Department of Unanticipated Events December Newsletter

[rolanni]

I have been offered -- and accepted -- full-time employment at a top-ranking New England liberal arts college. I'll be starting just after the first of the year. While this is not an entirely Unanticipated Event (I did, after all, apply), the swiftness and enthusiasm with which the position was offered was certainly unanticipated.

There's not a shawl/shrug/snuggler/cozy to be had in this town for under $50.

I won $100 from the local paper for filling out a survey back in November.

Also? Fledgling is now funded through Chapter 10.

But! The most Unanticipated Event was (cue drumroll).....

This morning I met Mrs. Claus at the Unity Post Office. She was checking for letters to Santa in the Special to the North Pole mailbox, and confided to me that so far this year she's answered seventy letters on behalf of Himself, who is of course very busy at this time of year...

Comments

Yes, Ma'am

[mbarker.livejournal.com]

You wrote: "There's not a shawl/shrug/snuggler/cozy to be had in this town for under $50."

Over at http://www.lbean.com/ I have

a washable wool throw for $39.50
snowflake Polartec throw for $39
personalized fleece throw, boy for $29.50
also personalized fleece throw, girl for the same price
and kids personalized fleece throw, soccer ball, too.
petal soft fleece throw for $35
cloudlite fleece blanket for $49
weekender blanket for $29.50
or perhaps the wicked good fleece throw for $29.50

all hiding under blanket under $50

Will there be anything else today, ma'am?

And congratulations on starting work at the local purveyor of liberal education. It's broadening work, but someone has to spread those minds!

Mike

Re: Yes, Ma'am

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Over at http://www.lbean.com/ I have

Fine products, all. But. A throw is not a shawl. A throw is something you, um, throw on the couch to snuggle under while you read. A shawl is something you wrap around your shoulders while sitting at a desk in a drafty office. A cozy is a particular kind of New England shaw that has a pocket.

And congratulations on starting work at the local purveyor of liberal education.

Thank you, sir.

Re: Yes, Ma'am

[mbarker.livejournal.com]

Aha. Now it makes sense to me. I was surprised that you had apparently missed the cousin's offerings. Shawl, right, I've seen those. Hum, we have various versions of those here in Japan, but it's kind of a fur piece to go :-)

I suppose a quilted shawl would cost like crazy now.

The kids blankets are probably almost the right size, although lacking in shaping for the shoulders.

Re: Yes, Ma'am

[kk1raven.livejournal.com]

I crochet blankets of various sizes. I've made a number that are throw-sized over the years. I fold them in half diagnally to use as shawls when working at my desk or reading in bed. The ones that are old enough to have become soft work best.

Congratulations on the new job.