Birthday Fun!

There is nothing like shopping with "free money".  My husband and I went to my favorite little town of Occoquan yesterday for my birthday and before we left home, he gave me $200.00 to shop with!  Let's just say, I didn't come home with much left in my pocket - LOL!  I got the cutest scarf (see picture).  It is little "yo yo's" stitched together.  It was pricey, and I hesitated for quite awhile - but it was too unique to pass up. I wore it today and got lots of compliments!  I also went to a neat store called Salt and Pepper. She sells cookbooks, fiction and mystery books that are "food themed", small kitchen/cooking items - puzzles that are food themed.. well, you get the picture. I bought a non-fiction book called "Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant".  I read this a long long time ago.  Wanted to "revisit" it as I enjoyed it back then... On to another cute shop where I bought two candles - in neat glass jars.  One is shaped like a snowman with the lid being his "hat"(just realized he is in the picture too)! One is cranberry/orange scented and the other is sugar cookie scented. Yummmo!!!  I went to ANOTHER shop I love and got a cute little christmas tree and some sweet little lights to put on it. A stop on the way home for chinese food and the day was done.  Enjoyed it immensely!  The whole time we were walking/running around the town, the wind was blowing so hard and it was super cold - but I loved it!

Blustery Day today...

...windy days invigorate me
....celebrating my turning 63
...lots of yarn shopping (and buying)
...lots of phone calls back and forth with my sister to talk about knitting
...lots of knitting and stitching the past weeks
...lots of reading and book browsing...

Hope your 2013 is happy, peaceful, and all you wish it to be....

Don't Stand Under the Mistletoe....

I forgot that I was supposed to send you all a picture of the design model I stitched when it was done! It is available now for sale - online and in your favorite needlework shop.  It is designed by Joanne of "Of Generations Past"...