Kawaii! ^^ - and I know how to spend 67€/ month for next 11 months.
(My excuse is that I have been thinking of buying a new laptop for a while as my HP's touchpad isn't as good as it used to be, which bothers me tremendously when I design.)
And, I surprised myself yesterday and spent some lovely hours with my designing software - and actually designed few things, couple of them got finished yesterday and some are still waiting for some fine tuning.
I have to say that I am very pleased with the big design I finished yesterday, I have actually already been looking for the right floss (I need something "desert-y". burmt umbra, burnt orange, muted...) for it, but I guess it is one of those cases which require lucky accidents. (ETA: 12-Grain, Colonial Copper, Just Rust)
Otherwise life is going on: I am getting better and cats are enjoying extra company (my sister came here yesterday, which means that there is 10 cats now in this two bedrooms apartment
My mother mentioned that one of my brother's kids would love to have their own "copy" of The Panda and as I also heard that my brother has the Panda with him I apparently gave up and have since been thinking "Maybe I could do again it anyway...".
Though if I do I will surely tweak the design somewhat to look more like a panda and be more pleasant to my eyes.
On the other news I finally paid the first part of Stitching Weekend, bought some snowman stash from 1-2-3 Stitch! for the Frosty Friends exchange and realised today that I need some pink fabric for one model... so, I also placed an order at Silkweaver.
It seems that you always lack some stash, no matter how hard you try...
Result of that visit was sick leave to 22nd for viral upper and lower respiratory infections and course of antibiotics because I am asthmatic and in greater risk to catch bacterial infection, and because I was already coughing yellow sputum (sign of bacterial infection).
Getting suitable antibiotics was a quest itself: it took half an hour for the pharmacist and my doctor to find suitable one for me because of my allergies...
So, finally I have some time for finer things of life, but not the energy because those antibiotics make me sleepy.
Anyway, I am glad to announce you that I will be off from 9th to 12th (rather 13th as I come back late) of January because I go to Malaga to see Mr.Wonderful.
Yes, only for a weekend, but we thought it's better than not seeing at all for G-d knows how long period.
I guess I have moseynmeitis too... I remember how few years ago I didn't like any of their designs! There are still some, but oddly I have acquired few of their designs... and stitched two. (I guess it should be The House on Addict Street... 
Dragon Dreams is always Dragon Dreams, nothing to add to that.
That Passione Ricamo is OOP and in normal case I would have had to pay appr. $15 for it... I happened to get it for $3.26! (I wouldn't have bought it in its "normal" price.)
When it comes to Man into a Credit Card... do I need to even tell you why I needed it?!
I guess I have to add Patricia Andrle into that evergrowing list of My Favourite Designers as I just had to get Galleon and Sea Monsters even it wasn't exactly on the cheap side...
When it comes to cross stitch designs in general I think I should add to my wishlist "anything from Isabelle Vautier". There seems to be only few of her designs which I don't simply adore... She has really unique style and I am sure I would love to stitch quite many of her creations.
Just in case I haven't saved this one yet...
"The search for truth is more precious than its possession."
-- Albert Einstein
Leena is organizing a stitchy weekend next March in Northern Finland with a finishing workshop (materials are included with the price) and, of course, with a possibility to buy some new stash! Not to forget the fact that we have a cook and whole weekend for just stitching and gossiping! And I finally have the possibility to meet Leena as even we live in the same country we have never met before.
I think it is 190 € (+ 72 € for train tickets) well spent (money wise it means working one "extra" Sunday, so it's relatively cheap (admittedly my tax percentage rises in coming year, but stll)).
As we are talking about Violarium here, just look at these pretties: Séduction & Trésor d'Automne.
Trésor d'Automne is actually what I have had in mind regarding the colour scheme of one design, but I didn't know about this particular colour before today. One worry less.
Both Two by Twos are from 1-2-3 Stitch! and Punch & Judy is bought one of my trusted sellers from eBay.
Some more santas... it seems that I just have to get the whole series.
I had never even heard of the Prairie Fairies before I accidentally stumbled on them at eBay...
I am not too fond of Mirabilia's seasonal/ festive fairies (firstly I am not very firm believer of the goodness of limited editions and secondly they just seem to lack some zest), but when I saw this one I knew I had to find it, no matter how much I had to pay for it!
Google told me that it was published in September issue of Cross Stitch & Needlework and I only needed to find it from somewhere: luckily Nordic Needle had it!
She is a beauty and I hope I actually have time someday to stitch her.
Firstly there is the person from the auction site, then I heard day before yesterday that Dan's and his SO have break up and she took their daughter with her and claims that Dan has been giving medication to the kid - he may be odd and even stupid sometimes, but he is not that stupid (I lived with him almost six years, I can tell).
Luckily there are good things coming through too (and Mr. Wonderful has been behaving very well - as usual), so my confusion levels stay relatively tolerable, but still... Is it in the Moon or is there spots in the Sun?
At least I may have found a job for my brother - taking that he emails to our area manager.
I didn't have two days off as store manager called me in Friday and asked could I come to work... and to work I went. I was working whole weekend and my first day off this week may be tomorrow, or may not, it really depends. One thing is certain: I will have day off in Saturday as it's Independence Day.
I have noticed interesting thing though: it seems that my grocery bill will get smaller. Not because I get discount (5% is not much), but because I simply don't have time or energy to eat as often as I should. On the bright side I also eat much less sugary stuff, which has to be good thing.
Few wishlist additions...
Well, I was looking for a design for Frosty Friends exchange (oh yes, yet another exchange) and made few notes while at it (I found the design, and the hand-dyed I want to use, but I won't probably order them before 15th - or before I have paid all my eBay purchases (shop-a-holic, me?!)):
