My dear husband bought me a new diamond ring:
I think it compliments my wedding band nicely. You can see another picture here: Shane Site. He’s been planning this for awhile, just waiting for a paycheck or two to act. He’s already picked out matching diamond studs for Christmas (though I suspect I’ll have them a bit sooner). I am one lucky woman 😀
Saturday we picked up K’s new (to her) car:
A 2001 Ford Focus. Very good shape, low mileage (60K) and a great price (under $6,000). Way nicer than my first car!
I had a whirlwind business trip this past week. Found out on Monday afternoon and flew out oh-dark-thirty on Wednesday morning for meetings Wednesday and Thursday, returning home on Thursday afternoon. I had a business dinner on Wednesday, so I knew there was going to be no time for visiting with friends while I was there. I also wrote off any chance of searching out an LNS given it was mid-week and the dinner engagement.
However, fate smiled a little on my trip. My colleague suggested dinner at a converted sawmill in a small set of shops about 10 minutes from my hotel. I hate driving in new towns, so I left in *plenty* of time to be there at 6, which meant I arrived at 5:45 🙂 He called and said he was running late – could we meet at 6:30? Sure. I could walk around the shops…..
First, I found the needlework/quilt shop. Oh my.
I tried to find a better picture of the quilt runner online, but no luck. The fabric in the upper left is for the table runner. It’s got applique and a little crewel work and great fabrics. To the right is a Pine Mountain Halloween pillow and the upper right is four quarters of fabric. The orange is my favorite:
Now to find something to stitch so I can use one of these great fabrics to finish!
There was also a yarn shop and I had just begun some serious browsing when my work cell rang and that conversation lasted until my colleague arrived for dinner 🙁 The shop was closed when we finished…… maybe that was a good thing. I only had one small carryon bag with my laptop bag for the plane and there wasn’t much room once I added the fabric purchases LOL.
I have completed both of my Fair & Square sets and they are in transit to Ontario, Canada (two different recipients). I’m working on my Halloween exchange for Hooked on Exchanging. It’s a new finishing technique I’ve been wanting to try, so I’m taking pictures along the way and will publish a tutorial (haven’t seen one online in English). So far, good progress on the September commitments!
Congratulations on the new ring – it’s lovely. Congratulations to your DD on her new car – very cool!
I’m glad you were able to find something to occupy yourself while you waited for your colleague – it looked like you had fun!
Oooh. Pretty pretty shiny. I wish I could have one of those. Lucky lucky lady… but I think your DH is pretty lucky to have you too.
Congratulations to K on the new vroom-vroom. I hope she enjoys it.
Some nice acquisitions there :o) I love the knitting witch fabric, she’s darling!
Ooo, a sparklie! And a vroom-vroom. Shiny!
Gorgeous ring, Annette!
Great car, too…and sounds like a productive trip. Take care.
A lovely, lovely ring! Best wishes!