Sneaking One More In...

Lizzie Kate - ABC's of Parenting.
The 17th finish for 2019.  
On Light Gray jobelan, 28 count, one over one.
Using the suggested Classic Colorworks flosses.
Below is both the original suggested and the replacement Weeks Dye Works suggested versions. The biggest difference is that the letters are in a deep blue with the original, and more of a black / gray with the Weeks versions.   Weeks are just a bit more dull or flat. 

In the last month...

Official Snow Guide - Lizzie Kate
This was a new start and a finish.  It was one of the charts I got during the LNS closeout shopping.
Stitched on mushroom lugana 28 count, one over one, with most of the fancy flosses.
Finish number 16 for 2019.

This is called Scroll Pillow - it's in the same magazine as the other pattern I started.
It's on a Colour and Cotton evenweave called Lunar.  Using dmc 154, which is a wine purple, and the material has a hint of the same wine color - they just had to be tried together.  It's not a big design - this is side to side complete.

And as I pointed out, it was not only buy all the things, it was start lots of things.
So I started the Lizzie Kate - ABC's of Christmas on Dapple 28 count, one over one.
But was still buying more, and so this didn't hold my attention very long.  But the idea was stitch Christmas. 

We The People - Erica Michaels
This was a new pattern, new start.  I ended up trying fancy flosses, but the floss dyelots were not a good combo together.  So I went back to the four suggested dmc colors, and picked the two that were a great combo on the fabric.  3781 and 829.  Other colors were way off from the pattern cover photo.  Those two at least got me closer.  The fabric is Colour and Cotton - Treasure Map, I think.
It works really well together. 

Christmas Is Coming - Shakespeare's Peddler
New pattern, new start.  On Colour and Cotton - Sampler Gold, I think.  28 count, one over one, fancy flosses.  This ended up being the Christmas stitch.
And there was another small start, not worth bothering to show, cause this already shows I went off the rails.
I have stuff I want to order, but have made up my mind I need to finish something, or maybe a couple of somethings, before I order MORE.

And the blood bank plan went out the window.  My iron level failed, so I am deferred for 2 weeks.  So I got a total of 20 donations in for 2019.  There was only one more possible for my blood levels with their rules, and I failed.  Also banned me from the New Years day donation.  But I was having to wait till the one from a year ago dropped off to be able to give.... now I have two spares to start the year.

The Party is Over.

As I mentioned last time, the local needlework shop is going out of business.
I had bought some floss, a couple patterns.
Next, everything was 55% off.  That made fancy floss $1.19 each.
Made a list, went and got more... made a list, went and got more...  made a list, went and got more.
And I spent way too much.
Seriously.
Turns out I can live without most vices.   
But my downfall - floss on sale at 55% off. 

The party is over.
I am going back to stitching stuff I have started - stuff in my stash.
The floss is sorted and alphabetical on rings, or it's filed with the pattern it goes with.
It's time I try to get my life back on track.
This has pulled me off track in other areas too.  Everything was never enough.
The party is over.  It's the early hours of the next day, and I can consider today a new day.

I started the holiday blood donation plan.  Finished my 5 gallon mark last Monday.
At the moment - that maxed me at the limit allowed. I wondered if I would end up with a hitting that 24 donations in a calendar year.  But it will take me till January 8th to get to 24 - or three gallons in a single year.  I honestly keep picturing milk jugs - that's a lot in a year.  And that's not accurate - cause a skinny person and a fat person give different amounts, it's based on weight.  And different more math.  And if something goes wrong, then even the math thinking I might make it - that goes out the window.  It seems to be like fight club - it's blood math - and they don't talk about blood math...