I'm embarking on a exciting expedition this morning. I've been anticipating this all weekend.  I couldn't go on Saturday or Sunday because the kids were home and my husband wouldn't have been pleased about my taking him along with me.

I even woke up in the night thinking about how today was the day. 

I've found a yarn store in a little town about 8 miles away from here.  This is the kind of yarn store that doesn't sell Red Heart Super Saver scratchy acrylic - the kind of yarn that, if you expose it to heat, melts in your hands.  No no, this store carries yarns that are 100% wool and wool blends, silk yarn and alpaca and hemp and cotton and cashmere...yarns that are simply divine to work with and blissful to wear in their finished product states.

I don't know if I'm going to buy anything today. I have enough for a ball of sock yarn and I might bring one back with me, but I think that today I'm just going to go see what they have and then come home and find a pattern that I think will work well with one of the yarns I see today.

I'm so excited!  I'm so tired of craft chain-store yarns.  I mean, I can get some decent merino wool there, but they don't carry sock yarn or even silk yarn.  I've been ordering from eBay, but it would be really nice to have some instant gratification instead of having to wait days and sometimes even weeks for my yarn to arrive.  If this store is everything that I hope it is....well, then it's going to be a dream come true.

Speaking of everything I hope it is....I REALLY hope I'm not disappointed.  I don't want to come home in tears because they don't have anything better than the craft chain-stores.

I'll keep you posted.