Tent sale!

I went to my LYS's tent sale yesterday. I went $24 over my budget, but dad floated me the extra money and said it was fine. He'll probably have me doing yard work to pay it off, which is fair. I still felt bad about spending $60, though :p I've always felt bad about spending money, though, which is weird because I rarely spend money on myself. The last time I bought myself something was last year when I had birthday money from Grandma and Grandpa, and I bought a skein of Lion Brand Fishermen's Wool, a gauge ruler and some used books from the library book sale. And I think I still had change leftover.

The fact that summer is almost over is kinda freaky. I didn't get to do much because the weather was ridiculously hot and muggy, and things just didn't seem to work out. Oh well, there's always the fall - a season I prefer over summer anyway, because I don't get sunburned.

Anyway, I'm rambling. After the tent sale, I found out at the last minute that Nathan and Steph (my brother and his girlfriend/fiancee) were coming up for dinner, so I had to sweep right away and didn't have time to put laundry in or go on the computer. So, I was freaking out last night and this morning because I absolutely had to do laundry, and I was worried that I had more overdue library stuff, but fortunately, I had already renewed the items. Crisis averted!

I took a photo of my tent sale loot, but I haven't uploaded it yet. I'll put it into my Flickr and post it eventually :)

Hello! :)

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. In a quick recap of last week, I went to the LYS's tent sale and got five skeins of Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in a medium blue, two skeins of Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino in Lilac, and the only skein I could find of S.R. Kertzer On Your Toes DK in... Mauve Meadow? I think???

Anyways. Today my cousin Justin came up. He's dog-sitting for us tomorrow while we're at my sister's university graduation, and he's coming to dinner with us in the evening. I think my mom said he's staying tomorrow night, too.

So today I got my hair cut. I got an angled bob, which looks neat. I plan on pinning the front sections back with my bluey hair clips. I might also experiment with my bobbley hair elastics. I told my mom after I got out of the chair that I have Sailor Mercury hair, lol.

After my haircut, we went to Giant Tiger, where I got some new PJs (they didn't have a blue set in my size :( ). We got some Cadbury chocolate biscuits, too, and some other stuff. And then we went to Toys R Us to get my sister a 'new car' - a toy car. Justin got some cute Hello Kitty cards and a puzzle for Grandma, and I decided to get some replacement Monopoly money for Katie's grad present ;) We also went to Denningers to get lunchmeat.

We had perogies for dinner (boughten from Denningers), and I tidied the spare bed for Justin (can't remember if this was before or after dinner). I also got some knitting done while me and Justin were watching TV - I worked on my house tie, because I don't have a size 8 circular to make the bobble pillow for Herbology. I have a size 9 one, though. Maybe I'll swatch with that this week.

I also packed my purse for the travel, because we're getting up at 5:30 and hoping to hit the rode around 6:00 or 6:15 - her grad is pretty early, and they're being strict on when they're going to stop letting people in. I have packed:

A Zip-Loc bag with my hair clips, a comb and a small mirror in it.
Two books (Blood and Chocolate and Tris's Book).
My emergency feminine hygiene products wallet.
A pack of gum.

I might also include a couple of tissues and maybe some hand lotion. My hands get pretty dry. I would bring knitting, but given that I'll be in pretty close quarters, I don't think that would be possible, even if it is on a circular needle.

Excellent :D

I'm feeling a bit better. I managed to write a bit in Microsoft Word - I worked on my story, and on a separate project. I won't say what that project is, I'll keep you guys guessin' ;)

My thanks to Taryn and AJ for their sympathy :)

So I got the news a few minutes ago that Germany beat Portugal in the Euro Cup! Happy! I'm part German, so this is pretty awesome.

Also, two CDs are in transit - Queen Rock Montreal and a Stevie Ray Vaughan CD.

Plus, my mom said that after I finish up my math tomorrow, she's letting me take a two-week break! I'm still gonna be doing math over the summer, though. I need to, really, because I'll most likely forget a good chunk of it this summer. Also, the tent sale at one of the LYS's is coming up shortly! Yeah, I know I'm supposed to be de-stashing, but it only comes once a year.... :D

Sweet, sweet music

So in a previous post I asked you, dear reader, about songs that remind you of moments in your life or scenes from movies. I shall list all of the songs that bring back memories...

Songs and memories:

While My Guitar Gently Weeps, covered by Jeff Healey: Reminds me of Jeff Healey's death, and how it hit me hard. They say that the music died when Buddy Holly died, but for me the music seemed to die or almost die when Jeff Healey passed.

Twist and Shout, covered by The Beatles: Reminds me of the parade scene from Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Hot Blooded by Foreigner: Reminds me of a Diet Pepsi commercial... the dude trying to get into his old jeans... :)

Summer of '69 by Bryan Adams: Reminds me of a funny moment at a youth group meeting.

There's probably a lot of other songs, but I can't think of them.

So, I'm gonna take that Zeppelin book back to the library. It's called Led Zeppelin In Their Own Words, compiled by Paul Kendall. I love the photos in it. It's the only copy that the library has, and I think it's out of print. I also have to pick up Becoming Jane, season one of Torchwood, and the complete recordings of Robert Johnson.

Plus, the tent sale at the LYS is coming up :D :D :D