Black Friday. . . A Good or Bad Thing?

I haven't decided if Black Friday is a good or bad thing yet. I know it is good to be able to purchase items at a discounted price and save some money, but come on! Who doesn't want to save money? The reason I ask if it is good or bad is because of my experience this morning during a Black Friday Doorbuster event.

For some crazy reason, I decided to go to Toy R Us of all stores to partake is some of the money saving deals. The store opened at 12 midnight and I arrived at 10:45 pm. Well, there was already a long line. There had to be more than 250 people in front of me. No lie! I looked at the line and said, Ok this won't be so bad!

Ya, right! In the time that I was standing in line, I saw 2 people get handcuffed by the cops, 1 person almost get tased by a female officer, and heard the most ungodly words used in the worst way! To make matters worst, after I picked up the 3 items I wanted, I stood in a line for 1 hour only to have a sale associate tell me and about 100+ other people this wasn't a real line to the checkout.

Let's just say that set it off! Oh, did I mention that I had 2 chics try to jump me in line after all this other crap had gone down. Let me just tell you the short story to that situation, the 2 chics ended up putting their things down and walking away with nothing after I confronted them!

I didn't leave Toy R Us until 2:15 am! I love my kids, but this was a first and last time experience with this toy store on Black Friday . . . that was all the bad! The good . . . I did end up saving $60 on my 3 item!

Happy Halloween 2009

Halloween has become a fun holiday for me, my husband, and the boys. The kids get really get excited about the costumes and of course the CANDY! Between the three of them, I know they collected about 4-6 lbs of candy! And we didn't even hit all the houses in our neighborhood with the lights on! Anyway, I thought I would share some of the pictures I took this evening.

Jalen as the Transformer Bumblebee.

Cameron as G.I. Joe's Storm Shadow Ninja.

Johnny with Ryan as a Blue Ninja.

The boys all dressed and ready to go!

Being Sick Sucks!

I have been so sick for the past two weeks with the flu! I am feeling better now, but this sore throat and cough will not seem to go away. I have coughed so much that my tongue hurts too! It has been a blessing the the kids are all health, but my husband wasn't so luck. He is recovering from the flu too!

Pray for us!

Something New and Cute Too!

Now I will admit, that I am not great on my sewing machine. I have never even taking a sewing class. But, I am good at researching and following directions.

I have been seeing these little sewed box bags knitter use for small project and I wanted one too! So, I made it my mission to find a pattern to make me one! I thought to myself, it can't be that hard to make! Well, I found several tutorials online and the one I found here seemed right for me.

It only took me about 2.5 hours to sew and I think it looks great! Now, it does have flaws and they are bothering me. But this was my first attempt and I will do better next time.

My husband, as usual, just looked at me when I told him I was making a bag for small knitting projects. But as the bag started to form, he said, "Well, go ahead Martha Stewart! It looks good!"

And you know what. . . It does! Yes, that's right, I am tooting my own horn! I love it and I am already planning to make more!

Apples in Chinatown Pullover

Here is the Apples in Chinatown Pullover I am making for my youngest son. The pattern is really the Child’s Placket Neck Sweater. Here is the link. I had this pattern in my Ravelry queue for sometime and was inspired by Holli's Pullover . The yarn is Dream in Color Classy in Chinatown Apple. But I bet you already knew that!



Why didn't anyone tell me how wonderful this yarn is? I am in LOVE! The color in just amazing and the stitch definition in great! In one of my previous post, I stated that I purchased some Dream in Color from the Dizzy Sheep Labor Day Weekend Spinoff. This is my new favorite yarn and I just can't get enough of it!

Are the 80s Back?

Does anyone else remember this style of sweater from the 1980s? Because, I had a black and white pullover sweater with these same big arm wings!

The Addition to the Stash

Dream in Color

Baby, Smooshy, and Classy

Here is my new addition to the yarn stash. I purchased it during the Dizzy Sheep Labor Day Weekend Spinoff. I have a new love for Dream in Color {DIC} yarn. In order from left to right: Baby in Cinnamon Girl, Smooshy in Bermuda Teal, Classy in Cloud Jungle, Chinatown Apple, and Gothic Rose.

Yum, Yum, give me some! :)

Labor Day Weekend

I have to say that I didn't go anyway this weekend. But I had a good time. I did something for the first time this weekend. It was a mixture of lack of sleep, fun, excitement, craziness, laughs, and money spent!

I was in front of my computer all this weekend buying yarn! That's right, buying yarn!!! The Dizzy Sheep had it's Labor Day Weekend Spinoff! Over the past three days, I purchased six hanks of Dream in Color Classy - - four in Gothic Rose and two in Chinatown Apple. I got one hank of Dream in Color Baby in Cinnamon Girl and one hank of Smooshy in Bermuda Teal. It was exciting to get all this in just three crazy days.

I even slept on the sofa one night because I was afraid I would miss out on a deal! My husband needed to run to the store and I told him that he would have to bring the laptop with us if he wanted me to go to! Tell me that isn't just CRAZINESS!

I did get amazing deals and I am happy I lost sleep over it!