Lots of the things I like are purple.
And yesterday was a very purple sort of day.
I met Diane for coffee again. This time she dragged me round graveyards to see dead people and put her feet on the table. 
Though she made up for her disgraceful behaviour by giving me this:
Her own beautiful handspun yarn, which I had admired on her blog! It is the softest, loveliest yarn imaginable and will be knitted into something gorgeous.
Then the obligatory visit to Stash to ogle yarn, where I bought some Malabrigo laceweight in Purple Mystery (which I keep misreading as Purple Misery…).
When I got home, a tiny parcel from Angel Yarns was waiting for me.
More purpleness! This is for another Molly’s Headband – for my little sister this time. 
And though it’s not yarn, I just had to gloat about share my Oxfam find. Four old Rowan magazines for 99p each – numbers 2, 5, 6 and 7.
Yes, the magazines are incredibly dated. And though I used to complain about their titchy sizing, it’s nothing compared to the “one size fits all” thing going on in these. But some of the designs are really beautiful and would look just as nice today. If I can get good pictures, I will share my favourites on here.
Was it a Starbucks coffee?
purple!!! i love purple too…
Diane’s homespun is stunning.. the mags are quite a find, i have to try and get round to visiting our local charity shops before we leave. See if I can pick up a bargain or two!
Starbucks!?! Bleh. I took Bronte to a very nice cafe with real muffins
Purple misery – that’s because you know you really wanted 2 skeins
and some of the pink, and …
Malabrigo laceweight. *drools* I’ve never figured out what to knit with mine–I just keep petting it.
Egads. I remember the covers of those mags when they were ‘new’! I could never afford to buy them because I was living in Canada then and with the exchange rate (and the ‘import’ mark up ) the price was way out of my reach….but I loved flipping through them in the shop.
(I hasten to add I was very very young, almost too young to be out on my own at the time. errrrr….. yeh….)
A quick update to say that inspired by that little bit of nostalgia — a quick check on Ebay shows magazine 2 at $33 – with 4 days left to the auction!! It’ll be interesting to see the final price. In any event you obviously got a great deal.
oooh purple heaven eh!
I am not jealous of your new yarn…..not at all