Back when Parks and Rec was a thing (I still like the show though I think others have rejected it as "cringe" for being too earnest and portraying small town politicians as too good - we live in a cynical age), there was an episode where two of the characters did "Treat Yo Self Day" which basically meant you spend time and money on stuff that made you feel good.
And yeah, maybe that itself is "cringe" now given that we all need to economize, and that there are also certain places we "should not" be buying from.
I seem to remember the day was October 13.
Well, on the 13th I was having calcium deposits scaled off my teeth in the dentist's chair, so.
I had spent some time sorting and putting away sockyarn last night (and also cleaning house) and told myself I had too much and should not buy any more. That at the yarn shop I would JUST get the couple of short-cord small size circular needles I needed for gift hats, and not buy yarn
oh no. Anyway...
I also bought this sticker thinking to put it on the back window of my car but I might chicken out.
I also went to Michael's, and I saw this and had to have it, because Bluey, but also, I love these kind of "fandom" cookbooks. (And you may remember I still have the vintage-1975 Mickey Mouse cookbook I was given as a child)
It's actually pretty wonderful - the recipes seem solid (There's a complex one for rogan josh, the curry from Curry Swap) and they are all keyed to something from an episode (so there's a Pavlova, and there are also poffertjes). Many of them seem reasonably healthful - there's spring rolls, which I could make if I replaced the carrot with more cabbage or another vegetable - and the "Ice Blocks" (we would probably call them popsicles, which I guess is a trademark name) are made out of orange juice.
It is pretty clearly originally for the Australian market, even if the measurements are in cups - they refer to "capsicum salad" for the bell pepper salad, and they have Fairy Toast which is not a thing we have in America (buttered bread, crusts cut off, and pressed down onto sprinkles so the sprinkles stick to the butter)
A lot of places have Christmas stuff out and it really DOES feel too early, it was close to 90F here today which is abnormally warm. And it's two weeks from Halloween. But Michael's has some new yarns (didn't buy any) and there are more toys out
Bluey's friend Coco. Who is cute but in-show she can be a little bossy (they also had Snickers the Dachshund and Chloe, but Chloe didn't look much like herself. No Mackenzies or I'd have bought him)
And I went to Albertson's. Yes, they have some Christmas stuff out, I saw the display of candied fruit and felt a small pang as I thought of how in the past I had the time and energy to do so much baking, and I barely do any more.
But they still had some Halloween stuff and this thing made me laugh a lot, so even though I don't need any more halloween decorations.....well, Do Not Taunt Happy Fun Ball:
An orb of skulls. A Skorb. some of them have drilled-out eyes and if the opening in the bottom were bigger you could stick a glow stick in there, and that would be pretty epic (But you can't; it might fit over a tiny LED lightbulb)
After getting home I knit more on the new socks, I really like this yarn (from UP North Yarns on Etsy):
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