I have been really good about not indulging in any Stash Enhancement eXpeditions lately. I had a couple of goals in that direction. One was to not purchase stash for 3 months at a time. This is an ongoing goal to allow me to still purchase new designs that catch my eye, but to work through my stash at the same time. The second one was to not purchase anything until I reached CATS in Hershey in September. This was to allow me to make some nice purchases as I see fit with relatively little guilt at the CATS market.
Now, allow me to clarify my title. There’s leaning away from the wagon, or even falling off of it, and then there is what I did…
After careful thought and deliberation, I gleefully lept from the wagon in a graceful swan dive, ending with an evil cackle, and flung myself under the wheels, allowing myself to be thoroughly trampled as I wallowed in the mud underneath like a happy little sow. 😉
I didn’t have a whole lot of choice in the matter, though. At least, not in my opinion. 😆 I’ve been determined for a while now to purchase all 4 of the seasonal hardanger tea tray/table linen kits from Lorri Birmingham. I already have the tea tray that I picked up from the Sudberry sale last August, but I kept putting off buying all of them because they were $25 a piece and I wanted to actually stitch the Autumn one that Terry’s parents bought me for Christmas before I bought the remaining three seasons. I would periodically check Nordic Needle to make sure they still had the kits in stock. Well, I see the Spring kit on eBay today go out to Nordic Needle, just out of curiosity, only to find that they no longer carry the Spring and Summer kits. PANIC!
So, now I needed to buy the Winter kit from Nordic Needle and the Spring kit that I found on eBay (for a VERY good price). But, I can’t just buy one thing, right? Hee-hee! The same eBay seller had listed a ton of different cross stitch items, so I picked up 5 other items while I was at it. The good news is that I only paid for the one item because I had a balance in my PayPal account from having sold this piece of jewelry to a gentleman in Sweden who saw it in my photo gallery:
Similarly, I added 8 other items to my Nordic Needle order. So, I’m feeling a little bit guilty, but I still have plenty of things on my wish list to pick up at CATS. I just have to make sure that I REALLY do not buy anything else in the meantime! 😀
On the dream front, nothing as spectacular as my dream on Monday night, but I have continued to have something interesting pop in every night since then.
Tuesday night, I dreamt about visiting a bunch of my paternal aunts and uncles whom I haven’t seen in over a decade. And then my biological father calls yesterday to remind me of a family get-together happening on Saturday, of which my conscious mind had completely forgotten (but apparently not my subconscious).
Last night, I dreamt that guys were up in the ceiling over Terry’s cubicle at work, working on the air handler and water poured into his cube. This morning, I get a message from my friend Mary saying that they need to schedule some time for Terry to work from home (or somewhere other than his cube) so that they can work in the ceiling overhead to get to the air handler.
I wonder what tonight’s dreams may bring?
ROFL!! Happy little sow! I spewed my coffee! lol
That’s hilarious! A swan dive off the wagon even! Can’t wait to see these designs – I bet they are beautiful! I do the same thing, I go and check on stuff periodically to make sure it is still available for me to get when I’m ready – I should just get it already and relieve myself of the panic. See – spending the money now is good for me. : )
Wow — way to go — LOL. Always the over achiever, when you decide to do something, you do it so well, LOL. Stash buying is so much fun. It is probably a good thing to purchase the items you know you are going to stitch — not having to fret them going out-of-print, or getting hard-to-find.
Yes, I remember your wonderful haul from Sudberry’s sale. You selected smart items!
I recently ordered a pair of Kumo (spools for holding fibers, while you couch them into place) from the Japanese Embroidery Center — never mind the S&H cost as much as the spools. Anyhow, I can finally work on my project (been in the closet a looooong time) Now, with the back-to-school bills mounting, there will be a flat wallet in my handbag for awhile 😀 I’m so June Cleaver, putting my kids first & me last. Must be luv.
After the fairs, I’ve decided to focus on those workshop projects I’ve been storing in my closet — they are all special & I look forward to getting them out, re-reading the instructions & moving them along over the next year. I have several!