Weekending

We finally had a beautiful day here on the west coast of Florida yesterday.  Amanda and I took advantage and went to the local Dia de los Muertos Festival in the Village of the Arts.  Their huge shrine this year was dedicated to the the 2000 tons of sea life that has died along our coast due to red tide this year.  We also took a little tour of the galleries and in one area got mother/daughter henna, picked up some local honey from Myakka Gold Apiary (ooh, and sampled and purchased some creamed honey…so good!).

I have been itching to get to my ‘local’ yarn store, A Good Yarn, and by local, meaning a nearly 40 minutes drive in Sunday traffic.I did buy some pretty yarn for a scarf for my mother in law, but I’m not showing the yarn or the color, even though she knows I’m knitting her one, some yarn that reminded me of fall.  NO clue when or if I will get to knit it, but I liked it, so it came home with me.I then spent some time browsing Barnes and Noble, but shocker, didn’t buy a single thing! I did get some new ideas for magazines that I’d like to try.  I should have purchased them while I was there, but maybe that is the excuse I need to go back.  My nearest bookstore is a Books a Million and it just doesn’t have the same feel as a Barnes and Noble.  Is that weird? Does anyone else feel that way? Of course, my preferred bookstore would be an independent one, but those are few and far between here, which is just shocking to me.  I could go to Tampa, but that is just as far as driving into Sarasota!  While on my way home, I took a detour to St. Armands Circle and picked up hubby some macarons.  He loves them and it’s been months since I’ve picked him up any as I don’t get to our local mall to get any.  I’ve noticed that if I can’t get it delivered or I can just pick it up, I don’t get out much.  There are some benefits to that, but I think that I would risk missing out on some lovely local shops if I continue to do that

Oh! I’m knitting on the Weigh it Yowza 4 by Susan B. Anderson.  I’ve been knitting on this for over a year…well, actually, NOT knitting, but I’ve picked it back up and am determined to finish it up so I can wear it next month when we do get some cooler weather and I can wear it.  Tomorrow is back to work, but I also have a board meeting to attend in Orlando on Friday and puppy raiser day to photograph on Saturday.  Good thing we have the following Monday off in honor of Veteran’s Day.

How was your weekend?