A Busy Afternoon

I had a very busy afternoon the other day that was filled with a few knitting funnies. It started as I was leaving work and has to do with a trash can. Here's our trash bin outside of the office. It has a cute little fence around it so that people driving by don't have to look at a nasty trash bin. I always take out the trash and then head back in to finish up my end of day duties. This particular afternoon, I empty my trashes before the hygienist, so there was a bag sitting by the door as I was leaving. I grabbed my purse, knitting bag and the trash and headed out the door. Guess which one I threw away?

My knitting. Fortunately, as I threw the bag over the little fence, nothing fell out. Because I so would of been dumpster diving. The doctor grabbed it for me instead. There was a lot of yarn in that bag. All of this...It's my first project for the Battlestar Galactica game that I am playing on Ravelry. Also, I don't own all of this yarn. Senora Fuerte and I went in halves to buy the yarn. When I'm done, she is going to make a pair of these Rainy Day Gloves, too. I was laughing so hard about throwing it away, that I just had to share.

After that I picked up Chiquita and headed to Michaels to buy the yarn for my Raider Training, also part of the BSG game. This is the only yarn I will be buying for the whole three month game. I'm trying to use this as a way to stash bust. I also know that I am going to get a lot of heck from some of you for going to Michaels (I'm such a yarn snob that it annoys my friends. Well, all the friends except the ones I've made something for with my fancy yarn). This is going to be a blanket for Chicklet. I bought the exact same yarn that I used to make Chiquita's blanket (seen in the background). It should be interesting crocheting instead of knitting. The funny part of our trip happened while I was waiting for someone to meet me at the help desk. There was a ball too high for me to reach. As we were waiting, other balls in hand, a lady walked up and asked the girl , who was barely walking over, if they sold knitting yarn. Then she saw me and pointed. I told her that we were headed there right now. Of course, I had to plug WWKIP Day and invite her to join me and my knitting group. Everytime I go to Michaels, I see someone in the yarn section and attack them with the come to my knitting group line. I can't help myself.

I'm now going to bug you to join us for WWKIP Day. I added a link with all the info in the upper right corner. If you aren't local, I encourage you to use the website and find a location near you. See, can't help myself.