Okay. I admit I've been absent this week - and there are a couple of reasons - the first two are to do with work. On Tuesday I had to go with a sales rep for a presentation so I was out of the office most of the day and on Thursday JP and I had a full day meeting in Richmond so we drove out on Wednesday night and stayed in a hotel so he didn't have to fight 2 hours+ of morning rush hour. Both events caused me to be very behind in everything!
Being born in the summer, I just love hot weather, just being out side, ahhh.... I used to say "you can never be too rich, too skinny, or too hot outside". Yes, it's not good grammar, that's why I don't say it anymore (that and I know that you can be too skinny) So I've been outside as well - that's the second reason I've been away from the computer.
While in Richmond on Thursday, I stopped by Daiso and found these goodies:
there are some coloured tapes, a piggy ashtray, some origami paper,
salad tongs, some embroidered greeting cards, notebooks,
papercoasters and some wooden dessert spoons.
Across the street at the Yaohan Centre, I bought these books:
Cotton Time and a book on needle felted animals
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My hair is a chin length bob (at the moment, it's always changing) and I just wanted to even it out. I thought "how hard can it be to cut a straight line?" so I went to First Choice Haircutters. Yup. I did. And it was a big mistake. After the women (who's the manager) finished cutting it, I asked her to cut it again because it didn't look straight. She did some snipping and insisted it was straight. So I left, and sadly I even tipped her.
When I got home and had a chance to look at it in the mirror, it was not straight - I even had a tail! Bah! It's not the 80's dude! So I opened the phone book and picked a salon. I had an appointment for Friday. I told my new stylist my story, and she just shook her head. At this salon I could watch her cut the back of my hair and observed a very straight line. Oh yes, and my bangs are no longer at a 30 degree angle either!It just feels so much better to have a good haircut, doesn't it?
After the haircut I stopped in at the LYS and had a hoot, in fact they even asked me to sit down and chat with them! Way too much laughing for a store! (but that's a good thing) I did pick up some sock yarn and a couple of skeins for a summer shrug, so now I'll be outside knitting, embroidering or completing some more Creepy Crochet, oh and reading too. Oh, and I'll be gardening as well - it's always time to mow the lawn isn't it?
Is it a long weekend for you?
Is it sunny where you are and are you enjoying the summer?
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It looks like we'll be fixing the Halloween toilet this weekend. Long story. And after seeing your post on the Creepy Crochet, I bought the book. Mike put in his order like this as he thumbed through the book - "I want this one...and this one...Oh! and I want this one for my desk at work and this guy here...". I've got some crocheting to do.
It's always a long weekend for me. One of the benefits of not having a job, eh? We are finally home after being in Vancouver for almost 4 weeks, so there has been lots of "cleaning" up to do around the place and in the garden. I hope to get my blog updated soon so you can read all about it. Am getting the itch to start a new knit/crochet project. Enjoy your weekend. I hope you get that sun (it was 2C here the other morning....BRRRR).
Doesn't your landlord have to fix the toilet? (just curious)
I sent you an email about Creepy Crochet as some people have had problems with the instructions... I thought you were buying that book for a friend? hee hee
Good for you Jo-Ann! I look forward to seeing your new posts. 2C is pretty cold. I think we got down to 8C one morning last week.
How hot are the days getting? And is sundown around 11pm now?
Awesome Daiso & yaohan bookstore finds!! And love your new crocheted guys-so cool!
And yay for good stylists- I remember I went to Magic Cuts once on a whim(thinking how bad can it be- my bad) and they butchered my hair and used the thinning shears right down to the scalp so much I had spiky patches all thru it- I never went back. Where did you go?
And thank you for the well wishes for Foufi- she sends her purrs and rubs to you...! xoxo
I went to Studio 604 in Clayburn, I'm still undecided but I think I will return - especially since it's not that far of a drive and she did a good job.....
thanks for the nice comments.
And your Magic Cuts haircut sounds pretty sad, you poor girl - did you wear a bandana or hats for a month?
The last 3 days it's been 25C at our place, but it's a little warmer down in the town. It's such a sudden shock that even though it's not really hot or anything, people are suffering (and complaining). It's still staying light til around 11:30pm and the other morning I woke up at 3:30am and it was light already.
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