Skip to main content

Safe & Sound...

It started out innocently enough. I was stopping to find some new shoes on my way home from work. After that I was going to hit redbox to pick up a movie, then subway for dinner.
How was I to know that the shoe store was having a going out of business sale? That everything in stock was 70-90% off? That I would find four pairs of flats, plus a new pair of black heels all for less than $8.00 per pair.
The sales girl was very sweet. Carried my shoes to the register while I looked around some more. The girl was also very nice when she suggested that I try on a pair of blue wedge sandals...I set my purse and shawl down and tried to slap those 'super comfy' blue wedges on my two bricks we casually refer to as feet.
'nope, not for me I said.' with a smile on my face...
I picked up my stuff, paid, and headed to my next stop...
15 minutes later at the store I felt like something was amiss...I had a sinking feeling, a nugget of fear and then I realized why...
I didn't have my green shawl
You know the one.
100% cashmere in green with a purple ruffle edging.
The one I proudly dragged to introduce to the Yarn Harlot.
The one she touched!
OMG
I felt faint
I felt a couple tears well up in my eyes.
I walked a couple circles around the car, ran into the store and
grabbed the movie from redbox. Then headed back to Lynnwood.
I was in such a state of panic, fear, and nausea that when a woman tried to nose her way into traffic I quite harshly closed the gap saying 'not this time sweetheart'
Then I thought 'oh boy, karma is going to bitch slap me for doing that and for sure the shawl will be gone'
It's possible at this time the tears started in full force along with the irrational thoughts.

What if someone saw it and took it? They don't know it's cashmere!
They don't know it was hand knit!
They don't know that it needs to be handled with love, care, and reverence! They'll take it home and present it to their dog as a soft place to rest its mangy little head!

Please let it be there!

It's possible I broke the speed limit a bit and that the tires squealed a little as I pulled into the parking lot. I possibly called an old lady driving a not so nice name as she totally jacked up backing out of a parking space causing me delay from reuniting with my shawl.

It was there

Right where I left it
I grabbed it and possibly kissed it,
Silently thanking all the powers that be that allowed me to get it back and not let it end up as a dog bed...

I promise that I will never abandon you again.

Ever

Comments

Lynn said…
Phew! Sure glad you have Karma on yourside!!

Popular posts from this blog

W.I.P

Bears Barn Owl. We had a hockey game last night and while I'm normally so wrapped up in the game that I don't have time to knit, that was not the case last night. Silvertips have had a rough go and the Red Deer Rebels really wolloped them last night. So I knit. I ate some dingleberries. Delicious. and I knit some more. I have a feeling I'll be finishing this bad boy up by tomorrow and he'll be the star of the retreat. Isn't his color wonderful?

Knitter Down...I Repeat, We Have a Knitter Down...

It's probably not that dramatic, well maybe it is, who can say for sure....but I can say this, right now from my elbow to my wrist is some gnarly pain that was flared last night after knitting 6 rows of the Shawl...SIX ROWS and then WHAMMO! so much pain. This isn't the first day I've had this, I've actually been ignoring for a few days ...okay, I've been ignoring it for a couple weeks but this is the worst it's been...So, I've made inquiries as to which doctor to see and am waiting to hear back to make an appointment...while I wait ice packs, and copious amounts of pain meds (don't worry by copius I really mean, recommended daily dose) are being taken with the shedding of a few tears while I fondle my knitting... stay tuned...this can't possibly last forever xoxoxo c. p.s. Fati...don't worry I have a plan if this whole wrist issues blows out of control...

24 Hours

I don't even really know how to tell you about our last weekend. We took a trip that lasted less than 24 hours from start to finish. Saturday morning we left our home at 8:30 a.m. with our friends and we caught a train to Portland, Oregon. We were going to watch our hockey team play against the Portland Winterhawks. It's important to note that Friday Portland and areas far south of Tacoma Washington were hit with a snow storm. But, we were taking the train so we weren't super concerned. I packed extra knit items and warm clothes just in case we needed it. Boy did we need it! As soon as we got out of the train station we snagged the first cab we saw and made it thru the snow covered streets to our hotel. Which was a short walk from Memorial Coliseum where the game was being played that night. Checked in, changed our clothes into our team colors, and headed out to walk around a bit and find some pub grub... That's when we realized we were in the m