1. I will be going to Stitches East this Saturday (tomorrow), where I will be purchasing copious amounts of yarn.
2. I get to continue my quest to learn how to dress (somewhat) like an adult. Over the next few weeks, I need some winter clothes that didn't come from PacSun, some sensible yet stylish shoes, and a new winter coat. I already bought two new purses, and they are awesome.
3. Scott and I won't have to face the daunting task of packing up everything we own and moving 800 miles. That's never fun.
And I have some things to look forward to (besides Stitches)... The rocking chair should be here in the next couple of weeks- the woman at the store said 3-6 weeks, and I'm hoping it will get here by the end of the month. I am so going to get one of those old-lady yarn/project holder things. You know, it's like a canvas bag on a wooden frame? Oh yeah.
Also, my shipment from Jimmy Beans should be here soon! It feels like I've been waiting forever. I ordered the Lorna's Laces October Limited Edition sock yarn (Candy Corn), another L.L. sock yarn (Baltic Sea), and the new Suss Cousins book, Design Essentials. Jimmy Beans is having a special thing through October where if you order the book, they'll have Suss sign it for free- you just have to wait three weeks to allow them time to do it. Anyhoo, I finally got the email confirming shipment, so it won't be much longer now.
Last night, Scott offered to go with me to Stitches, and I may take him up on the offer. If left to my own devices, I might get a bit nutty. It could be a good idea to have someone there to stop me, but on the other hand, he has always been rather supportive of my yarn habit... he could be an enabler. We'll see.
Work the past couple of days has been deadsville. Literally. We haven't had any work to do for over a week, and before that we were really slow. Our customers are supposed to be sending us the materials we need to start working, but apparently they are slackers. All week my day has gone something like this:
-Come in late (usually I get in by 7:30, late = between then and 8)
-Check work email
-Check personal email, track any shipments I'm waiting for (yarn!), etc.
-Eat breakfast while playing solitaire
-Knit until about ten- the UPS truck comes around ten, so at this point we all wait anxiously to see if the shipping lady will bring us anything. She doesn't.
-Screw around on the internet, play solitaire, knit, whatever, until I get hungry
-Eat lunch
-Knit a little more, poke around Etsy (I love that site), generally goof off, and try to stay awake until it's time to go home
-Get sent home early by the boss
Occasionally, the monotony was briefly broken. We went out to lunch on Wednesday to celebrate the fact that I'm not moving, we discovered we have ants, and I learned how to play poker (I suck). But mostly we sat around being restless. This might seem awesome (getting paid to do nothing), and for the first day or so it is. But it gets old fast when the days drag on endlessly. And with all that spare time, buying things online can become a problem. Luckily, I only bought two things: a wallet on Etsy, and an electric fryer. It could have been much worse, I held back because of Stitches.
Back to the knitty realm... I have been working on the sweater at work, and the hat at home. I have made mediocre progress on both. The sweater is about where it was right before I ripped it out. I no longer hate it, and will work on it willingly once more.
The hat has doubled in size to about 6 inches along, and needs to get to 11 inches before I decrease. I'm looking forward to decreasing so I can get rid of the fifth needle- I much prefer to only use 4 DPN's.
That's about it for now, but tomorrow (hopefully) I will have oodles of yarn porn.
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