Shopping

Went shopping yesterday for Valentines, birthday, groceries etc. Discovered that two cents can cost you $15.00. Doesn't sound possible but it happened to me. I bought a package of yarn (hush) at Joann Fabric - it cost $4.99. I gave the clerk my flyer for the 40% off coupon and she said, I can't use the $5.00 off coupon (which I hadn't even seen) - the item you buy must be $5.00 or more and the yarn is only $4.99. So I lost $5 there. Then went to Best Buy to buy movies for the triplets for Valentines day. The only one I found there was $19.99 - I tried to use two of my $10 reward certificates (since with tax it would be over 20) and was informed the item had to cost $20.00 to be able to use two certificates so there was the other $10 I lost. Crazy. Of course I still have the $10 Best Buy certificate so I can go back and buy something else. I should have bought a new paper cutting board - mine was trashed this year after about 25 years of use. I remember buying it for about $5 and they are now $17.

This was Second Saturday in the Delano District. Delano is the neighborhood on Douglas with great little shops (mainly Twist - a yarn store) and on the second Saturday of each month you can get discounts if you have a special canvas bag that says Second Saturday on it. I went to Twist and got 15% off the yarn I bought (hush again please). It is safe to say that I don't stay on a yarn diet any better than I stay on a food diet.

In other shopping news - I received two books from Amazon I ordered with my $20 gift certificate I received from Amazon for pre-ordering a game for Jessica and James. The books are just marvelous - "60 Quick Knits" has 20 hats, 20 scarves and 20 mittens (!) all made in Cascade 220. I love that yarn - it is soft and has wonderful colors. The other book is "Sock Yarn - One Skein Wonders" When sorting my yarn I realized that I love to buy sock yarn - it is pretty and usually not very expensive so I have one of the canvass boxes full of just sock yarn. Problem is - I have made socks and really didn't enjoy them all that much. This book has 101 patterns that go beyond socks - fingerless mittens, hats, scarves, baby sweaters - really cute patterns all that supposedly only take one package sock yarn. I have a problem believing that but I usually buy two packages of each sock yarn so I should be able to make these items.