Even I didn't think it was that bad!

38 different yarns and counting....

I have now pulled all of the yarn that I can find out of the closets and I have 38 different yarns... and I'm not done logging.  Wow... yes, I wasted a lot of time yesterday.  Although, if you consider that I've been saying that I need to pull things out and re-organize that particular closet since we moved in a year and a half ago, not really.  The closet in the back is a nightmare.  It has needed attention for quite some time and I was supposed to organize it during deployment.  Oops... 

I'm happy to report that I've found things that we didn't know we had.  Shoes, for example.  Yes, a small rubbermaid tote underneath a bunch of other rubbermaid totes was full of my husband's slippers and sandals.  I thought it had yarn in it.  I was wrong.  So... there you go.  This is now productive since he had been saying he needed to buy some kind of sandals for the summer. Now he has 2 pair to choose from!  LOL 

I also discovered a couple things about my yarn buying habits.  Bernat... you need to put me on your stockholder list.  I buy your yarn a LOT.  1 skein for a small project here and there and... walla!  I have a entire rubbermaid tote of Bernat yarns.  Neat!  I love Bernat, though, so this is not a problem with me.  I will do something with it.  I know I will.  Satin is my particular favorite for babies.  So!  Soft!!

Another discovery... if anyone sees me at Michael's and I am standing in front of the Lily Sugar 'N Cream cotton yarn... pull me away!  Especially if I have a white/tan varigated skein.  Dude.  Really?  I find them stashed here and there and everywhere!  (Not in the box of shoes, though.  It wasn't that bad.)  So who needs dishcloths?  Anyone?  LOL 

Looking at the price tags on skeins of yarn has been fun too.  You can definitely tell which yarns were purchase pre-baby/marriage/military/single-income.  LOL  I seriously wouldn't dream of paying $11.00/skein for a yarn that only has 250 yards in it!  However, I have 2 skeins of Super-10 Butterfly Mercerized Cotton yarn that I never used, no less!  Ha, ha!  O.k. that's enough to make a small baby sweater, but still.  That's a $22.00 sweater!  I better LOVE that baby.  I mean, I don't pay more than $5 or $10 for any 1 piece of Gabriel's clothes if I can get away with it and he is MY child. 

I'm not mad at myself for my old yarn buying habits.  It was fun.  I had the money (sort of) and I loved to explore new yarn stores.  If I found something cool on sale... and I have a feeling that the Butterfly was on sale and therefore, not actually $22... I bought it.  Maybe I'll have another boy and finally make that little sweater?  I should have made it for Gabriel, but guess what... all of the yarn went into storage for the move pretty quick.  I didn't get to pull out as much as I'd liked to.  We just didn't have room in our little bedroom at my parents' house.  LOL 

Well, I'm going to go finish up getting the PWOC stuff together for my exit.  I just sent the President a big email that said where I am... which is not far with Sir Pukes-A-Lot hijacking my schedule lately.  Speaking of him... its 6:30... I better go see if he's puked.  That would be right on schedule if he did.  I'm seriously praying that we're over the worst of this, though.  I feel so sorry for him.  He's not a happy camper and I don't blame him.  I think we're due for a playdate at the McD's playland with Aiden when he's ready.  He needs it badly.  So does Mommy!

Oh and yes... I admitted to the President that I totally wasted time on a personal project yesterday.  But... I needed to do something that I love for a few.  Its been a stressful couple of weeks and I wanted to play with my yarn!  So I was selfish.  I'm sure that we'll all live, though.  ;)