They're no longer for Valentine's Day

I tried really hard this week to finish the gifts for my siblings for Valentine's Day. I got the gift certificates, the bags, the tissue paper, the cards etc. The only things outstanding was the assembling of the gifts and finishing the scarf I was making for my little sister.  It wouldn't be so bad if I saw them more that once a week however, I really do only see three of them once a week and I would like to give it to them all at one time. So now everyone will get their gifts next week (darn bad time management with 4 tests for the week).

I've got it all planned out!

Next week is my Reading Week. I have never had one before and I didn't have a job when I was in highschool so not so much fun in March Break. I'm my Business Law teacher scheduled our first test for the week after Reading Week which leaves me with only 1 test to study for. 

I've decided that I will be going to: 

1) purchase a spindle and fibre to spin

For the past couple of months I have wated to learn how to spin my own yarn. I found out from EweWhoKnits (from the EweWhoKnits podcast) that Romni Wools sells spindle. I don't know what kind of spindle I'm going to buy but I know for sure that I'm going to purchase a 3-D printed Turkish Spindle from TurtleMade on Etsy. As for the fibre, I hope I get something with Merino.

2) visit a yarn shop I have never been to before

I'm just surprised I've only been to 3 yarn shops in Toronto. I am goin to rectify that next week. I know there's one not far from my workplace but I don't remember what it's called and that's the one I'm going to

3) purchase a skein of self-stripping yarn

The only reason I'm doing this is because I don't have anything in my stash that is not in my Brown Bag Sock Club bags and I need something mindless less to knit while I visit the museum. I haven't decided if it'll be from the yarn shop or Michael's

4) visit the Bata Shoe Museum

I have lived in (or just outside of) Toronto my whole life and there are so many places I have never been to (or it's been so long that I barely remember it). I've tried to get my aunt or my cousins to come with but one is working and the other has other things she wants to do for Reading Week. So I'm going by myself and I'm sure I'll enjoy the heck out of it.

I didn't think I would feel inspired by the numbers

Wow!  Apparently nothing inspires me to look for a new part time job then to see how much money I could save in the next 3 years.  The company I work for is closing.  It's sad since I really liked the people I worked with.  It doesn't seem as bad as when I lost my last position due to automating my job since I'm currently in school.  I just want another part time job so I can save some more money and support my yarn habit.

On a knitting note, I had planned to frog some of my projects that I hadn't touched for ages.  I unravelled the Tree of Life socks since I have no clue where I was in the pattern.  I reached for the Daybreak Shawl that I had started in 2013 (I didn't even realize it had been that long) but I saw that I was practically finished so I picked it up this week and just finished it today.  I still need to block it and such and take a decent picture of it but YAY! A shawl for me!

Next project to work on furiously is my sister's Valentine's Day Cowl that I'm happy that I didn't do in Valentine Colours.  I got to finish by Friday, along with studying for 4 tests and working 3 days.  This should be a fun week.