Yesterday I drove into Chicago -- a drive that normally takes 40-45 minutes -- it took over 2 hours yesterday. Don't know where all the traffic came from -- even on a "bad" day it has never taken more than 1 1/2 hours. I went in to "sit" with 4 young grandsons. At one point during the day DD and I had just the youngest boy and so we stopped at a bead shop near her home that I have wanted to go to for ages --- well, the Gods were with me -- not only did we find a parking place but the shop was having a sale on colors they were no longer going to carry. I had very few tiny beads and well, there were literally baskets of size 15 -- all at $1.00 a tube. I picked out 21 of the colors I might want and not find later on -- so, I was in Heaven. If you notice, in the upper left corner there are tubes of "Salt and Pepper" which will be a great addition when I get to working on my "Black and White" piece. Also purchased a couple cabs and some nymo thread. The drive home took 40 minutes -- think I was floating on the clouds LOL. (Did get a few #11 beads while I was there too).
6 comments:
What a great sale!
I'm impressed with all your treasures and its great that there was a sale going on. What a haul!
I can barely thread an 11 so my 15's sit lonely in a drawer.
Thanks for posting a link to my ArtShare MeMe. It sounds like a fun idea.
WOW! The trip where worth the effort. You were wery lucky. Sale! Nice buy!
Size 15's at $1 apiece???? I am so jealous!!! I should've had you pick out some colors for me:) LOL!!
And, you know, my nickname is DD, too. I sign all me emails to family and friends that way:)
I am heading back to that shop next Wednesday -- I doubt that all the beads they had on sale are gone. Believe me, they had as much on sale as most shops have for their total inventory.
Oooh... what a wonderful buy! It sounds like my traffic (Los Angeles) ended up over where you are! Isn't it the worst? Well, at least you got some fun goodies to take home.
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