Current Mood : Worried
Spent on sewing stuff : $1.14
Spent on star-shaped stuff : $1.62
Well, I kinda thought things were going a bit too well...
Last night, a freshly-sharpened chisel slipped and sliced Beloved Hubby's arm open. Seven stitches later, it hurts him, but at least he's on the mend. We wrapped his arm in plastic so he could shower, and he went to work today, like nothing happened. Of course, he got to show off the healing cut to the folks he's working for...
Got the groceries shopped, and refrained from buying anything at the thrift. Really, there wasn't much there to want. And with 32 dolls waiting at home for me to redress them and send them on their way, I was very unlikely to buy more. That 70s vintage chair was tempting though. Unfortunately, it came with that also familiar cube-like 70s sofa and two very low benches, and I just don't need that many props. One day, I'll get a set of those. I mostly remember them from Lisa's Barbie Townhouse (aka, ‘Earthquake Manor'), and always thought they were cool. Still do. If there'd been two in the $7. package, I'd have gone for it.
Today was good - for the first time in over a month, I didn't get horrible stomach pains when I was in Mal-wart for more than a half-hour. I'm not sure why that kept happening, but I seem to have broken that curse today. Didn't matter when I went, what I'd eaten (if anything), or what mood I was in, about 45 minutes in there, and I was sweating and nearly bent double. Ten minutes after I'd checked out, I was fine. Makes no sense.
One funny thing - it seems like I'm not the only one who's returned embroidery thread. When I bought the final five spools, there were maybe 15 in assorted colors left. Today, while I was over there, I noted that there were about 40. I only returned 9, and of that, I know I didn't return four of that yellow. Maybe other stores are pushing ‘em over to ours since they were selling for a bit there...
My big indulgence was a 20" remnant of more Peltex - that rigid stuff I use for badges and fridge magnets - dirt cheap, and a $1.50 star-shaped translucent blue star bowl. Hope to get the red one next week. It's so pretty ! I also splurged and bought a dozen cupcakes for Dearest Son, because they had plastic Wall-E rings on ‘em, and they didn't have them on the six-cupcake sets. I now have a set of Wall-E and Eve rings decorating my desk lamp.
Picked up several more of those t-shirts Beloved Hubby likes - he wore the one I got him Saturday - and he has several ideas for embroidery...
Came home and got laundry and dolls started. All but four are redressed and ready to go, and I should have them done by tonight. While I was doing that, I got the ‘staying' dolls situated, and noticed that ‘California Dream' Midge's spotted legs had gotten markedly worse. So I did a quick body swap. The body donor got the best of the available outfits.
Sometime during the third load, the washer quit working. It agitates, but doesn't drain or spin. Skittles. Beloved didn't even wanna mess with it, so he called a repair service who's yet to call us back. (sigh) I'll take the load that was in there to a Laundromat tomorrow. Dryer's fine, and we always have the clothesline, but this load's dripping wet.
Oh, and I called the company that provided the ‘SewRed' design. After a 20 minute hold, I only got a new e-mail address for help, so I hung up and sent a fresh ‘nothing works !' note. I've already been given a ‘trouble ticket' and I'm in the queue, so here's hoping. The donation(s) hasn't/haven't shown up in Checking yet, so I don't know if I've paid twice or not. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. Gotta call the Dr. office again, she never called me back.
Beloved came home and went right to sleep. Fine with me - the best thing he can do for his wound is rest. I nibbled on the leftover rice from Chinese takeout Sunday, Dearest chose a frozen pizza for dinner. If I'd have allowed it, he'd have eaten at least half of the remaining cupcakes !
