Current Mood : thrilled !
Spent on doll clothes and experiments : $2.08
Spent on Lab décor : $7.00
The weirdest thing happened Wednesday - I forgot to tell you. Sometime during the wiggle and wriggle to get KJ plugged in, I developed a wrist-to-elbow rash on my left arm. It was only about two inches wide, and I still have no idea where it came from. Since I laid on that arm on the carpet, had it pushed against the back of the pattern cabinet, and had it under me on some of that puffy-plasticy shelf liner stuff that keeps things from sliding, it could have come from any of those - or something else I've forgotten.
So I'm not sure what I reacted to. Gulped down an allergy pill, rubbed the rash down with triple-antibiotic, and fought the fierce itching. It got worse, so I snagged a freezer pop strip and applied it to the rash, and wrapped an elastic Ace bandage around it, to hold it on. About five minutes later, the itch had subsided, and the rash was fading. Weird. It was completely gone when I woke up yesterday, and the only reason I thought about it today was because I had to put the Ace bandage away. So weird.
Anyway, with Dearest Son at his grandparents', it was my first day to m'self since before Christmas. Hit the Flea first, but there wasn't much to see. Snagged a couple of doll clothes bits - the skirt to All American Barbie, a blue ‘poodle fur' cardigan, a tutu with hosiery and ribbons attached, the ‘Evil Queen' mask from the Snow White mask and costume set, an orange tube dress, and a cute Little Mermaid figurine, all for a buck. No interesting dolls this time, but I still made a major score.
I still kinda feel silly about it. But, here goes. Long ago, I got an antique reproduction radio/cassette player as a gift from my parents. It was about $50. at a local store, and they had plenty of ‘em - pricey, but I treasured it. Showed it to them and gushed, and it was the only thing I wanted for Christmas that year. Unfortunately, my mother somehow paid ‘over a hundred bucks' for it, and she let me know every time she saw it how much it cost, how big a pain it was to get it for me, on and on. They did this when I was growing up, too - my Ballerina Barbie cost roughly three times what anyone else's did that Christmas, even though every girl on the block got the exact same doll in an identical box, same for my microscope and other gifts. After about a decade of that, I ended up not liking that radio anymore, and left it behind on The Big Move, probably confirming her opinions of me.
Thing is, I've always loved ‘cathedral style' antique radios. One of the first designs I ever bought for machine embroidery was of one, and I giggled like a girl as it stitched out - didn't even mind the eighteen thread changes, I loved it so. Hobby Lobby has a primitive metal version of it - it's a bank, not a radio, though. I've been waiting for a coupon and cash to appear in my wallet at the same time, since I thought $15. was a bit much for it.
So when I saw a smaller, radio-only version of that beloved style, I had to find out what the seller wanted for it. I knew it was silly of me, and I just finished a clean-out in the Lab, did I really want to clutter it up so soon ? But...it was so pretty, and didn't have bad memories or any luggage attached... Seven bucks ? Mine !
From there, I decided to hit Dollar Tree. Since we used the last of our wrapping paper stash this year, I figured I'd pick up a couple half-price rolls and store ‘em away. Also scored a Wall-e puzzle and some Bakugon stickers for Dearest, a squeaky chew toy for Friday, some snacks, and a box of tattoo Valentines, for later experiments. Dearest will get most of those, too, but I snagged the ones I wanted to try first ! Evil me...
Didn't get any of the donations out of the house. Donation center was closed, for some reason, and the other Thrift's drop spots were both already overflowing. And I was too lazy to drive across town for other drops. Since we're not expecting snow any time soon, I'll probably get it all done Monday.
I'm thinking of having a year-long goal of sewing something new and embroidering something, at least one of each, every week. The ‘sew every day' thing was just too exhausting, so I took a year off ! I'd like to simply recapture the joy of both this year, and at a slower pace, I think I can.
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