Shopping Frenzy!!

A Platter, Salad and Dinner Plates from Target

Salad Plates

I have been patiently waiting almost all year for these plates to go on sale. They are made of stoneware=chips just waiting to happen. So I really didn't want to invest in them at full price. I guessed that after the 4th of July they would be marked down, so I went out at night (ostensibly going to the library) and searched for them at the two nearest Targets. I was happy to see them at a 30% discount, so I grabbed what matched or nearly matched and triumphantly wheeled my cart out to the checkout.

The next day I knew I would be near another Target so we stopped and wouldn't you know it, all of the dishes in that store were 75% off!! SO. I grabbed those, thinking I would return my first purchase, if I could still find my receipt.

More plates and lotsa bowls, at least 15

When I got home Dave said, why not keep them all? If they are going to chip eventually, we will just toss and replace from the archives. God Knows we have plenty of shelf space.

The tray is perfect for cheese shreds, black olives, tomatoes and green onions, and the footed platter...GUACAMOLE, ole! The tablecloth was also discounted and just so me, claro que si.

I got one pitcher for $6.48 and the second for $2.48. I told Dave one was for Margaritas and the other for water. He said, How about two for Margaritas? Good thinking!

Fill 'er up!

But wait that's not all! I got the postcard from my lys and the sidewalk sale started today...another great 75% off sale. woowoo! I called in the troops and Anne Lullie and Emily Parson and I rallied forth to do major damage. Inside the store everything is 20% off, which meant judicious planning. I knew books were my aim, but a few hanks of ridiculously reduced yarns would find their way into my bag.

So? At $3.50 a skein, I can find something to do with these.

Emily borrowed my sewing machine and this is my thank you gift. We laffed because in the past we would give fabric wrapped with a string of yarn, and now it is yarn wrapped with a string of fabric. We knitter/quilt artists...

You simply must look up this book from Twisted Sisters.

Miters, ridges and diagonals, I could just weep with happiness. 20% off.

50% off

OK I give up. I am joining the knitnuts at Mason-Dixon Knitting and trying out this fading denim yarn. (Not from Rowan, but True Blue from Elle.) I know my hands will turn blue, but the thought of a sweater that fades into a different color blue with each consecutive washing, well, it inspires.


Poor Darling Dave has a toothache. It has a hairline crack, they think, and he awaits a root canal tomorrow. The dentist treated him earlier this week for a temporary crown, but it seems to have failed and now they'll have to rip the nerve right outta that tooth. He is on major drugs and they are not helping. It's sad when I feel so good and he feels so bad.