It Just Kinda Sneaks Up On Ya
Evil. It's everywhere. I left the house yesterday with some innocent plans: stop in at a new to me SnB at a Starbucks a town or two over, have lunch and knit, then head over to Michael's Crafts to pick up a few (quit 
laughing!) supplies for my mixed media class. Step one just as planned. A nice lunch meeting some nice new people and probably the cutest baby I've ever seen (well. except for mine) and a bit of progress on a new sock (cherry tree hill cherry blossom colorway,
size 1 circs, 2 x 1 rib). The first hint of evil showed up with the mother of that adorable baby. I told you - it's everywhere! She brought two bags full of free yarn. I politely selected one skein of wool. But those bags kept coming back. I couldn't help it. Some of them have promise for the mixed media class. Yeah, that pile over there is now in my stash. Then it was time to leave and the real Pixisis revealed herself. She seemed so sweet, so nice, very ebullient and fun. Turns out, that's just a facade. She's evil. "We're walking over to the yarn shop next door, you coming?" I politely demurred. I needed craft supplies, not yarn. "Oh, come on." No, really. "We just go for the socializing." Oh. Well, it 
behooves me to be polite with new folks, right? Yeah. Well. There was that wall of koigu. And not only Pixisis, but three other pushers ladies all saying "Ooooooooo buy more." I tried - I. Really. tried - to ward off those evil powers. And then they said "25% discount to SnBers." You'd have caved, too.
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ROFL.
Posted by: Risa | January 29, 2008 at 10:56 AM
It was totally out of your control; you were under the spell of pure evil (and don't you just love it!).
Posted by: Julie | January 29, 2008 at 01:10 PM
Another instance of having you at hello.
Posted by: Laurie | January 29, 2008 at 02:22 PM
Holy peer pressure batman! That's all you came home with after all that?!? ;)
Posted by: Jessica | January 29, 2008 at 03:27 PM
I so would have caved!
Posted by: Kelly | January 29, 2008 at 05:51 PM
I could have said no to the free stuff, but a wall of Koigu and a 25% discount?? Not on your life. NO ONE has that kind of willpower.
Posted by: Divine Bird Jenny | January 29, 2008 at 06:35 PM
It's very hard to resist Koigu. Impossible with a discount!
Posted by: Karen | January 30, 2008 at 06:46 PM
You did well not buying the WHOLE STORE at that discount!
Posted by: Norma | January 31, 2008 at 06:20 AM
:) It was not my intention to bring in even a hint of evil - I just wanted the yarn to go to a better home than mine! Isn't it hard to resist the "socializing" at the yarn store after SnB?!
Posted by: Becca | February 01, 2008 at 08:14 AM
Discount? Oh man - I can resist anything but temptation! That's how I got in trouble at the thrift shop. THe yarn was already marked down to 25 or 33% of it's original price - but then, the thrift shop was having it's 50%-off-everything-end-of-the-month-sale and...
Like you said, I caved :) The road to hell is paved with discounts!
Posted by: Robbyn | February 02, 2008 at 09:00 AM
ROFLMBO!!!!! I have one of those too...her name is Maggie!!
Posted by: Kim | February 02, 2008 at 11:37 AM