Vacation 2008: Wrap-up

Sadly, we left the Inn before it was cookie time on Friday.  We so looked forward to cookie time.

Friday, after our lovely breakfast, we packed up and headed out.  The trip out was broken up with lots of stops; the trip back was straight through to St. Louis, where we stopped for lunch at Ruby Tuesdays, and this one yarn place.  Let's see, what was the name of it?

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There's more to this picture, but it has been altered to protect the innocent.

It's been a long time since I've been overwhelmed by yarn, but let me tell you, this place will do it to you.  I found some Claudia Handpaint I had been wanting, then wandered aimlessly, making laps around the aisles, clutching the two skeins.  Ramblin thought I'd had a stroke.  It was complete overload.  He had to prompt me to get a t-shirt, so dazed was I by All. That. Sock. Yarn.  What did I finally purchase?

What you see is the Red Sock Kit, the third order gift one of the elves (I did not get her name, very, very sorry!) noticed I missed out on, since that order was a gift certificate for Ragged; the aforementioned t-shirt; five skeins of Dream in Color Classy in Dusky Aurora; Claudia Handpaint in Antique Jeans; and a Loopy Ewe stitch marker for my Loopy Goody; all tucked into a Loopy shopping bag.  They put all of my stuff back in there; I hope I was supposed to leave with it.

I now feel more prepared for the online shopping, as I got to feel lots of yarns in person.  Now if I can just remember which was which. 

We got home, did our laundry, Ramblin mowed the yard, and have been fairly useless after that.  Here's a few pics of the flowers that greeted our return.