Novemeber 14

I finally got home today... It was a long day. The two gals I rode up with had a couple of stops to make on the way home... I sat in the car at the first stop. By the time of the second stop, Target with a JoAnns next door, I needed to buy another book to read on the way home. After buying my book I realized that they were no where near ready to check out. So I went to JoAnns.

I love a good fabric store. So many possibilities!!

I found my favorite print in a cotton fabric instead of flannel. Well I guess I shouldn't say my favorite but other peoples favorites for little girly blankets and accessories.

I decided to get 6 yards which would get me 4 blankets and some burp clothes and some bibs. I take it up to the cutting counter and the lady takes F O R E V E R...

First she counted out 7 yards instead of 6 and instead of having her count it out again I just said 7 was fine. Then she realized there was only 6 inches left on the bolt so I told her to throw that on there too. She told me that she would have to put it on separate because she didn't know how to put it on her thing. I suggested she forget about the extra inch and just put it in as 7 and 1/16 yards. She said she couldn't because then I would get that inch for free. I countered that as I can one inch samples of any fabric in the store for free... She was confused because the store had only been open a week and so I just decided to go with the flow.

It took her 30 minutes to cut my fabric. One yard of brown minky, two yards of pink flannel, and the 7 yards 6 inches of butterfly I ended up with...

As you can imagine I was just slightly annoyed when I headed to the check out... I finally get everything paid for and head out the door to meet back up with my friends who have just gotten back to the vehicle...

We pull out of the parking lot and that is when I decide to see how much I actually saved at JoAnns by using my coupons... First thing I notice is my total. 25.16. Twenty-five dollars and sixteen cents!! How crazy! I noticed that I didn't get charged full price for the butterfly. I got charged for .196 yards and .167 yards, or $1.16 and 1.00 respectively.

I don't feel bad about getting that much for free!! I have been screwed over enough times by that chain that I just don't care. Will it stop me from going there to buy most of my stuff? No!

And so now I've got plenty of baby blanket making supplies.

I finally got home about 6. It is going to feel so good to sleep in my own bed tonight.