we shall double our efforts!

[jaina]

I was at JoAnn this evening, looking desperately for fabric that would work for my final project in my patternmaking class. (Due Tuesday ACK ACK ACK.) And as I was casing the bargain rack, I noticed some suiting in a verrrrrry familiar gray-green color. So I pulled out the DMC floss #646 that I always keep in my purse for just such an occasion (stop laughing), and it was a match! And I ran over to the thread rack and compared it to the Coats & Clark color Smoke, and-- it was a match! Woo! I bought all five yards they had left, so now I can finally make an Imperial officer and join the fracking 501st already!

Two slight downsides: it's 100% polyester, not a wool blend; and if I'd gone to JoAnn tomorrow instead of today, it would've been half off. But it was only $5/yard anyway, so I'm not too bothered about it. (I was way more bothered by the cutting table lady, who just kept emphasizing that it would be half off if I came back tomorrow. Yes, thank you, I got that, but I don't have time to come back tomorrow. I'm willing to pay you MORE today, so just cut me the damn fabric already. Then she asked, "Did you not read your flyer?" I wanted to climb over the cutting counter and attack her with her own dull scissors. GAH.)

Oh, and I did end up finding some fabric for my project, too. :)

Comments

[jedihealer.livejournal.com]

Wow, I guess I'm lucky to never have had such an experience with a "Jo Ann's Lady."

Isn't finding just what you want priceless? Yeah you!

As to the polyester issue, you just won't be allowed to sweat. ;-)

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

I'll just have a retinue of servants following me around with fans! That's the ticket!