So she can make a nursing shawl.
Where was your mind??
And so we are presented with today's challenge. If one chooses not to buy a nursing shawl but make one instead, where does one not buy the boning?
My sis and I brainstormed ideas for a Google search:
- Alternative boning
- Used boning
- Preowned boning
- Recycled boning
None of which didn't make us giggle:)
I turned to Craigslist and was immediately distracted... oh, look, there's some balloons! Wait! I'm writing here. FOCUS! I have needed an office chair for exactly five years and three months. The IKEA piece I have been using can't possibly count as a chair. Something that hurts your back that much, at least, shouldn't be called a chair.
In my dream of dreams, I was hoping to find a moderately priced used Herman Miller chair because:
1) they are built to last--designed for something like 12 years of 24-hour use
2) they are supposed to feel like a firm cloud beneath your tush
3) they're made of over 50% recycled materials
4) they can almost be completely recycled--over 90%
They also retail for about $900. A bit out of my modest artist income capability.
The Craigslist gods worked their magic and bestowed upon me a posting for a "like new" Herman Miller Aeron chair that I'm schedule to pick up today in Virginia. I'm very excited! Hopefully my purchasing hunger will be satiated for a bit.
I'm also headed to Maryland today to play an antique piano that a lovely family is giving away via Freecycle. If all goes well, I'll have a new chair and a new instrument residing in my humble abode by the end of the week.
Take that, parts of my self who think I-need-to-shop-to-make-myself-feel-better!
