything in the ad was "sold out" until the next wave came up in inventory at 10am, of course after the sale was over. I'm sure it makes sense to someone to purposely withold product that you have people standing there with cash in hand, but it doesn't make much sense to me. Dh got a wool pea-coat from BonTon, reg $150, for $48. We got all the kids done at Toys R Us, which was a relief. I went to AC Moore because they had a 60% off coupon, of course spending way more than I wanted or needed. I got wool to make dh a ribbed scarf (boring!) to wear with the coat. Grey! I was trying for red or blue, but he insisted on boring grey. I got some sequined yarn in deep purple to make myself a little coin pouch, and 6 bright balls of crap cotton to make spa facecloths for christmas gifts. I also picked up the Little Box of Scarves with the coupon. I also picked up pads of christmas and pastel scrapbooking paper, for scrapbooks and also for letter writing, etc. The paper is cheap enough if you buy it in bulk packs when it's also on sale, so I don't feel like it's a waste to write a letter or copy a pattern onto the fancy paper.

This afternoon I ran to the yarn shop for another set of Lantern Moon needles, my new obsession. I thought I loved Brittany's but these are better. They are also a lot more expensive. I now have sizes 7 and 10. I decided that if I'm making 4 cloths x at least 5 people, it was worth the $19.99 investment.

I also got my 2nd shipment of sock & shawl yarn from Knitpicks today. I love when the cute mailman brings me yarn - that's a dream come true. I was really impressed with the Color Your Own wool, it's not as thin as the Zephyr I was comparing it to in my mind. Now I need a nice simple pattern to turn those 2 big skeins into an awesome warm wrap. I have so many gifts going. Today my mom mentioned wanting me to make her friend a red felted purse for christmas. I don't mind, the felting projects go fast because of the huge needles. Unfortunately, she didn't mention it before I went to the yarn shop. Now I'll have to make a special trip - Darn!