Ok, there is a lot of hullabaloo about making your own beaded stitch markers on all the knittiliscious blogs out there. Glampyreknits gave me inspiration while I was at Walmart.... I bought some memory wire rings and a bunch of yummy beads! I can't wait to get started!

I also bought 6 balls of Red Heart Cozy Wool in the green to make my sweater. The red was too red, the beige is icky, the heather grey looked not so grey in the store (ick!), no black and the cream - I have a couple of cream sweaters so I thought green would be a nice change :) I still want the pink and black, though!

Walmart sells big bags of yarn for $4.97. I bought 4 bags of the same variegated yarn for an afghan. I'm excited about starting it too. It should go rather quickly as it is knit with 2 strands held together and it's knit using 8mm needles!  YAY!

I also bought  myself one ball of Hemp Yarn! I bought the 4-ply as opposed to the 2-ply. I'm thinking dishcloths, but we'll see. It would make a great onion sack (only I didn't purchase enough).

Did I mention that my Walmart is HUGE? And the craft section - is HUGE!

On the way home, I had so many bags that I decided to take the bus (although it is really walking distance - prolly 'bout 15-20 min.). A lady getting on behind me said "Walmart is for people who make $20,000 per year and the rest of us who make real money can shop at Canadian stores."  After we were on the bus, the same lady looked at me with all of my Walmart bags rather condescendingly.... or sympathetically? I had the feeling she was thinking something like, "Oh, isn't that nice that Walmart opened up for this poor little dear who has no money?" I laughed and skipped all the way home.