compliments and rewards

i was paid the highest compliment an employer can give to an employee, enough of you know what i'm referring to. . . . anway a few feelings/emotions came into play when i got the news--
wow, humility it feels good to feel valued, then i NEED yarn, as a reward, of course.
it just so happened that i drove to work today, and one of my favorite LYS (Knitch) was close by. you can guess what i did. my DH would be happy to know i showed some restraint when i walked in. the goal was sock yarn, so my reward would not break the bank :-) . . .

i found three colorways that i immediately fell in love with, this, and Steelers, and Strawberry Latte. i used sound judgement and asked the salesperson which of the three would most likely NOT be at the store in a month- so I got the strawberry switchblade as it's been "flying out the door", and they don't know how frequently the vendor will be sending more, decision made, and a new hat pattern purchased.

i've become a bit leary of on-line patterns considering how PJ's had came out- way too big. the new pattern is more of what i think he had in mind.

even though the Claudia yarn is called "steelers", my first thought was Georgia Tech, how cool would that be to have GT colored socks?!

anyway, i missed my gratitude tuesday-
so this week i'm grateful for:

a nearly stress free job where i'm definitely appreciated
a blog where i can journal
time off

TTFN