So a few months back, you may remember how I was so keen on my PVC Niddy-Nosty that I made a bunch of and pawned off on my pals. Well, either I’m all thumbs at using a nostepinne or it’s the pvc - maybe a wood one would work better? But I keep getting so far and then a tangled mess. Here is my first attempt at plying on my spindle and I got to the end until it fell off the PVC and then got in a tangle mess.

The second attempt was a bit better, but still not perfect.

I don’t mind - I got enough done and will get a couple of small skeins. The whole thing is…I’m in a funk with my spindle spinning. I’m not sure if it’s the fiber - I love this fiber -but maybe it’s not meant to spindle. I don’t know - I’m just feeling a funk. Maybe I need to break something else out. I was spinning some indigo/black - maybe I should get to some dyeing or playing with something else and give it another whirl.

In other news - I’m a happy camper today. Monsieur Purl bought me a Barista espresso maker a couple weeks ago. It was a gift, but a total splurge that I felt insanely guilty over. However, I’m telling you I love making my own vanilla lattes - I make them really delicious. Anyway, today I stopped into Starbucks to pick up some espresso pods - which rock by the way, so easy to use - and what do I see… yes the machine… on sale…for…$200 less. $200 - well that’s huge. HUGE. So I decided I needed to ask for a price adjustment. Well, wouldn’t you know they tell me they don’t do that… so I headed to the store it was bought from with receipt in hand and - as soon as they could figure it out - price adjustment. Because you know that isn’t right - I haven’t even had it 30 days. It’s barely broken in. If it was like say a $50 discount - ok - I can see it - but $200 - it was a 55% price reduction. I asked the girl behind the counter if I should bring it back in and have her refund it and then resell it to me - I guess they figured I meant business. At that point they figured it out and bonus they were stocked on my pods, which the other store was out of - so all around good day.

In the “I hope I’m not the last person to find out” category - did you all know there are places out there that will do your shopping/meal prep and you just pick up, take home, and pop in oven on said night for dinner. We have had a new place called Dinner by Design open up. Well, I went in today to have a look - its in the same shopping center as Starbucks - well it was clean, and very reasonable considering they do all the leg work and prep - so I signed us up for 12 meals of 3 servings each. I was talking to Mother when I found it and she was totally appalled at my laziness. I’m not lazy - I just don’t like to do it. Life is short - suffering is not on my to do list.

Anyway she has no idea - she could’ve given June Cleaver or Donna Reed a run for her money in her heyday of family dinners. There were 3 of us and a full dinner landed on the table every night at 7 pm sharp - complete with afternoon trips to the A&P in full make-up, furs and pearls nonetheless. No I’m not kidding. Well, my reality is sweatshirts, jeans and no make-up with regular conversations that go like this - “hmm… any idea what we should eat tonight?” “I don’t know, you?” and then said conversation ends up with spaghetti out of a jar or a frozen pizza or fish sticks or something. The only plus is I have enough Prego spaghetti jars now to dye 52 flavors of fiber.

Really, I don’t mind to cook. I enjoy whipping up a special meal every now and again. Trying out something new. But everyday…<gag>… on the enjoyment level it’s down the pike - I much prefer to spend my time on a hobby I enjoy. Plus you know I have never been organized enough, in this area at least, to actually plan - having someone else do the planning/thinking works for me. This is just one less thing for me to worry about - maybe I can get back to my exercising, which seems to be suffering with all this work/real life stuff lately.

~ Madame Purl