Thursday update

I am not doing so well at not buying new stuff to craft with.  I went to the thrift store and spent $50.  Now, that seems like a lot, but I bought 1 scarf, 1 cami, 1 pair of pants, 1 blazer, 1 hat, 16 shirts, a pair of baby pajamas for my friend Jen, a curtain for my bathroom, and a crocheted blanket for my couch.  Then the bad part, I bought 2 tea towels to craft with for $1, 4 quilted place mats, to sew together into a table runner, or wall hanging for $1, an embroidered wall hanging/table runner to hang on the wall$2.89, a quilted pillow sham for $1, 3 purse rods with knobs for $.25 each, and a pair of pleather pants to craft with for $1.

The scarf, 2 long sleeved t-shirts, a button up shirt, and 2 sweaters.

The cami, 3 short sleeved shirts, the blazer, and a button up white lace shirt.

The crafting stuff.  Clockwise from top left: The 2 tea towels, 3 purse rods, 4 quilted placemats, wall hanging/table runner, pleather pants, and quilted pillow sham.

Then I had to run to Michaels to buy some wool yarn to make some more 8' squares for the children in Africa.  I only had 1 skein of wool yarn and I have used it up already.  I have a lady at work bringing me some more, but in the meantime, I needed some to work with.  I didn't do too bad.  I got 1 large skein of fisherman's wool for $9 and 3 spools of trim for $1 each.  The trim was just because.

The trims are 9 ft. long and are pink - flowers and hearts, yellow - start, blue - flowers.

This is why I need a crafting intervention people.  I promised myself that I would grab the yarn and leave.  Stupid marketing studies that place bargain bins strategically in my path!