i only spent $60

carrie and i went down to stitches on friday- we were so excited- a weekend of yarn fun! and she had never been there! we went to TNNA together- but being as that she is in the business- she was working the whole time and didn't get to walk around and see the goods. we checked into the hilton and filled our water bottles and walked across the street and then entered yarn mania. the line to get in was sooooo long. we got in a found our peeps at the article pract/cocoknits booth- who were both doing very well with their cute patterns. we made it around most of the convention center, took notes on what we wanted to see again on saturday, covered lunch back at the article pract/cocoknits booth and conversated. then it was closing time and we were ready to sit down for a bit. we went to bennigans for dinner with reuben, julie (cocoknits) and petra. yes i ate what is in the picture above. it is a monte cristo sandwich, which is a turkey, ham and cheese sandwich batter fried and rolled in powder sugar and then you spread raspberry jam on it! i know so gross! so carrie and i shared one so that not all of our heart valves would clog at once. it was totally edible, especially because the raspberry jam was yummy and overpowered all the other flavors.
there is the jam being enjoyed
so saturday morning we had a very important breakfast meeting with kristine from curious creek and her husband phil at IHOP- which is a very happening place on a saturday morning. then we made our way back to the convention center and the booths that we hadn't hit the day before. i managed to only spend $60 and carrie didn't buy ANY yarn. julie did a demo of her fantastic knitter's blocks as we urged her on. we were such a good audience if i do say so myself. the yarn below is brooks farm yarn from lancaster, texas. 400 yds of fine wool for $16.00. i bought two as you can see. i am not sure if i want to make a cap sleeved something or other or some big style wrap from ann budd's wrap style or scarf style. what do you think?