sleeping at 38 degrees
just finished taking a hot bath. made myself a cup of tea. the washer and dryer is on the third load and i'm ready to sit down to check in on three days worth of the blog world and then watch taped shows from last week.
we went camping this last weekend from friday afternoon through today. we had a great time but it was chilly, okay it was cold. the first evening i think it got down to 38 degrees!! thank goodness i brought an electric blanket. but those mornings where a slow, cold, start!!! no rain and sunny tho so that was great. we were right on a dune and just a few feet over the other side to Lake Michigan. so during the day we would bring our chairs and sit in the sun and read and relax. all-in-all it was a relaxing weekend. but i'm ready for my flannel sheets tonight and my bathroom just down the hall.
i didn't get as much knitting done this weekend as i thought i would. my hands were a bit cold and most of the time when i was sitting in the sun i chose to read. but on the car ride to and from Michigan i did make a pair of fingerless mitts for a gift. i had made the ones from Last Minute Knitted Gifts but thought they were too plain, so re-work my own pattern and came up with something that i like. they were a very quick knit. now i plan to make some knitted flowers to "spruce" them up a bit. cute!!
today we "packed up camp" as soon as we woke up and headed out. we drove a bit and stopped in Grand Haven, Michigan for breakfast and one of my favorite yarn shops is just down the street. i really was not going to even stop in. i was "grubby" from camping, needed a shower, had no makeup on, (i never go anywhere without mascara, i have on mascara right now after my bath, and i'm going no where, i feel like i can't focus correctly without it, seriously) and i probably smelled like campfire.
but after breakfast my DH said to me as we were paying the bill, "are you going to stop in the yarn shop, you should, it's you're favorite". how could i say no. i looked around, i wasn't even going to get anything, nothing that i HAD to have, i'm trying to stick to this yarn diet. and considering how i CAN go crazy i really did well.
i walked out with the brand new booklet of patterns designed by Louisa Harding called: The Accessories Collection and she has just come out with her own line of yarns so i bought two balls to make either the Narrow Lace Scarf w/ Rosette or the Fingerless Gloves to go with the new fall jacket that i bought a few weeks ago.
fell off the wagon............
