First things first.

Look what came in today’s mail? My two skeins of Black Lagoon sock yarn from Sundara. What beautiful colors–a lot more teal than the blue it photographed . . . I tried to tweak it to show you a better idea of what it looks like in person, but . . . no comparison. The real thing is saturated with color, it’s just beautiful. And, boy, that was fast service!

(So–you knew this was coming. Carole, I don’t think I’ve gotten credit for this yet, have I, for the anti-stashalong? I know you added in my order from Redbird the other day, but I don’t think you’ve got this one yet. I know I’m nowhere near the leaders, but I want credit for what I have gotten! But wait . . .)

See . . . here’s what happened. Mom wanted to go out for coffee this morning, which was fine with me. And as we left Starbucks and were walking back towards the car, we passed this tiny little yarn shop. . . . Now, I don’t like this yarn shop. It’s tiny. It’s crowded. They’re usually not very friendly. And I would much, much rather go to Nonna’s, where they’re friendly and cheerful, there’s room to sit down, and so on.

But . . . there was this sign on the door. “Yarn: 30 - 50% off.”

I swear, it just sucked me in there!

A little while later, I escaped with this. A bag of 10 skeins of Baby Zarella Print yarn. A whole bag, for only $37.50. So, um, Carole? That’s 12 more skeins of yarn for me, please

Now, I’m not going to do anything with this yarn right away, but it’s possible that someone I know may have need of baby-knitted items by the end of the year. I’m slightly superstitious about this sort of thing, so I’m not naming names, and I’m not casting on a stitch until, say, June at the earliest . . . but, darn it, the yarn is adorable and it was on sale, and there’s no rule against being prepared, right?

I swear. It was an accident. I didn’t mean or plan to buy any yarn today–but 50 percent off. How could I resist?? Mom and I both liked the cheerful colors–a nice change from pastels.

Otherwise, it’s been a quiet afternoon. Mom and Dad went out to see Firewall. And I sat in front of the tv, knitting, and watching Serenity, which I hadn’t seen. Now, I never saw the TV show Firefly, either, but was curious about the movie. I bought the DVD a couple months ago, but this was my first chance to watch it. (It’s not Mom’s kind of movie, and I do most of my TV-watching with her.) I enjoyed it–especially the throw-away humor lines–but it definitely wouldn’t have been Mom’s cup of tea–the Reavers were scary enough to me! (grin)

Now, it’s very likely I’ll have something to show you tomorrow.

Here’s a hint!

Oh–and before I go–you DO realize that today is the only date in the English Language that’s a complete sentence, don’t you? “March Forth (fourth)!” My sister calls it Parade Day. I mentioned this last year, too, and was told that “March First” would work, too, but I think that’s cheating. If you’re simply using the number to denote the order in which you’re directing the person to March, you can basically go the entire month: “March first, march second, third, fourth….” For this date, however, “forth” works as a homonym for a word with an entirely different meaning, denoting direction, not sequence.

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