AC Moore and My Husband!

Last Sunday:
OK so it's been snowing for 3 days and I am going crazy in the house. I say to my husband (out of desperation) "Would you like to go to AC Moore with me?" And he says "Sure". I am just happy to get out of the house. In the car I start explaining about the my 50% off coupon I got in the mail and what I am thinking about buying and the best way to use it. My husband has made it to "coupon" and I lost him at "buy", knowing its going to cost him some money. I continue to talk about yarn and knitting and anything else that pops into my head about crafting. I looooooove crafting.

In AC Moore and to the yarn isle. I explain to him that I purchased #3 double pointed knitting needles to knit socks. Now I am NOT a knitter. I have mastered many crafts, looms, crocheting, dabbled in quilting, card making, bla bla bla.....So before I die (I am only 50) I am going to master knitting and make 1 pair of socks in my lifetime. I tell him I need a book that calls for the #3 needles because that is what I bought and I don't yet know how to adjust for different needles. I have him looking through books, show him how to quickly scan through to only look for the needle size. He looks at me and says "OK". At this point I am thinking how truly lucky I am to have a husband who will do this for me and he is looking at me thinking "If I find this dam book quickly I might get home in time for the game". Well low and behold we find the book! Hurray for me.


Now I also have a 40% off coupon for one item. I turn around and start explaining to my husband all the different types of knitting needles I read about and what they are used for. He in turn is saying "Ah huh" "Ah huh". I am thinking I better act quickly, I think I am losing him! So I pick a crochet hook, yes that's what I said a crochet hook. Now I know it's not a knitting needle but sense I am a beginning knitter (and yes I really only had facts to spew at my husband about the needles so he didn't think he wasted his time) I panicked and went after what I knew.


OK we are now moving from where we were and I see a look of relief fall over my husband's face. Well I let him lead, I really did, but he took a left (thinking it was a short cut) and went down the yarn isle. Oh poor poor man! I have a book, knitting needles and a crochet hook. What was he thinking! Now we are looking at bulky yarns for circular knitting needle that I bought the week before to learn how to knit a hat. Yes, socks and a hat, very ambitious for someone who is only a loom knitter. I say to him "What color yarn do you think will look good on me"? He says "what"? I ask again and explain about the OTHER needles I bought and "What color yarn looks good on me"? I can see his head spinning. It's like asking him "Does this dress make my ass look big"! So I let him off the hook and pick out Wool-Ese Thick & Quick Cranberry yarn. How many do I need to make my hat? He starts heading up the isle like he didn't hear me. I start to follow him. He starts to walk faster. I walk faster. He makes it to the check out. A big heavy sigh of relief. It's almost over.....Then I take out my coupons. Now I can't use both coupons at one time. I start to explain about the coupons and a warm glaze falls over his eyes. He holds out his hand, takes the coupon and waits his turn to ring up my yarn. We head out to the parking lot to the car. It's over, it's really over, I can hear him thinking. I turn to him and say "I need a girlfriend huh". Well we did have a good laugh. On the way home I didn't even talk, honest I didn't. He deserved the 15 minute ride home to think about football, hammers, wood, cars, etc.....What a good guy!