a little retail therapy

was in store yesterday
madam woke up with a case of the grumps
and a pain in the
foot
that felt like a pulled muscle
and made me very very .....
well, grumpy!!
the temperature had plummeted overnight
and it was cold and gloomy
but the sun eventually came out and made everything a little brighter
and I remembered that  shopping had to be done
and that there was a new shop to go and explore
right next to the
grocery
so I made things ship shape and off we went
in the bright sunny day
with a brisk breeze blowing

I don't usually need retail therapy
I don't actually like walking aimlessly through stores
looking at "stuff" I don't need or even want
but I have done it
mostly with friends who seem to need rather a lot of therapy sometimes

so I gave in to the grumps and entered the store.


First impression
what a mess
things thrown onto the shelves because that's better than leaving them in the boxes or on the floor!!
lots of stuff I won't be bringing home any time soon or ever!!
I'm sure many of you in the States know this store
and I do remember going into one a while ago, with a friend in her area
and more or less thinking the same thing in that store
messy and not much there.
the prices aren't that much less than the original either, so I don't get all the fuss
but
that's me.... so I'm all
whatever floats your boat
about it!!!


;p

after wandering about for a while

picking up things and putting them back

aisle after messy aisle

I spied

 this  ^^^^^^^^ up there ^

and any blue blooded crafty type

isn't going to leave with out checking

these babies out

now is she???

so I indulged myself with these

75% wool 25% silk in this one
only one ball unfortunately
my colours too
ya-ummmm

:) :) :)

this one 100% wool

three balls of that

in soft green and a mauvey mauve!!!

that isn't showing here at allllllll

but believe me when I tell you

it's lovely....

and on the sticks already

so with my tiny bag of goodies clutched to my rather ample chest!!!

I hurried to the grocery store to find the man, before he completely filled the cart with

un-necessaries

and home we came

another exciting installment of that which is my life

:) :) :)

well the cat was happy to see me back with supplies

after surviving another

ooooooo

couple hours with an empty bowl

 :((

the day had become very pretty and after all the domestic things were done

I put on my hoody sweater and went and sat in the sun

with my new therapy aid and started

clicking away

with the sun on my face

and a smile in my heart

and a few less grumps

 

It lasted until the breeze became too much

and the need for a cup of tea became unbearable

and the cat came and sat by the door

and did her

no body loves me routine

which even got the man up to see what was wrong with her

!!!

so in I came

and with cat fed and watered

tea in hand

I came and checked my e-mail

and

 there

was the icing on the cake

the gravy on the biscuit

the bathsalts in the water

I got an e-mail from

MiaS

telling me about her little adventure

while replacing the "fatballs" in her trees, for her birds

(I presumed they are  like suet balls, like I made once with the kids

but it didn't work for us, they melted and made a big yucky mess on the ground)

but Mia

made her birds

some pretty "fat balls" by crocheting colourful covers for them

and hanging them high up in the trees

.........

apparently...

the birds didn't like them

and it seems it scared them off

and all I could imagine was this!!!!!!!!!

Mia I hope you don't mind me sharing this

but it really really made the grumps go away

 thank you for being so funny and making me laugh

all the way across the big pond

oh and this was at the checkout and it was

$1.99

and it reminds me of the Easters of my childhood

when we would get them filled with luscious chocolates

and keep the boxes

and it was made in Germany

so it's real!!!!

and today I don't have the grumps or a pain in the

foot

I may still BE a pain in the.....

but I can work on that!!!

so off I go to knit knit knit

for a while

and I'll see you all later

thank you for the sweet comments you all leave

that really makes my day too

.......................

I am so lucky to have such nice visitors

 and so today I'm  going to send you

somewhere

someplace nice to go

and even if you aren't into this kind of thing, I'm sure you'll just enjoy the beauty
I found it yesterday and just drooled
all over the keyboard......

reminder to self
disinfect said keyboard
...

:)