A Nice Day Out

Oh I can't tell you how wonderful it was to get out of the house for the day.  I left Shawn and the kiddos on their own for a day out with my sis.

We went out to see Harry Potter and do a bit of shopping.

My lowly little yarn purchase.




Two skeins of Cascade 220 is a super hot pink for the Seed Stitch beret out of one of my Debbie Bliss books and a scarf.  Yes the yarn is really a bright pink.  She loves it!
I didn't spend much.  I figured I'd better be good after the box of diapers and toner cartridges bought at Sam's Club. 

I did get some yummy lotion from Bath & Body Works.




I got Japanese Cherry Blossom lotions and a small bottle of Irresistible Apple lotion.  Gotta love coupons, $24 in stuff for $11.  :~)

Here's a swatch for the scarf I'm making for Kaity. 




I'm just using one of the cable stitch patterns from my Barbara Walker stitch pattern book with a seed stitch border, which will match the seed stitch beret.  I'm going to block it out and do some math....yuck...to see how much yarn I'm going to need and all that wonderful stuff.  I'm quite sure that 220 plus yards will be more then enough to make Kaity her scarf. 

Knitting & Movies

I decided to watch a movie and knit today since I was up late with Bree....who decided that she didn't need to go to bed till 1 am. 
The next move on my list was The Guardian since Shawn wants to watch The Break Up.  He has until the end of this weekend then I'm watching and sending it back to Netflix.   
I'll argue with anyone who tries to tell me that serving in the Coast Guard isn't really being in the military.  Just because they don't have guns and bombs doesn't mean that they aren't a valid branch of the US Military.  I think they deserve to be recognized but a lot of people never give them a thought unless they need help from the Coast Guard.   The ones I give major props to are the members serving in Alaska who risk their lives to help fisherman in trouble out on the Bering Seas. 
Sorry bout that.....I'm getting off my soapbox now.  :~)  It's just one of the things that aggravates me to know end, when I here someone say that the Coast Gaurd isn't part of the "Real Military".
I'm a sucker for military movies.  Don't ask why but I love the movie Navy Seals.  I've watched Band of Brothers several times now.  I'm not sure what draws me to the movie but I love it. 
I'm also sucker for Kevin Costner then throw in Ashton Kutcher and oh boy you've gotta movie I'm going to rent.  Lucky for me it turned out to be an great movie.  I started with my Moms gift and after many mistakes and 2 rounds of progress in one hour I gave up and put it away.  :~)  I swapped to plain stockinette socks and all was well in my movie watching and knitting worlds.