Am I sad? I am, aren't I? A big saddo.

[I am the Lizard Queen!!]

So as I have posted before, I have had very dramatic life changes this year, the biggest being a separation and divorce after being with my ex for 12 years.

So last night I have a couple of stops on my way home from work, one of them at the grocery store. I put all my items on the belt and then stand back and look at my groceries, trying to figure out how much cash I will need. And that's when I have the saddest epiphany ever.

This is what I was buying.

1) Chocolate

2) frozen dinner; Weight Watchers (single serving size)

3) Ditto

4) Ditto

5) Ditto

6) Cat nip

7) Cat treats (3 bags)

Oh, and already in my arms? 2 Bottles of wine.

Who has two thumbs and just turned into Edna Krabappel???? THIS girl.

Jeez. Somebody help me!

[auntiem]

When you start hoarding yarn, you, me and Aunt Purl can talk...

When ever I have shopping like that I like to add in random things to make them think about what I'm really going to be doing that night like WD-40, duct tape and sprinkles.

For reference, my "recently single" shopping list is:
1) NY Super Fudge Chunk
2) fried chicken wings
3) string cheese (to make up for the above items)
4) rum
5) yarn
6) cat nip
7) Sunset magazine
and of course WD-40, duct tape and sprinkles

[I am the Lizard Queen!!]

Ha! So, do you do anyhting with the yarn, or just hoard it?
"Let me have one of those porno magazines... large box of condoms, bottle of Old Harper... a couple of those panty shields, and some illegal fireworks, and one of those disposable enemas... Nah, make it two"

That'll show them!

Ok, well, I may not collect yarn BUT....I did recently buy this amazing cat brush that literally will remove giant globs of hair every time I use it, it's incredible!!!
And I maaaay have started saving the hair in a giant plastic bag to show my friends and family. There's just SO MUCH OF IT!!!! I'm fascinated.

Oh God. Too much, right? Quick, tell me something embarassing about yarn!

BTW, I am posting this in sightings because I was imagining someone else seeing my sad self in the store and doing the same thing. I apologize if it belongs elsewhere....

[Andara Bledin]

I've got a cat with fur like that. A month's worth of brushings will give me enough dropped fur that I could knit myself another cat.

There have been times when the boyfriend and I will do a shopping run and the results on the belt look rather pathetic, particularly for it being the shopping of a couple and not someone single.

^-.-^

[MournBlade]

What cat brush did you get? I have 4 cats that could use a better brush.

[auntiem]

The yarn use depends on your cat - I have a large rubbermaid bin of it in the closet, but my cat likes to "help" and doesn't have knitting skills. You cross the line into "crazy cat lady" territory when you knit them sweaters and post the pictures to Flickr (yes, there is a group). Although, if you card the cat hair into yarn then knit a sweater for them I think you may need a help group

For what it is worth, I'm not currently single partly because I tell my SO that if it wasn't for him I would be a crazy cat lady yarn and fabric* hoarding hermit living in a house that could be confused for a 1950's tiki dive bar.

Crazy Aunt Purl linky:
http://www.crazyauntpurl.com/archives/2005/01/

* the fabric hoarding far exceeds my yarn stash

[telecom_goddess]

ok saving the cat hair and showing it to people is probably the saddest part of this whole thing

Is the cat bald now?

[I am the Lizard Queen!!]

Is the cat bald now?

No! Not even close! I brush that little f*cker until the bag is full and she looks no different! This is what fascinates me. How much hair does she actually have? Is she really even a cat? Is she maybe just a hairball that developed a liking for Temptations and ear rubbing?
So...you're saying it tone it down with showing people the hair? Noted

MournBlade I use a FURminator. I got mine at Pet Smart and it was pricey but totally worth it.

Love the site auntiem!

[XCashier]

ok saving the cat hair and showing it to people is probably the saddest part of this whole thing

When she starts spinning the hair into yarn, then I'll start worrying...

[Andara Bledin]

I have one of these that I grabbed while at the store.

I can be rough with the walking shedinator, but my youngest looks like he has bald patches because of his fur type, so I have to go really easy on him, though he still loves it I have yet to see him drop a single bit of fur into the brush (or anywhere else). The shedinator, however, has a constant accompaniment of shed fur floating around him, much like the halo of filth around Pigpen from the Peanuts comics.

^-.-^

[freeatlast]

One of our cats is mostly Maine Coon and always looks like an unmade bed. She is always very disheveled and I always tell Mom that Tilly should have been named Pigpen. You can almost see the dust trail following her

[dalesys]

One of our cats is mostly Maine Coon and always looks like an unmade bed.

Cheryl Wheeler about her Maine Coon, Penrod:

White Cat
I was a white cat once, but when I roll around I get all gray and brown
And it does not make sense to waste a busy day licking the dirt away
And I have staff for that, sent here to serve the cat
I let my fur get gray and then I dock their pay...

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

What, no Chef Lonelyheart's Soup For One?

[MoonCat]

Hmmm. I've been the crazy cat lady.... we had, I think, 27 at one time. Seriously. I don't recommend that, BTW.

My late sweetie, Juniper, had fur that you could comb and brush and comb again, and get tons of loose fur off, but she never looked any different. I swear she grew a special layer just for combing off.

I don't have yarn but I've got a helluva bead stash....

[Andara Bledin]

I've taken to referring to myself as a crazy cat lady.

Only thing is, I'm not the one that's crazy....

^-.-^