Tax Free Weekend and Kitty Comes Home

damn you mitt romney and the massachusetts legislature!  why did you give us an entire 48 hours of no sales tax?  what kind of sicko encourages an entire state to throw caution to the wind and to spend $$$ like a bunch of out of control compulsive shoppers?  bastards!!!

yeah, j bag and i went a little nuts.  on the home front, in anticipation of my parental units visting in september, we bought a kitchen table and chairs.  because you know my mother would question why we don't have a kitchen table.  people need kitchen tables.  a kitchen table is the right thing to have.  (and question.  why are chairs so damn expensive?). 

then j dragged me off to the appliance department, showing me the GE Profile range.  it has two ovens, he says.  why would i need two ovens, i ask.  well you just do, is his reply.  he goes on and on about all of the features of this stove from the gods -- have i ever mentioned that j doesn't cook at all?  that he wouldn't know what to do with two ovens?  there's just two of us here.  and even if i were to have people over, i can't fit two ovens worth of people in the house.  and i don't want to have to read a manual just to cook an egg.  i just want to plug the damn thing in and turn a knob.  screw "state of the art."  i think it's the control panel that he's in love with.  and he's right we do need a new stove, our old one still works but it's probably about 25 years old and it's kind of disgusting, and we're missing some of the knobs.  i finally give in because it's easier than arguing.  and it is a pretty stove. 

but it didn't end there.  saving the best for last, of course, i did it.  i bought a wheel.  i know i know.  you all told me to try a bunch of wheels out before making a decision, but like j who needed to buy a stove this weekend, i needed to buy a wheel.  it was tax free!

yeah i'm a little anxious.  i don't always spend money well.  unless it's yarn. 

but this is good news.  i have 3 cats.  2 months ago, one of my cats disappeared.  she ran off.  and when i didn't find her before leaving for france, i was sure i'd never see her again.  a couple of weeks ago,  j saw her.  but when he came towards her, she'd run off.  finally, on saturday, i saw her and was able to lure her home.  the vet said she looked good.  the other two cats are less than excited that she's back.  but i sure am.   and the way she's been following me around, my guess is that she's happy to be home too.

there was some knitting and crochet this weekend too.  i'll post about that later.

Comments

[Jenn C.]

As cool as the wheel is, the stove is awesome. (We got the gas range model of basically the same thing about 6 months ago. I'm totally in love.)

I've always managed to resist the siren call of tax free weekend.

[mamacate]

Yippee! Someone had to buy a wheel on no-tax day. I'm so happy!

[Kim]

Your song is a siren song. I don't know why it is, it must be that you're too cool for words. Reading about the S10 set off this internal monologue: "Wow, that's a neat-looking wheel. [Glance down at the price.] It's way expensive. Hm. No lubrication needed. Ever. That's really convenient. Ball bearings. What a cool term for something so useful. If I had this wheel, I could talk about ball bearings, and in so doing I would feel cool. Hm. Spins freely and treadles lightly. I've never treadled, but I can imagine how important that is. And no squeaking. Can't beat no squeaking. [Little voice that starts to whisper between the lines: I want this wheel. If I got this wheel, Maryse and I could learn to spin on it together, across the continent. I could sit in my living room and achieve a Zen state by spinning on my light-treadling, non-squeaking new wheel.]"

[Jaime]

YAY! for kitty being back home. :-) From behind like that, she looks a lot like my Candie kitty.

Fun shopping, too - especially the stove. Shopping is good.

[claudia]

I love having two ovens. But, granted. I only use them both for entertaining.

Wheel! Kitty!

[cyn]

so glad kitty came home. two ovens... J wanted you to be able to bake-dry your yarn, right? uh, er, something like that.

[Laurie]

Tables and chairs, ho hum, obligatory retail therapy. Now the wheel, THAT'S exciting. Congratulations. Bet you sit at the wheel longer than at the table.

Happy kitty, welcome home.

[Kellee]

Oh.My.God.

I go away for an afternoon and look what you do! ;)

So.very.excited. about your new wheel! Now, while I am also part of the crowd that believes you should try a bunch of wheels, I have to tell you that I just don't think you can go wrong with that little S-10. You know how I love mine. Also, it's not like you don't have something beautiful and very schmancy wiating in the wings for you, Ms-we-found-my-great-grandma's-wheel-in-the-garage.

p.s. We also bought a boatload of furniture this weekend. We're picking it up tonight.

[ann]

holy cow - lots of shopping!! now you have two ovens in which to cook lots of pies and a table upon which to eat them, and a wheel to play with - sounds like a party waiting to happen!

[Chris]

Welcome home, Kitty!! Wow, two ovens? Um, one to store yarn in??

[suzanne]

Great about the cat! and great about the STOVE. We have been replacing our 30+ year old appliances and it is NICE. I do cook a lot though--mostly to save money for YARN!

Table and chairs are expensive, but essential. You need a place to do all that sweater seaming! its practically a yarn purchase.

[maggie]

YAY! Congratulations on your new wheel! Be careful...they multiply pretty quickly though, just ask Carole, she knows. :)

[Carole]

Hooray! A wheel for Maryse! That's the one Sharon has, you know. And she love hers.
And the stove! And the table and chairs! Those of us dependent on state aid for public libraries thank you very much. ;-)

[Danielle]

Ooh, I like your new table and chairs. And the wheel too ... :)

[elisa]

Yay! For kitties coming home, for buying spinning wheels, for new furniture and appliances. What good news all around!

[SpiderWomanKnits]

First, I am so happy about your cat. That is really such a blessing :-) Give her a little scratch near her tail for me, ok?

Second, I am laughing out loud right now because I can completely relate to your parental visit provoking the table/chair purchase. We still don't have an "appropriate" dining room table or chairs and it drives all the parents and in laws crazy. Crazy. At this point the look of bewilderment on their faces when they come is funny enough for us to maintain our current arrangement. Evil. So is the price of chairs, evil.

Congrats though on you new domestic delights!

[Bookish Wendy]

Man, you slid down that slippery slope quick.

Hey, now that you have a table, can we come play at your house?!

[Beth S.]

You got a WHEEL! Holy %$&$#!!!!!

I'm so happy for you. Screw the chairs, who cares about chairs when you have a WHEEL! :-) :-) :-)

(though you do kind of need a chair when you're spinning... okay, I have a proper appreciation for the chairs now.)

p.s. There are two ovens in my kitchen but only one of them actually works. ;-)

[Kat]

Nice wheel!

[Coleen]

Congrats on the new wheel! can't wait to see all the beautiful yarns you will spin!

[Martha]

I love, love, love my two ovens. I just used them (both) yesterday. Usually we only use the smaller oven on top and I like to think it saves electricity.

Congrats on the new wheel! Sounds like you made good use of the tax free weekend!

[Cheryl]

You bought a wheel! And really, who cares if you didn't try out a bunch first? If you find one you like better you can always trade this one in! Or just buy another. The more the merrier, cram them into your house. That's my philosophy. Although I don't mind not being able to walk freely around my house. I like to think picking my way carefully around the wheels and fleeces improves my balance.