2/11/07

Nuts

We bought Mic shoes against his will today. He pretty much laid on the floor while I forced shoes on his feet. Lorelei on the other hand tried on a dozen shoes to suit her fancy. I well, cursed most of the time. I am in search of plain black dressy shoes. I have few requirements, closed toe, rounded toe (I hate the look of pointy shoes), a heel of at least 2 inches, and black. Shiny or dull--it doesn't matter...oh and it has to fit. Sigh--I found white shoes, and brown shoes--perfect, but they aren't black and one black shoe I did find was a wide and I certainly do not have wide feet. And each of those three shoes were almost perfect--but not enough and it drove me nuts.

I also discovered that size doesn't matter. I am normally a 7 1/2...but not today, today I am a 6 1/2. I guess that size doesn't matter when trying on slip on pumps.

Best of all we snagged us some Girl Scout cookies...8 boxes of Samoas and 1 box of Tagalongs. And no we aren't planning on sharing with the kids. As my parents used to say to me when I was a kid, "These are too good for kids." But unlike them, Jamey and I aren't cruel--Lorelei and Micci don't know we have them.

The Girl Scouts were camped inside a Half Price Books. Ah, my two favouritest things. We picked up a book for me (an Anne McCaffery), a book for Jamey and I to share (a beading book), and a book for Jamey (a cheese book--of course). I wish I could spend a few more hours to peruse the store--sans kids. That would be heaven.

On the knitting front, I am trying to master the continental style of knitting. Basically I knit English style--I throw the yarn with my right hand over the right needle. In continental you hand the yarn with the left hand and your pick up the yarn with your right needle. I have heard that continental is faster. So I am giving it a try. I need some speed in my knitting right about now--I have so many projects on the needles I need to get something finished.

Labels: daily rant, food, Kid Antics, knitting

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