Current Notes: From "Make it Yourself : Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930"
- an awesome read by Sarah A. Gordon !
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Not an exciting day. A
project I had a good idea for has yet to get off the ground, as the fabric I
wanted to use for it isn’t wide enough. Since our closest supply of material is
Hobby Lobby, I was kinda out of luck, as they’re always closed Sundays.
However, Beloved Hubby promised to take me there one day this week, and I’m
gonna hold him to it. I’m also planning on a quick run into Justice!, see if
they have any of the newer MH dolls
that have yet to arrive anywhere else around here.
I really should dig into
what fabrics I already have first, but I just couldn’t force m’self into it
today. I woke up with a spike-through-the-eye headache and a seriously bad
attitude. Seemed like every petty annoyance, from treacly kids’ Christmas
cartoons to just-purchased missing food was prominent this morning. It didn’t
improve much this afternoon, either. So I consoled m’self with Bad Santa and cheddar Chex mix, with
soup for lunch, made with leftover ramen broth from Dearest Son’s lunch, two
small potatoes, and some lunchmeat turkey no one’s touched in three weeks. Tastier
than it sounds, I promise.
We did get to go out, sort
of. Dollar Tree is an outing, right ? I got various household needs, a neat
pair of holiday socks I may wear instead of using for a doll’s ‘ugly’ sweater, a bag of 400 pony beads in a
staggering variety of bright colors, a roll of shelf liner (great for doll
floors and backdrops !), and a set of green glass beads. They had all colors,
and if they still have ‘em next time we go, I may treat m’self to some whites
and purples, but the green really sang to me. Dearest chose some popcorn and a My Little Pony coloring book with
Applejack on the cover, and we got a kitty-themed Christmas coloring book to
share. He hardly ever colors, just likes to leaf through the graphics, but I
hope to get him to color with me this week. Also some candy, which is hidden. Sweet-toothed
invisible sharks seem to patrol for stuff like that left out in the open. We
got outta there for fifteen bucks, which isn’t bad for us. I can easily spend a
twenny in there, with a couple singles for tax !
Came home and made a quick
dinner instead of going out. Yes, we went through an entire weekend without
eating at even a McDs once. Kinda tells you where finances are. We’re not that
bad off, but anywhere we can conserve is good. I probably save 20 nickels a
day, which isn’t much even in aggregate – but it’s important that I do so, just
the same.
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