Current Notes: Shiny stars !
Busy day today. Beloved
Hubby had a short list of things he wanted from Dollar Tree, and so did MIL, so
I got to take Dearest Son ! Kind of the same-old, same-old, but they had my
popcorn chips back in stock, so I was happy. I also found a pack of plastic ‘jewels
and gems’ with four silver stars in it – it took some digging – and snagged it,
too. Not sure what I’m going to do with the stars, or the other 26 plastic
shinies in the baggie, but they’re certainly fun to look at ! They also had
many colors of faceted thumbnail-size ‘gemstones’ that were just beautiful. I’d
have a bowlful if I wasn’t trying to be careful of my spending. I was already
having to justify two bags of popcorn chips, ya know.
They also had some nice
kid-size butterfly wings in stock and new fashion dolls on the pegs. Dolls are
the usual strange blow-molds with stringy hair, but many of their dresses trod
that difficult line between ‘nice’ and ‘super cheap’. For the most part, the
fabric was intriguing, the sewing and trim choices could be improved a twitch. There
were two or three I wouldn’t have minded having, but my basket was already
getting full. And I kind of hesitate when the dress doesn’t fit the doll it’s
intended for, and it’s obvious.
Before and after, it was
laundry day, and I’d sort of skipped it last week, as FIL had a lot to do
because of the old water heater’s flooding. So I had mega-piles of it today.
Saving the last load for tomorrow – bathroom floor mats – so they can dry all
day in the sun, over the fence.
And thanks to an e-mail ‘Sale
!’ ad, I scored my choice of two free machine embroidery sets from Designs By SiCK, and took a bit of
inventory. I hate buying the same thing twice when I don’t have to, and not all
embroidery places can throw up a ‘you already have this one’ flag. So I always
check, just in case. I knew I didn’t have ‘Spring Sewing Blocks’, as it was
just released last week, but the ’53 Miniature Snowflakes’ set I wasn’t sure
about. And the Snowflake Alphabet they sell is pretty, but the one I already
had, I liked better. I used the points I earned from dozens of promotions back when
I was on that site constantly, so the two I got didn’t cost any money and there’s
still enough for a couple sale sets left. Yaay !
I may actually get back into
machine embroidery soon. I want to use the million or so designs I have sitting
on my hard drive, not to mention my lovely machine, Brody. I’ve been thinking
about some of my behaviors over the years, and just recently began to
understand why I’ve done some things pretty much the wrong way for decades.
Sure, it’s easy to say ‘I don’t try as often as I should, because I’m afraid of
failure’, it’s another to see how that’s been working in my life – short answer,
it hasn’t – and challenge it. I also get very frustrated very fast, and while I
don’t normally quit, I do tend to ‘put off’ trying again once the original
project is complete. By then, there’s twelve more projects that intrigue me.
And, of course, most of them need me to purchase just one little element…
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