2008-06-13
Shopped Till I Dropped
My friend Margaret (who luckily loves to sew) agreed to sew some curtains for our "theatre room" in the basement and covers for the couch in the trailer. Today was shopping day.
Step 1 - Go to a store with lots of fabric choices. I picked Margaret up in Elora at 10am and drove to Guelph arriving at Lens Mill around 10:30. Much oohing and aahing occurred as we walked around what seemed like endless rows of fabric. After about an hour we had decided on the two fabrics.
Step 2 - Determine the amount of fabric required. The amount of brain power required for the calculations necessitated refreshments, so we headed to the Tim Hortons on the other side of the plaza for tea and a sweet (sugar is the starting agent for many brains). Knowing the width of the material and the dimensions of the couch, cushions and curtains we were able to determine the amount of material required. 6 yards of one fabric and 17 yards of the second fabric.
Step 3 - Return to the store and purchase the fabric. Sounds easy, but first we needed to make sure that we examined all of the isles in case there was something else we needed --- curtain ties, thread, elastic. The grandma to be (Margaret) did find some baby fabric she couldn't resist. Finally, we made it to the counter. The clerk measured the fabric that we needed 17 yards of --- oh oh there was only 16 1/4 yards. Poor girl, we asked her to measure it a second time but it didn't get any longer. Checked the row where we had found the fabric and there was a second bolt --- we bought a yard off of it so we were good to go. The best part was the 15% I saved by finishing the bolt. There was lots of the second fabric. By now it was 1:40 and we were starving.
Step 4 - Have lunch and regroup. We were both ravenous so we decided to try the restaurant that was in the plaza, Eggcetera. As we were being seated the two women sitting at the table beside us were served a meal that consisted of peameal bacon, eggs, hash browns and toast. Boy did it look good --- barely glancing at the menu we both ordered it. Everything that we saw served looked good, luckily our choice tasted good as well.
Step 5 - Check out the remainder of the store. Yes we had only seen about half of the Lens Mill store so we returned to see what else they had. There was clothes, shoes, picture frames, lots of rows of wool, canned goods, kitchen gadgets and lots, lots of more. We showed great restraint and only purchased a few items. By 3:30 the store was getting warm and we were shopped out --- hard to believe we'd only been in one store.
By the way, Ed says likes my fabric choices.
Good thing the napkin dispenser was on the table as we used several to make our calculations.
Step 1 - Go to a store with lots of fabric choices. I picked Margaret up in Elora at 10am and drove to Guelph arriving at Lens Mill around 10:30. Much oohing and aahing occurred as we walked around what seemed like endless rows of fabric. After about an hour we had decided on the two fabrics.
Step 2 - Determine the amount of fabric required. The amount of brain power required for the calculations necessitated refreshments, so we headed to the Tim Hortons on the other side of the plaza for tea and a sweet (sugar is the starting agent for many brains). Knowing the width of the material and the dimensions of the couch, cushions and curtains we were able to determine the amount of material required. 6 yards of one fabric and 17 yards of the second fabric.
Step 3 - Return to the store and purchase the fabric. Sounds easy, but first we needed to make sure that we examined all of the isles in case there was something else we needed --- curtain ties, thread, elastic. The grandma to be (Margaret) did find some baby fabric she couldn't resist. Finally, we made it to the counter. The clerk measured the fabric that we needed 17 yards of --- oh oh there was only 16 1/4 yards. Poor girl, we asked her to measure it a second time but it didn't get any longer. Checked the row where we had found the fabric and there was a second bolt --- we bought a yard off of it so we were good to go. The best part was the 15% I saved by finishing the bolt. There was lots of the second fabric. By now it was 1:40 and we were starving.
Step 4 - Have lunch and regroup. We were both ravenous so we decided to try the restaurant that was in the plaza, Eggcetera. As we were being seated the two women sitting at the table beside us were served a meal that consisted of peameal bacon, eggs, hash browns and toast. Boy did it look good --- barely glancing at the menu we both ordered it. Everything that we saw served looked good, luckily our choice tasted good as well.
Step 5 - Check out the remainder of the store. Yes we had only seen about half of the Lens Mill store so we returned to see what else they had. There was clothes, shoes, picture frames, lots of rows of wool, canned goods, kitchen gadgets and lots, lots of more. We showed great restraint and only purchased a few items. By 3:30 the store was getting warm and we were shopped out --- hard to believe we'd only been in one store.
By the way, Ed says likes my fabric choices.
Good thing the napkin dispenser was on the table as we used several to make our calculations.
# posted by The Agnew Family @ 9:47 PM 
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