Archive for the 'Shopping' category

The price!

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

I filled up the tank yesterday, and about had heart palpitations. This Union station is near my house, so it’s handy. It’s also handy because it’s usually has about the lowest price for a several mile radius. And with the price of gas, who can afford to drive very far to save a few cents? […]

Getting close

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Waving
I’ve gotten a lot done on the wave border of my South Seas Stole in the last couple of days. The border is just flying along. I only have a repeat or so left to do on the long side, then round the corner, a couple repeats across the top, graft those few stitches, and […]

Jeans

Friday, March 30, 2007

I don’t go shopping very often. All the fun went out of it—any that I had in the first place, which wasn’t much—back in 2001 when we were suddenly broke. At Christmas my mom insisted that I go to Coldwater Creek and buy some nice jeans. On her. I did that. I also got a […]

One sock down

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Success! I’ve finished my first ever toe up sock. Ta da!
As I approached the top edge of the sock I contemplated different cast-off methods I know. Hm. They’re all pretty tight except for the single crochet cast off, so I used that. It explains the slight flaring at the top edge of the cuff. […]