BRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrr

It is 30 degrees outside today but it feels like 5. It was a rather rough day on the homefront despite Norah's going to school in the morning. Harvey and I did have some fun together in the morning. I went to Short Hills to make some returns and was, again, horrified at our society's love of consuming. I used to go into malls like this and feel at home, a sense of calm would literally waft over my whole body. Now, I get panic attacks when I see women wandering around the mall with gigantic bags full of all kinds of things, things, things.

SO, I am going on a retail FAST (not just a yarn diet, but yarn is included). I looked back at my January credit record to figure the last time I bought a thing (yes, this thing was yarn, my latest obsession). On January 18th, I bought some needles and yarn at Modern Yarn. SO, I am not going to buy anything for myself or my kids (that we do not absolutely need) for one whole month. However, I do have some outs---I have credits at Neiman Marcus, BuyBuyBaby, Lord and Taylor, and the Gap. Purchases I make against those cards don't count! I am actually really looking forward to my time while Jenise is here tomorrow. usually I spend that time shopping and then feeling bad about it. Not tomorrow and not for the next month. I am going to get things done that I have needed to do for a long while--send a box to Tol full of the clothes that she loaned to me for Harvey, get Norah's passport photos taken, change my name to Tripp at the bank, etc... And when I run out of things that I have to do (this wont happen tomorrow), I am going to sit down with a warm drink at Starbucks or at the library and knit and knit and knit.


I took this photo of Norah and Harvey at the park today. I love how it captures a moment ad our lives right now all at once.