A love/hate relationship

[girlyswot]

With Walmart (aka Asda, though yes, I know, not quite the same thing).  Too many people shouting at their children; too many things sold out; too many things of really poor quality.

But...

Okay, I've known for a while that Walmart craft department existed.  I even made a brief foray into it a couple of weeks ago looking for knitting needles (they didn't have the size I wanted).  But today, I got a little carried away...

I bought fabric to line my Noni bag (which is now knitted, felted and awaiting finishing).  It's a perfect pink with green dots that was less than $4/yard.  I also bought some green piping at $1.24 and handles for less than $5.  I'd already picked up a magnetic clasp so now it's all ready to go.

I also found the perfect materials to make my Pay it Forward gift for amamama.  Actually I'd found part of what I needed when I was sorting through my stash in preparation for packing and moving, and Walmart have everything else.  And I went with an idea of what I might get to make for ladywhizbee but was completely bowled over by a product I'd never seen before that's going to make something SO much better than I'd first thought of.

And yet... I'd got my pink fabric cut without any problem but when I picked up another roll a few minutes later, the guy was nowhere to be seen.  I waited for a few minutes then gave up.  I'll go back another time, I guess, but it did feel a bit frustrating.  Though that's how I always expect to feel when I shop in Walmart.

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[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

Saturday. It's all happened quite quickly though I've been working on it for months! I'm moving initially just to stay with friends for a couple of weeks, then into the new place when it's ready. I'm going to have the 3rd floor of an enormous house (reminds me of the White House) that belongs to friends of mine from church and they're doing it up specially for me. I'm very excited.

I can't imagine buying fabric on the internet - I definitely need to feel it and see the colours in real life too.

[stmargarets.livejournal.com]

It sounds wonderful! I'm glad you've got a nice place. But moving is a pain. Hope it goes smoothly.