"i'm right over here, why can't you see me?"

helvetica's room is shaping up!

the handmade mid century cabinet i got for free off craigslist (heavy glass doors not on right now, but they're sliding! love it)

our record stand (fits our record player on top) won't be staying here but was happy to get some things unpacked!

a bookshelf i got off craigslist for $15 a few months back. super sturdy and holds all of our magazines (with room for more!). baskets of yarn and felt are on the top shelf.

these teeny-small metal plates i got at the thrift store today. i <3 them.

today seemed sluggish at first. i had zero energy to do absolutely anything (from doing 1/2 load dishes and showering...so lame) and then i made a to do list for the day and accomplished almost everything on it! the fun part was thrift shopping with stewart, picking up my new douglas coupland book (must finish rule of the bone first!), going to parksville to have fish with my grandparents and picking up my new super sweet (and free!) handmade 1960s wood cabinet (glass front! built in lighting!) which will get hung on the wall and hold my random collections of melamine, french presses, and cookbooks. i can't wait to hang it. later this summer all of the wood furniture we acquire will get taken down and sanded and then we'll paint it raven black and rehang it. some of it, of course, will be bright red, but the majority will be black. now all we REALLY need is a good vintage/modernish couch like this one, or this one, this one, and even this one. you know, a statement piece? and then something to put the tv on with a semi-locking cabinet underneath. starting fresh sucks sometimes, but we'll get there!

THRIFT SCORE!!

i went to the hospital auxiliary this afternoon for the first time since it's moved to it's new location TWO YEARS AGO! i scored some sweet stuff. only $8.50 for all you see below (plus more buttons and a knitting pamphlet).


OMZzzG! Cutest buttons!! The hospital auxiliary thrift in PG is the best for craft supplies.


i wish my camera had a NEON setting so you could see how NEON that pink yarn on the left is. it's an eyesore for sure.


books! i loved journey when i was a kid. and the volunteer at the store and i chatted about how awesome trudeau was and how much faith we have in his kid to rule the world and make it a better place.


hankies! can never have too many. esp when we're both sick or we're having a dinner party. recently someone said, "you're the only other person i know that uses hankies" this i don't understand. i mean, why aren't others using hankies?


cool canister. this was the first thing i picked up. i love the crossed pipes.

this evening i'm going to a potluck with a bunch of lovely ladies. excitement! and last night i stayed up really late and went to the drive in to see harry potter. it was so depressing! and the whole death/fight scene at the end was too short. and the way that the film was put together was awkward and rushed and it was a little obvious. and why was it so scary? anyway. i need to rest my headache'd head and then get stuff to make peanut sauce (rebar), wash some dishes, and put a cute dress on. i'd rather just knit all day. it's good having a day "off". xo

torie attacked our, um, her camera with her sneer, cuteness, and our duran duran hat.

and i felt the urge to share it with you. see you in a week! xoxo di.