#adventures in online shopping

[whilewewereyetsinners]

um sure that's perfect for my meringue cookies good job

why. why was this your choice. at least the chili was also in the same grocery category why did you choose BREAD CRUMBS over another flavor of popcorn seasoning i didn't want another flavor but what is your selection process here why not just tell me to put an entire loaf of bread on my popcorn target what is wrong with you.

[argentinesunshine]

after trawling thru a hundred unholy sites & searches and waging war on photoshop, i finally made myself cases for my new phone

[vinetsu]

📢 SH0P UPDATE!! 📢 More variety of charms from different series added to my shop catalog! Please check it out 🛍️✨

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(Sh0p is open for two weeks ♡ closes on September 22nd)

Thank you for your support 🥰

[a-daisy-in-the-dark]

12.31.24

happy cat 🖤

[corvidarcana]

Photographed some of my homemade soaps today :)

[imsmallfry]

My life lately!!! my choose your own adventure is so close to being finished i am honestly SO EXCITE if you want to see everything about it and also be the first to play pls check out my patreon!!

Also stickers!!! i just added the oops ones to ko-fi and the A quality ones are on etsy as well as ko-fi. limited supplies of each! Check my linktree for access to all of these good wonderful things and see you in the next mini vlog :3

[macrosmic]

!! ONLINE SH0P IS OPEN !!

💗 Preorders are open until the 30th of April !!

♥️ Many fandoms avalible !!

➡️ Link here !!

[flojocabron]

12/06/24: Canadian order received! One of my last Black Friday purchases just got in. A DS game and four Switch games. It came from Videogames Plus. An authorized retailer that gets and reprints out of stock games. And of course, I had to buy Disgaea DS. It was $29.99 Canadian. Which isn't that bad cause all I could find for a long time now is the DS game cart only with no case. It's something I've been wanting for some years now. I did try this DS version years ago. But I simply found the old PSP port superior. I'm getting closer to a full North American Disgaea set. And the switch games seem less common, too. These cost about $20 Canadian each. Half-off, supposedly. They're also games that come from indie publishers. More 2d sidescrollers/Metroidvanias! I like those types of games. I hope you have an excellent weekend.

[gallifreyanhotfive]

If anyone knows how to save a soaking wet book, please let me know! 🥺 I ordered an EDAS from a used book store, and despite it being in so-called 'good' condition, I'm pretty sure it was stored in a fish tank. 😭

[fogaminghub]

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[skeletalheartattack]

WATCH MS. PAC-MAN DANCE

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[ironboneknives]

kiridashi “MOSQUITO-e!” II/MMXXIII

now on @etsy IRONBONE KNIVES

[naritaren]

Remember how I said my wallet is going to hurt because of this shop hop? Well, it's not hit too bad after my first day. I visited 7 of the 12 stores for the shop hop. I didn't plan on hitting a ton, so I didn't bring my card with me to buy stuff. I only purchased things at two of the first 5 stores I hit because they were the only ones that did tap to pay. Details on my day under the cut. The theme for the shop hop was "Under The Sea". If you read it all, you'll get a sneak peek at a pattern I'm releasing on Monday as well ;)

Here is my passport so far:

I'm going to go in order of each store I hit with my thoughts on them. Each shop offered one free knitting pattern and they also had the choice to also do a crochet pattern. I'll get to that in a bit. First place I went, and where I started, was Muse2320 Fiber. I have never been here before, but my partner has and he has purchased yarn for me from here. This place is unique because it's very narrow, but in the back of the shop they spin and hand dye most of the yarn they carry. They took the tap to pay, thank god, because I had to pay for my passport. The shop went with the theme shipwrecked and they had a crochet pattern! The theme was pirates and the pattern is a double sided skull and crossbones cowl/bandana. They had run out of the neon blue yarn so I only got some of the brown/white/black stuff. That was a DK weight yarn and I also picked up a hank of worsted yarn that is super cool and speckled and white. I also got a super cool sticker that is a skull with yarn and crochet hooks. Second place I hit up was Knitting From The Heart. This shop was nice and large, but in a major shopping center so it was super busy. They had a knitting and crochet pattern. The crochet pattern was a lacy shoulder cozy (aka, cowl). It uses beads and sport weight yarn. This store didn't have tap to pay so I didn't purchase anything. The theme for them was sea glass! It was a nice and large space but no social stitching area. I'll probably go back to this one because it's near where I have to go for work every Thursday. Third place was darn. knit. (anyway). This shop also didn't take tap to pay, but I probably won't go back this weekend because parking was a fucking NIGHTMARE at 11am on a Friday. That being said, I also have a house I supervise near this shop so I might swing by one afternoon. The store was very large and had a ton of options. They has a massive cozy social stitching area filled with oversized chairs and nice soft music playing. They had both a knit and crochet pattern available and had tunisian crochet samples sitting out! That's a first! The crochet pattern was for a cowl using DK weight yarn. Fourth place I went to was Sheepy Yarn Shop. This place only had knitting patterns. Parking was a nightmare. The shop was well lit and had a small area where you could sit and stitch. The downside was they didn't even sell crochet hooks or notions. I didn't spend any money because no tap to pay and they don't support crocheters so I don't feel comfortable supporting them. Cute name though! Next up (and by this point I really had to fucking pee), was Amazing Threads. Now I'm going to be biased here, but please understand I'm also being truthful. This store is massive and well organized. They have an entire upstairs area for classes and social stitching. They sell crochet items and fully support crocheters. Trust me on this one. They also had both a knit and crochet pattern. The theme for this story was jellyfish...which I DIDN'T FUCKING KNOW WHEN I WROTE MY PATTERN. (sorry). This is the yarn store I teach classes at and I was the one who wrote the crochet pattern being given away for free. The High Tide Texting Gloves will release on Monday. If you live in the Twin Cities, you can go there and get the pattern for free this weekend ;)

These are the gloves using the special yarn! This is also the only store with a crochet pattern that isn't a fucking cowl apparently. Because I like to be practical. Anyway. I've been hiding this information for over a month. Ta-da! Oh yeah. I bought three hanks of sport weight yarn to make more of these mitts (and a super cute sticker) because they absolutely take tap to pay. I use it all the time lmao Then a brief interlude as I went home to get my card and to eat lunch (which I didn't fucking do....) Armed with my actual credit card and a slight plan of action of where to go next, and in what order, I head back out. I also changed into shorts because it was 87 fucking degrees out. This is also when I realized I missed a store over by where I started and I'll have to go there tomorrow.

Store number six! I went to Needle & Skein. I about died in traffic on my way there because by the time I left from getting gas and a car wash, it was almost 3pm. It's Friday. I live in a major metro area. This was a Bad Idea. Anyway. This store was smaller, but parking was easy and they had options for both knitters and crocheters. They had kits for both the knitting and crochet patterns, and you had a few options for main color and contrasting color. Again, it was another fucking cowl. I took the pattern though and debated on grabbing the kit until I realized it uses sport weight yarn and a 3mm hook. I don't do projects with hooks smaller than 4mm because of my poor fucked up hands. They had a whole wall of crochet items, including some really nice hooks and the yarn was organized very very well and labeled for what weight it was. Prices were also very reasonable. I will be visiting this one again FOR SURE. I purchased two balls of a blue yarn made 100% from recycled materials.

The last store I hit for today was Harriet & Alice. So, the location is nice and the prices were pretty reasonable, considering the fact it's in fucking Edina. (iykyk) Parking for this area of Edina is all in parking garages, so it's a bit of walking. By this point I still haven't eaten since breakfast and my neck is hurting. I walked the very long way around the building. The store was nice and large and they had multiple places to sit and stitch. The organization of the store was a downright nightmare though. There was no real organization and the yarn was in different cutesy bins or on weird shelves or on hooks. They did have both a knitting and crochet pattern, but it uses fingering weight yarn so fuuuuuuck that shit. The yarn was really pretty though. That's the sucky part. It would never get used. That being said, I did buy two hanks of DK weight yarn from the brand Emma's Yarn. I haven't been able to find that brand since my trip to Florida in 2021. Apparently this store is the only one that carries her stuff in all of MN. I also learned that the store I bought it from while in Florida is where she is based out of, so super cool! The yarn I got was greens and blues and those will become one of these cowl patterns I picked up. Oh yeah. The pattern here was also a cowl. The plan for tomorrow: I have 5 stores left to hit, but three of them are all within like 10 minutes of each other and I've been to all of the three that are near each other. I plan on dragging my partner with me so I don't have to try and street park in Minneapolis. I value my sanity. One of the other two stores is about an hour south of the Twin Cities so I will be heading there first thing in the morning and then hitting the store I missed today on my way back because it's kinda that direction. I think the last store I'll hit is my own store again, just to drop off my card and to hang out and chat with customers about the pattern. I kept it pretty reasonable and you can see my haul from today below. The really egregious purchase was the 40 dollars worth of bread I bought from a bakery as I left Edina. Forget the yarn. I'm living off bread and cheese this weekend lmao

The blue, red, and light pink on the left are sport weight and are merino wool and I got them at Amazing Threads. I also got the sticker with the balls of yarn and hook there. The blue balls of yarn propped up is the stuff that is recycled and was the cheapest yarn purchase all day at a whopping 20 bucks. That's a DK weight that is really nifty. The two in the front are what I got from Muse, the brown one being a DK weight and the white speckled one is worsted. The skull sticker is the one I also got from Muse. The pastel green/blue/pink yarn is DK weight and is from Harriet & Alice.

[goldieballerina]

which one of these is the crocodile belt. please. why are you wearing thirteen different belts at once

[macrosmic]

!! ONLINE SH0P IS OPEN AGAIN !!

💗 Preorders are open until the August 8 !!

♥️ Many fandoms avalible :D

[fogaminghub]

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