Mary Lue's Sale and Hot Fuzz

It rained yesterday - hooray! We sure did need it! Unfortunately, it was a Sunday...so now I'm wondering if its going to rain next Sunday... :-( They say it might...and weather is cyclic so we might be stuck with Rainy Sundays for awhile. That will give me the opportunity to get lots of knitting done and see all those movies that will be coming out in the next couple months! Biking and gardening will have to be balanced on Saturdays.


Yesterday Christy and I drove to St. Peter, MN to check out Mary Lue's moving sale. The store is a very adequately sized yarn shop but I overheard the shop lady say that they are going to be moving to a larger space in Mankato. I think this will be a very happy day for the people in Mankato as she has a nice selection of yarns! She had a HUGE selection of Encore (from DK to Bulky) so if you like Encore...head down there before the end of the sale and take advantage of the 30-40% off deals!


I picked up some Katia Mexico for 30% off along with a pattern for a sweater for next fall/winter. Saved myself $25. Here's the raw materials for said sweater.


I was really hoping to find something in a nice jazzy purple and she had some in the Art Yarns...but I needed 2 more balls than she had left...alas, I went for the autumn colors in the Mexico yarn...I'm itching to get started on it...but I have plenty o' time since I think it should be a 3 week project once I start.



I'm still working on the alpaca tee for shepherd's harvest in 3 weeks..should be done with it by then...and would like to wear it. Remember last year? It was cold and rainy that weekend. Year before it was nice....I'm hoping for nice this year.

These little side projects keep distracting me.

I absolutely love knitting and using these ball-band dishcloths! Here's the newest addition to my dishwashing cadre!..... Note how nicely the color matches the hand soap next to the sink. Dorky, I know.

Now on to our movie of the week. We went to The Reaping with Hilary Swank 2 weekends ago...fair. Last weekend we saw Perfect Stranger...less than fair...actually we were both disappointed in the performances rendered by each of the actors. This week we went to see Hot Fuzz and it was the best movie we've seen this month!. If you liked Sean of the Dead you HAVE to see Hot Fuzz. Completely different story line from Sean... but full of surprises both funny and freaked-out gruesome!

OMG - I was just informed that Heroes is starting! Guess that wraps it up for today. Check out Hot Fuzz if you like warped entertainment!

New Cat Pictures in next posting...