I love when this happens

So I was at Meijer this morning, picking up a few groceries and things before we leave for our weekend trip (more on that in a moment). Meijer has a small-but-useful craft section, which I had to go through to get to the eye-care section for El Fuego's contact-lens stuff, and what did I see but a shelf full of clearance yarn. Well! You have to take a look just on general principles. Most of it was eyelash and novelty yarns, which I don't have need of right now, and I was about to move on when I saw some Moda Dea Sassy Stripes tucked in there. I pulled it out, and almost fainted: 49 cents.

49 cents!!!

I started digging casually through the pile of yarn - didn't want to attract the attention of anyone else who might be interested in 49-cent Sassy Stripes, la la la - and came away with this:


For less than $5. (And yes, it's all there was.) How marvelous! Sassy Stripes is a nice soft 100% acrylic self-striping yarn, good for slippers and baby clothes and hats and scarves and, I daresay, fingerless gloves. Who knows what it will turn into?

Oh, and I also bought the groceries and things.

We're taking a whirlwind trip to Virginia this weekend for a Fambly Event; details Monday. I'm still carefully considering what to take for my travel knitting...

I'll leave you with a mystery:


What might be in that soon-to-be-decorated giftie bag? Bwaaaa-ha-ha-haaaa.