Busy saturday !

Yesterday was the last day of the winter sale season ! Chuy and I had decided to go downtown and see what was left. It was very cold : 4 °C (40°F) My mom took care of her grand children so we could go shopping wihout any complaining kids ( " what? anooooooooother store? Oh nooooooooooo !" They are much better with a TV as a baby sitter, I mean with their grand'ma, right? ) First, we went to pick up a book Emma won in a contest (few contestants = more chances of winning ) and in that bookstore, we found some candles for Steb next month birthday ( 50 % off of course !!!)

I'm participating in a seasonal exchange. I chose Halloween/ fall colors and my partner chose spring. We have to send 3 speciality flosses, 3 ribbons, 3 charms, 3 free charts, 3 recipes and 3 little gifts about the season. I found my ribbon and 2 little springly gifts I now have to find the free charts and the 3 recipes (for a bad cook like me, this is a real challenge ... ) Then I'll send my package. The due date is march 15 th so I won't be late !!! The store I went also sells cross stitch stuffs but nothing was really worth spending some money (understand: nothing was on sale ) We also went to my LNS. I thought let's give it a try and see what is left on sale. TO my surprise, she was having a 40% on some charts so I checked the bin and found 3 charts I can show you only one because the 2 others are intended for gifts !!! I bought a Lili Point chart:

I can hear you from far: it is fuuuuuuuuul of green !!! I know ... but it comes with buttons and it's hard to avoid green on christmas time , right?

At the LNS, I picked up the 2008 DMC catalog :

I fell in love with two somebunny to love kits They are sooooo cute !

I also got nice stash in the mail:

It's a Lanarte kit by Maria Von Sharrenburg: grand mother's time. The colors are a little dull and I'm planning on changing some colors to make the whole closet look more joyful I also got another Lanarte. You know I love Lanarte but their prices are really high so I try to buy used charts from kits. About a week ago, I managed to buy an used chart on ebay of one of my favorite design !!!

I love the colors

I also got my World of cross stitching magazine: no exciting patterns for me but next month seems more appealing : a somebunny to love pattern and some others nice ones !!! Next month should be my last issue: I won't subscribe again as few patterns call my attention. In some issues, I don't see myself stitching anything at all ... It's not worth the price ...

When we came back from our shopping trip, we found Pierre laying down on my mom's couch: he was running a small fever, had chills and a migraine ... This morning he threw up 5 times (he counted them) and he's now feeling a little better !!! (he's wathching Sherk the third )

Thank you all for your good advices on my wall paper's problem I did try Mr Clean magic eraser but his magic didn't work on my wall paper. I didn't find Debi's eraser at the book store (they also sell school supplies) I'll see if I have more luck at a craft store that sell stuffs for painters . I'm afraid my little cutie ruined the whole thing ...

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Jeez, I almost forgot to show my progress You remembered I abandoned a little bit the x-mas tree Then I got a comment from Tammy who got her whip out to make me pick up that tree again ( Thanks Tammy you really made me laugh ) So I had no choice (right? What if she decide to cross the ocean to use her whip? ). I did made some progress on the little boy's basket (yes, still no one over one )

And because it's your lucky day, I can even show a picture of my snow family stitched on thrusday:

Well, maybe you don't feel so lucky if you managed to read all this post Am I writing longer and longer post lately? Perhaps, tomorrow, I'll show you some one over one ... if you're lucky !!!