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November 24, 2006
I'm obviously outta practice
Oh, we thought we were being so covert by sneaking to the Pottery Barn outlet at midnight to do some shopping - but apparently most of Austin and San Antonio ALSO decided to go shopping at midnight..it was a madhouse! It took us 30 min just to exit the freeway and get into the outlet mall parking lot..and there were no parking spaces of course...by the time we got into the store it was 12:30 and packed w/ shoppers...as it turns out, there were no sofas or beds we wanted anyway, but still, I had to admit I thought there'd be like 10 of us there...ha...what a dork I am...obviously I do not know how to professionally shop for Christmas during these 'early bird' sales...We're not gonna make that mistake again, I can assure you...
I'll work a few extra weeks and pay full price to have furniture delivered instead...what a nightmare...We got home around 2:00 (the drive was a bit far, and in fog no less...)and so I'm a little groggy this morning...but I've got some cocoa puffs to perk me up and the UT/Aggie rivalry football game starts at 11:00am, so I'll be watching...and knitting...
I bound off the Ultra Mega-Mega Tote last night, and sewed up the bottom, and one gusset...I'll sew the other one this morning and then its off to the laundromat to felt it...probably not today, but I'll keep ya'll updated when its done..I need some leather handles, anyone have a good source for those?
We are doing OUR Christmas shopping today - buying a tiller for the garden...I doubt there will be many people pushing and shoving in the tiller section of the store, do you?
Posted by Donner at November 24, 2006 10:49 AM
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When I was shopping at Legendary Beads yesterday I asked for an opinion on where a good local place would be to find nice thick leather for straps/cords for a purse I made. They said that Tandy http://www.leatherfactory.com/ would be a good place to go. There's a few locations maybe there's one that isn't too far from you. They have an online store, but I haven't looked too much. Just an idea.
Posted by: Tara at November 26, 2006 11:11 AM
Hi Donna,
My in'laws were here for Thanksgiving and I showed my mother-in-law and sister-in-law the Kitty-pi beds. This became the project for the weekend. No knit shops in Denton. We tried Jo Anns, Hobby Lobby, for the bulky wool and sz 11 dpns without any luck, so off to Dallas. I've never knitted before, but my wonderful patient mother-in-law taught me. I'm half way through with my kitty bed and am having a great time.
I found a great site (littleknits.com)with 45% off Noro Big Kureyon and have ordered yarn to make two more beds!! You probably already know about this site, lots of things on sale.
Maybe I'll do a purse next....
Posted by: Jana at November 27, 2006 11:48 AM