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anotheranon) wrote2001-10-06 06:46 pm
anotheranon) wrote2001-10-06 06:46 pm
why I hate the maul
Today was the Big Shopping Day - I needed fabric for my futon coat pattern, and I wanted to hit Beadazzled for some beads and wire - local SCA Arts & Science is focusing on wire jewelry this month, so I wanted some materials to practice with.
Fabric was frustrating, but was ultimately accomplished by a trip to G Street's quiliting section for some astronomically priced, but "just-so" patterned cotton broadcloth - red cross hatch pattern on a navy blue background. Then went for a second trip to Jo-Anns for the red & blue solids to go with it, because G Street's prices on plain colors were just too high to justify ($6/yd vs $2/yd - what would you do?)
I should have just gone home, I really should have - I was tired, I needed to pre-wash the fabric, and it wasn't like I needed the beads RIGHT NOW. But NOOOO.... I decided that I was going to complete my list for the day and hit Beadazzled. In lieu of taking Metro to their DC location, I decided to go to the suburban location at Tysons Corner Maul.
Just for future reference - this way lies madness.
I had little trouble parking, but the maul itself was packed to the gills. Gawd, I HATE crowded shopping malls. Its not just the slow people that you always wind up behind, or the ones who are always trying to go the opposite way. Its not the getting lost (I had to check the directories a million times). Its not the fools who marinate themselves in perfume, creating terrific headaches in their stinky wake. I think what it really is, for me, is the noise that a huge number of people can make in an enclosed area, all of them talking and walking and all of the noise echoing off the walls.
Beadazzled was relatively quiet but my concentration was shot. I got my wire and a box of mixed beads and got out.
In the future I hope I'll remember that there is little reason to go to the mall on a weekend when there are catalogs and the Internet. The aggravation just isn't worth it.
Now I'm off to iron all of the pattern pieces to fusible interfacing, and boil the cr@p out of the fabric with Retayne so it won't fade....
Fabric was frustrating, but was ultimately accomplished by a trip to G Street's quiliting section for some astronomically priced, but "just-so" patterned cotton broadcloth - red cross hatch pattern on a navy blue background. Then went for a second trip to Jo-Anns for the red & blue solids to go with it, because G Street's prices on plain colors were just too high to justify ($6/yd vs $2/yd - what would you do?)
I should have just gone home, I really should have - I was tired, I needed to pre-wash the fabric, and it wasn't like I needed the beads RIGHT NOW. But NOOOO.... I decided that I was going to complete my list for the day and hit Beadazzled. In lieu of taking Metro to their DC location, I decided to go to the suburban location at Tysons Corner Maul.
Just for future reference - this way lies madness.
I had little trouble parking, but the maul itself was packed to the gills. Gawd, I HATE crowded shopping malls. Its not just the slow people that you always wind up behind, or the ones who are always trying to go the opposite way. Its not the getting lost (I had to check the directories a million times). Its not the fools who marinate themselves in perfume, creating terrific headaches in their stinky wake. I think what it really is, for me, is the noise that a huge number of people can make in an enclosed area, all of them talking and walking and all of the noise echoing off the walls.
Beadazzled was relatively quiet but my concentration was shot. I got my wire and a box of mixed beads and got out.
In the future I hope I'll remember that there is little reason to go to the mall on a weekend when there are catalogs and the Internet. The aggravation just isn't worth it.
Now I'm off to iron all of the pattern pieces to fusible interfacing, and boil the cr@p out of the fabric with Retayne so it won't fade....