Well, long time no blog! But there's a good reason for it: we still don't have internet at the house - just our phones - and writing out blogs on one's phone is a special kind of torture. So I'm taking advantage of being in Bernice's basement right now (and her glorious wifi) to share a little of the last few weeks.
We've been settling in nicely at our new place and I'm finding the routine a LOT easier to get into than I expected. In fact, England is weirdly slipping away much faster than I anticipated and I'm sad about it, even though I like being here. I'll just have to print more pictures out and keep using British sayings as much as possible; I tried buying "British beans" here, and even though they're still Heinz, they definitely don't taste the same. Someone send Tunnocks, quick!
ANYway. Because we have such limited internet access, I'm mostly on Instagram, but even my small forays onto Facebook were crammed with Black Friday this and Cyber Monday that, and my inbox was just about bursting with stuff I was told I needed to buy. Now, I don't have a problem with sales -obviously! - but the problem in this case is that I can't take advantage of them since we're just starting out and it seems unwise to go blast my budget into Black Friday sales like a tree into a woodchipper. So watching all the sales come and go has been a bit sad this year but it made me stop and think a lot more about what this weekend is like if you're on the outside of all the merry sales. For one, I got to spend more time with our adorable cats; we've recently acquired two kittens and they are epic. For another, if you ignore the pressure to buy anything, this past weekend (and some of the weeks prior) was a phenomenal showcase of makers putting their best foot forward, especially in the case of those participating in local craft sales. It was really great to see all the photos of patterns, yarn, craft setups, and other finished products, and I felt really inspired to be surrounded by all of it - at least while I had my phone out, otherwise I'm usually surrounded by old books and National Geographics, since we haven't cleaned them out yet!
I guess the TL;DR takeaway is: even if you're not in a position to buy things - or you're choosing not to by things - on American Thanksgiving weekend sales, it's a great opportunity to browse, appreciate, and be inspired by the loads of talented people who are finding their voices and sharing. And you can probably just ignore the big box stuff, unless pictures of 60" TVs inspire you ;)
I'm working on a load of patterns; if you're following ThereandBackYarn on Instagram you know I've already got one in the time-out bin for being FAR too small. So look for some new publications in the next month! AND TODAY we get our stuff from England!! MY STASH IS COMING HOME!! (Clearly I should've led with this...I find it much more exciting :D).
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