the yarn fumes made me do it

we ran errands up north this weekend.

hubby got a pass for sam's club at his work.  at a cheaper rate, we could join.  we'd toyed with joining for a while - more kiddos, more food and stuff - and this pushed us in that direction.  i thought there'd be more variety but wysiwyg.  cheddar goldfish, not plain or pretzel, no organic peanut butter, and only 3 choices in  baby formula.  but we got a lot of snacky stuff for the boy - he packs lunch a lot - and diapers and formula. as the kids get older and eat more we'll have a better mind as to what to stock up on.

ate at olive garden.  visited a new (to me) organic food store called freshlife.  here are the goodies i picked up there:

kamut, red and regular quinoa, green bean chips!  i love bulk foods.

also visited a new yarn store - new to me, since it's been in existence for over a year.  planned on getting just one skein of yarn.  

i'm such a liar.  those blue puffs are marshmallow puffs yarn (like my poppin yarn) - the skeins were horribly tangled up, so my only solution to keep them from getting worse was wrapping them around soda bottles.  now i know what to use with the sirdar domino yarn.  ugh.  damn yarn addiction.

anyways, glendas knit knook is a wonderful store.  many high end yarns, and a closet full of sock yarn.  i had to restrain myself from flinging myself at that socky goodness.  i got a lot of yarn to knit the kiddos things - soft crystal palace chenille for floppy baby hats, a self striping sock yarn for baby sweaters (which i hope will be enough for toddler sweaters).  like i have time to knit.  but just so so lovely.  i plan to visit there as much as i can.  

it was a nice outing.  we were tired, but the kids were good (well, the babies were.  the boy was a bit of a fussbudget).   

on a sad note, peachey's, a bulk grocery/meat/craft store/restaurant burnt to the ground late last week.  according to their FB page they plan on rebuilding.  i am so excited to hear this - i love buying bulk goods there, the prices are so reasonable.  i love their beef sticks and canadian bacon, their farmer's and garlic cheeses.  best of all i love their pot pie (ham, beef or chicken doesn't matter).  and their whoopie pies are the absolute best.  when i was pregnant last year, they were only thing i really craved.  and when mom and dad went out there to visit parishoners in a nursing home, they often went there for lunch - and brought me my whoopie pies and blue pop corn.