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Friday, November 23, 2007

It’s time to play the Cpurl Black Friday Game!!

Feeling Lucky? Killer Shopping Instincts Sharpened? Then Let's Play!

Start at Square One: "Adopt a Family" for Christmas
Scour 5 pounds of "Day After Thanksgiving" Ads – move ahead 3 spaces
Wake up at 3:30 AM and arrive at Mervyn’s on time – Extra Spin!
Get $10 gift card for being one of 250 to enter the store–Skip ahead one space
Bonus Round! Girl leaving store gives you her extra $10 card!
Run around scoring Door Buster bargains– Move ahead 7 spaces
Get ready leave store and realize in a panic that Blackberry is missing lost? stolen? – move back 10 spaces to Penalty Box
Wake up Dad from deep sleep to borrow cell phone and spend the next hour searching for cell phone but to no avail – move back 5 spaces
Check Customer Service 2 times but no phone - move back 2 spaces
Drive home and contact company IT dept to disconnect email link and call AT&T to suspend phone number – Get out of jail, Move 1 space ahead
Miss 40% off first hour only sale at LYS but arrive in time for 20% hour –Move 4 steps back but move 2 steps ahead
LYS Owner feels bad over missing Blackberry and gives you 30% off – move 1 space ahead
Go to Target for more bargains – 3 steps ahead
Go to Costco – score front row parking space – Move 2 spaces ahead
Go to Walmart – buy more stuff and some food for Food Pantry – Move 4 spaces ahead
Go to OSH and get deal on Father’s Christmas gift – Move 3 spaces ahead
Go home take nap – Rest in corner square
Go to Parent’s for Leftovers – Move 1 space ahead
Go back to Mervyn’s to have forgotten sensor removed from a gift – Move back 1 space
Go home, discover Sock Swap package from ZKnitter, go straight to Winner's Circle—YOU WIN!!!!

I think Christmas came early!! Ok, we're both a tad late with the Sock Swap but it was definitely worth the wait!! Look!

The cutest Momma Monkey Sock Bag ever! It puuurfectly matches my lexie barnes bag! Peppermint Bark! An adorable CarrieKnits handmade card and squeeeeeeeeeee, Embossed Leaves socks!!

(Ignore the black and white blur on the right--I couldn't keep the kittehs out of the photo)

Inside the sock bag there was a skein of adorable Yarn Pirate sock yarn in the "Pretty Pirate" colorway that match the Monkey bag and some cute "C" notecards!!

And, oh my, the most gorgeous socks - Embossed Leaves perfectly and I mean PERFECTLY knit in Wollmeise Sockenwolle, Wilder Mohn ("Wild Poppy") colorway.

They fit like a dream!

Look at the workswomanship!

Thank you Zknitter!! You're the Bestest!!

Labels: Sock Swap, Zknitter

Saturday, March 10, 2007

Happy Feet!

On Thursday I came home and found a box on the doorstep--my socks from my sock swap partner, Valkyrie!! As all sock knitters know, hand knit socks are the best. So, to receive a pair knit by a fellow knitter is extra special because you know and appreciate the work and time that went into them.

They're soooo pretty and super soft!

She also sent some yummy chocolate caramels, a chocolate bar, some cool bath scrub and this:

Sock yarn from the Yarn Pirate!

In the sweetheart colorway. It's made from 50/50 merino/tencel and feels so soft so I can't wait to try it:

I almost forgot--Valkyrie also included a chicken that lays gum eggs! I tried to get a photo with the eggs but Cary kept batting at them.