Yes, I'm a yarnaholic

[selenay]

My local yarn store started its birthday sale yesterday - 40% off everything. They have some gorgeous stuff including some cashmere that I've had my eye on for a while. I was so disappointed when I realised that I'd probably not get there until Saturday, the last day of the sale when all the good stuff would be gone and I'd probably not find anything I wanted.

So I arranged with my boss to work through lunch today and leave early. I should get there an hour before closing. Yay!

I've got two projects in mind that I'd really like to find some yarn for if there is anything suitable. I've taken down yardages and suggested needle sizes. I've also decided that I'm allowed one skein of sock yarn if there is something there that really, really grabs me. Because I've got the yarn for six pairs sitting in my stash and there are a limit to the number of feet I have. Also, a limit to the people that I will knit socks for because I love my handknit socks and just want to keep them all shouting "mine mine mine!" at the top of my voice.

Ahem.

Then it is knit night tonight. So today is going to be a fun, yarny day.

Tomorrow it is Star Trek. Current itinerary is:

4pm - finish work and go to Second Cup for either hot chocolate or caramel latte, depending on how much relaxation is needed.

5pm - drive down to restaurants near cinema place and park for the evening. Decide where to eat, but leaning towards Boston Pizza right now.

6.30pm - saunter over to the cinema, pick up my pre-ordered ticket and review the status of the queue outside the door to the screen.

7pm - be sitting in theatre, watching trailers :-)

10pm - get home and squee loudly at Internet.

My week started out so crap, but it's looking up. My boss is even awarding me time and a half overtime for the weekend that can be banked and taken in lieu later. Think I'll take an afternoon off when Mum is visiting to do something fun. As I'm on call again over the first weekend in August, I might get to bank more overtime had have an entire day to play with!

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[neadods.livejournal.com]

I arranged with my boss to work through lunch today and leave early

I love it when hours are flexible!

Synchronicity - I also worked through lunch so I could go yarn buying. In this case, unexciting kitchen cotton, but I've been promising myself a cotton bedspread.

Did you get your cashmere?

[selenay]

It's so nice having a boss who is willing to be a little flexible when I need it. My previous boss would be a total jerk if I needed to leave half an hour earlier than I usually did, even though I'd work through lunch and still end up doing an hour's unpaid overtime that day. He blew a gasket when I wanted to leave at my contracted finish time one day so that I could get to a concert - and asked me when I'd make up the *unpaid overtime* time that week.

This boss is lovely and doesn't even ask why I want to leave early, provided I don't abuse it :-)

I did indeed get my cashmere and also the Malabrigo that I'd been hoping to find for a shawl: http://www.flickr.com/photos/archerygirl/3511363776/

It was a wonderful yarn haul and I can't wait to knit it all up :-)

[neadods.livejournal.com]

and asked me when I'd make up the *unpaid overtime* time that week.

No need to ask why he's your *former* boss!

I'm lucky - my hours are highly flexible as long as they average out correctly. (The downside is I'm still working off the time I took for last Friday.)

That's BEAUTIFUL yarn!

[selenay]

Oddly, I stayed with him for three years and only left because I'd made the decision to emigrate. I've got no idea how I lasted so long with him - most of my friends had 'inventive' names for him, particularly when I had to back out of plans due to his crap.

I'm so in love with my new yarn :-)

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I've got no idea how I lasted so long with him

Sometimes in retrospect, things that made sense at the time no longer do.

You ought to be in love with that yarn. It's lovely!