Wonderful Weekend!
On Saturday I went and got a wonderful new haircut in the morning. It’s not that huge of a change really, but it is such an improvement! I have troublesome hair and Kristen at Buzz & Bliss knew just what to do with it. I was a little worried because when she styled it, it was much too big for my tastes, but after an hour or two it had settled a little. I’ve now styled it a few times and I’m comfortable with it and it even looks passable in a wash and go style too!
After this great haircut I headed to Snow‘s where I was greeted with that gorgeous sparkly gold bag topped with lavender tissue. I was a bit perplexed as my birthday is a month from tomorrow. Well, the wonderful Snow got me some goodies as thank you for designing Blankie II (aka Nautical Blankie)!
The above was what I found inside - 6 skeins of Knit Picks Color Your Own fingering weight yarn and Kathleen Taylor’s Yarns to Dye For. It has me itching to pull out my dye pot again like you wouldn’t believe. But, first I’d like to order some citric acid so I don’t have to use vinegar and perhaps even order some *real* dyes rather than just using the food coloring. I haven’t read the book through yet, but a review will be forthcoming at some point in the future.
Well, I had headed to Snow’s because they invited me along on thier second trek to Boulder in as many weeks to pick up yarn for Nautical Blankie. I was well behaved and walked away from Shuttles, Spindles and Stabbity Sticks (sorry, family joke around here) with only two 16″ US 2 Turbos. It was a bit easier to be restrained when I had been there 10 days earlier and am planning a trip there on my birthday next month with my mom.
It was a rather blustery day on Saturday so we went to Pearl St. and just ate. We decided it was too cold to window shop. But, we did eat at this really great brew pub called BJ’s. We had salads and pizza and it was really good. I’m not the biggest thick crust fan, but that was wonderful thick crust and I shall have to drag the hubby there sometime as he is a thick crust connoisseur. Then we kind of meandered our way back home via Border’s and the Dairy Store. It was a great day and I’m so glad Snow and G so kindly invited me along!
