I was a bad bad girl yesterday. I was quilting a new little quilt I am throwing together, when suddenly, I ran out of thread. The ONE spool of good thread I own. Owned. Since I bought a really nice, really wonderful, really expensive sewing machine, I promised myself I would not buy cheap thread for it. Not because I am being snobbish, but because I don’t like have to de-fuzz my machine after stitching one seam. So, I bought one spool of pricey Mettler thread, which is lovely, and I only had to defuzz about five times in the process of using the whole spool (which really is a big improvement). So this is how the badness got started:

Then I decided to see if Joann’s was having a sale for Memorial Day – hey, maybe thread would be one sale! And as I looked at the flyer online, I discovered, why yes! Thread was on sale, for 40% off. Woot! I could get several, maybe. Oh, and look, Simplicity patterns are 5 for $5 – I was totally going to grab some of those. Anytime patterns go from $16 down to $1, it’s time to buy. So I looked up a few patterns I wanted to grab and away I went.

And then things got bad . . .

I went down the thread aisle, and just started pulling, until my basket was loaded with all of these. And then, of course, I had to get a new thread box (50% off), as these tall spools won’t fit in my current box:

And then I made the mistake of actually looking at the fabric. I had to stop myself from screaming like a catgirl, “ZOMG! So KAWAII!!” At least, I stopped myself from doing it out loud. And quickly grabbed these, which will be froggy shorts for Boogie Boy, cute birdy purses for sale, and . . . I don’t know, but I had to have it!

And then while I was waiting for those to be cut, I noticed the remnants bin, and the nice fabrics in it . . . And soon I was the proud owner of less than a yard of stripey home dec, yummy suede-ish, two different linens, and some beautiful crepe-back satin:

And of course, I did get those patterns, as well. Simplicity patterns #2617, #2916, and #2990.

I’m a bad, bad girl . . .