A different day.

Yes, I'm still bushed. But for good reason today. So we'll just start at the beginning, a very good place to start. And then wander off to other places.

My husband has his follow-up appointment today, "somewhere north of Baltimore, Luthersburg or something". Ok, he can't drive yet, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. We swung by Starbucks and he put the address into Jill (our GPS) and off we went. I know how to get "somewhere north of Baltimore" so I didn't pay much attention until we got on 695 and I asked where we were going. ***** Falls Road, Luthersville. Hmmmm, now I know a nifty little Fabric Place on Falls Road, north of Baltimore. So after having his stitches removed, his foot evaluated, 2 new prescriptions written and a release to go to work - but not drive, I told Jill to take us to .... Michaels. Husband actually encouraged the trip and even (are you ready for this?) came INTO the store. And talked to Michael and Sherri. Commented "they're really nice people". What did he think? They sell fabric, ergo their fuzzy and nasty? Don't know. But they at least pretended to remember me, and CLEARLY remembered karent. (Sherri says "hi!, and when are you coming back?") Of course I found a few goodies and and some nice prices - for Michael's.

Let's see..... the grey at the top is a Zegna cashmere blend. The blue window pain may be a Channel, but probably not. I think it will make a nice skirt. It's very textured, a wool blend - needs a navy trim. The polka-dot was my husbands pick - I KNOW! - it's silk. And the navy solid is a wool jersy - thinking sheath dress?? Total damage? $102, 10 yards. And I was doing so well sewing up some stash.....

Which brings me to this: Pretty much says it all.

Then we wanted to look at one the houses I saw on Saturday, so Jill thought it would be a good idea to take us on I83 which deadends into downtown Baltimore in the most horrific traffic jam I've EVER seen. And I've done my share of driving in my half century (yikes, kind of wish I hadn't typed THAT!) Over an hour to go the about 2 miles from I83 to 295. So instead of a nice lunch we had Chick-fil-a at 3pm. So now I'm not hungry for dinner and husband is sleeping away his busy day. But we do like the house and will likely make an offer. See if it's accepted.....

And I know you've been dying to see the fugly first sock. I'm sure the needles were too large, the cuff is saggy and if you look at the back/heel portion you'll see where I mixed up my knits and purls and couldn't see to tink it so I left it. Told you it was bad. But it IS as sock. And fits on my foot. I think it did some fun pooling, though.

The next pair is on the needles, much smaller ones (#1's) and is turning out much better.