A Wee Cuppa

I am not a fussy person, but I do have my quirks. I like a bone china cup for my tea or coffee. Especially one that has a gold rim. It's so fancy and haute-tea to drink a sip from a very thin edge. I have been searching for cups like these for some time and while on a hunt for a replacement doggie toy...I found these. Well, the original doggie toy came from TJMAXX so I figured...O forget it. Anyway these are bone china from...China! And they have a nice feel on the lip, decorations inside and are just large enough to get my fist inside to wash out the residue from yesterday's beverage.

On the third Wednesday my knitting group meets at Hobby Lobby and I was armed with a coupon and ready to find a 45 and a 90 degree template. They had the 45 degree Fons and Porter quilting template in two sizes, for $12.99 and $19.99, which seemed OUTRAGEOUS to me. So I went to the drafting dept. and found the two I wanted in a pack for $6.99. Since I saved so much money I felt compelled to spend more. I got some on sale items, a spiral bound sketch book for when I have a pressing idea that must be recorded (it fits in my little purse) and some paint, brushes and the totally unnecessary but enticing pack of canvas greeting cards with envelopes. Like I am going to paint some cards? Well maybe I am.
 
After having lunch with my sister and her husband Terry, I headed for Georgia, to a Walmart that I hoped would have the dyeable James Thompson cotton I had discovered last Saturday. It was GONE. Pooh. But... I did find some blue cottons that were necessary to fill out my stash and this striped cotton which will make the perfect binding on one of my recent quilt tops, should I ever decide to quilt it. eeek. And I succumbed to this ten yards of unbleached 48" muslin, which may or may not be dyeable. We'll see.


Still on the search to replace the broken squeaker toy, I looked at three more stores and finally found the monkey that makes the right monkey noise and couldn't resist the duck whose quack goes on and on and makes Chumley go nuts. Petco. As you can see, the monkey has Chumley slobber and hair all over it. He loves them both.