Meltdown

more apologies for boring and sporadic posts - life is getting the better of me!

I had a cranky attack yesterday afternoon - i was so sick of doing stuff that 'had' to be done rather than what i wanted to and all i wanted to do was sew. Didn't get near the sewing machine until 4pm yesterday, after discovering i had lost my giant white thread in some moving box so i went for a stash enlarging mission. not that i could afford it. picked up some gorg printed cotton at global fabrics, and some AWESOME cotton flannelette at Arthur Toye - photos will follow later, promise. It was one of those prints where i knew that if i didn't snaffle some there and then i'd miss out.

Got some bags half made, the boy is cleaning the printing screens this arvo, bring on the fun!
but until then, i have mega mega work load. So i should really do that.

is it friday already?

man this is awkward - lying on the bed, resting on my elbows to type on the laptop.

Not sure how i'm still functioning really - has been the maddest week. And was a super mad day today - fridays always are at work, which is a bit of a killer.

But somehow i managed to make a pattern and do masses of ironing (stash got washed and dried today) and a little bit of cutting out. Hopefully i'll be able to dedicate sunday to sewing...oh can't wait! plan for tomorrow - out to petone fair, maybe try and hunt out some drawers and a desk for the flat (my clothes have nowhere to live), and then see if i can sell some clothes to recycle boutique before spending all my money again at the global fabrics sale. mmmmmmmmmmmm fabric. might see what knit world has going at the same time...

next week we should have the mac all set up and i'll be back to more regular posting - have a fab weekend!

I am tired.

We spent all weekend moving and cleaning. We got it all done, except for some of the unpacking. Feel my enthusiasm for having our own STUDY! At the moment it's full of boxes, and we have no desk for the computer or sewing machine, but we'll get there.
It took us 4 freaking hours to clean our old flat, it was so painful. Then, to prove how fantastic (not) our old tenancy agency is, I was told that we would get a full bond refund because the place looked amazing, then when tim went to get the paper work signed off the same guy tried to weasel carpet cleaning costs out of him. Um, no! Especially after telling me i'd get a full refund. Clever. Glad to be rid of them.

Was way too busy to get back to the Fabric Warehouse sale, which is a good thing, as i've literally just scored myself a set of printing screens and squeegees for an awesome price...bring it on!

moving day...

firstly, apologies for tim's addition to the last post. Charming.

I'm completely over-stimulated and can't sleep, so it's 5.41am and here i am sitting at the computer. i had a really intense day at work, then an unnecessarily mega bus trip to the flat for the inspection, and then an engagement party...there was (and still is) so much going round in my head sleep is basically impossible. so i gave up. The movers arrive in 3 hours and the place is a tip. So all i'm planning for right now is to have everything organised for when they get here and then the rest of the day can happen as it wants - getting the rest of the stuff out of the flat, going out to the hutt to pick up furniture, unpacking, cleaning the new place, getting the new whiteware delivered (omg so excited about that!) and hoping that i get a few parcels in the mail today. For now i have to settle for doing quiet things so i don't wake anyone up...

insurance pain

i am sitting on the phone waiting to make amendments to my insurance policy. how long before i will be attended to? fifteen freaking minutes. sheesh...

and then i'll be able to go and relax over a picnic dinner at free rhombus gig. yaaaaay relaxing!

blah blah blah your a dick... wah wah blog pog

uh oh. i think i need a dedicated fabric fund

I can see myself expanding my stash quite rapidly if i'm not careful...but i haven't bought loads of fabric just because in ages. I used to work for a fabric shop and constantly spent too much ofmy  wages on fabric, but i love it. I love to walk around stores and touch all the different textures, feel the weight, drool over prints.  I keep hearing about the Global Fabrics sale and think i may have to visit tomorrow (yay for Waitangi) in the midst of packing and cleaning. But i figure seeing as the boy just made a rather large and completely redundant purchase without asking me, i can indulge all i like. So there.

And then i'll get to test out my new washing machine by washing it all...mmmm

stashtastic

Well, the Martinborough fair didn't go quite as well as we'd hoped, but we still came away with a small profit, and we got a really good response to our ipod covers. We think our target audience is  a little narrow, so we're going to expand our range of products for the next one in March. Which means i got to expand my stash at the Fabric warehouse sale today. If you love fabric, GO. It's on till the 10th of feb. I think i may go back yet...there were so many beautiful silks and things that i would love to just have...(in my new sewing room, woop woop!)

Just randomly - a painting i picked up at the statue barn. So much wrong with it, but i love the colours, and it's so nice and homey.

Pre-stash expanding, we had our first try of the new(ish) Zarbo's on Chaffer's dock. Man, does it really take 20 minutes to make a coffee? It wasn't that busy...but the wait was forgotten with one sip - my hot chocolate was divine and tim was in palpatations over his long machiatto. All is forgiven Zarbo's. 

Now all is go on packing - we got ourselves a loverly french couple as our flatties. Think my french may improve this year...So our lounge is a mess and i have my recently engaged friend coming over to lemon crunch muffins at 3...better get to it.