It was crowded. Not a surprise, really, but for goodness’ sake, we got there at 10:10 a.m.. That would be 10 minutes after the event officially opened and it looked like this:

I saw a lot of this:

And not nearly enough of this:

Wow! An opening!

But I did find these:

Grab bags!!!

I think the grab bags were what pushed me over the edge. Who can say ‘no’ to such cellophane-wrapped goodness? Not me. I am now the proud owner of this:

It’s ribbon. It’s pretty. It’s soft. It’s shiny. What on earth does one do with with pretty, pink and peach ribbon yarn?

I will ponder this mystery right after I survive the Cupcakes’ Official Birthday Party. With any luck they’ll leave me a cupcake or two to eat whilst I ponder.

*I was asked by a reader, OK, by my spouse, to add a link explaining what BMFA is. It seems that the explanation ‘It’s where your money and I went this morning, honey.’ was insufficient.