Thursday, August 09, 2007

Calorie Free Dessert


It's been several weeks since I've been in a quilt shop and last night I started to go into withdrawals. While I was browsing through your blogs I had this unquenchable desire to hop in my car and head north to my favorite shop. Then it hit me..."I'm going that direction tomorrow to meet Sherry and Connie for lunch." So I decided to wait.



I have been friends with Sherry and Connie for nearly three years now. Our husbands work together and we have frequently traveled to different conferences and conventions with one another. We all get along well and enjoy spending time together. We try to meet for lunch every three months or so just to catch up on what's going on in our lives. Today we met at the Citris Grill which is just about 20 north of my home and directly en route to the quilt shop.


Now get this.....I had given myself plenty of time to stop for gas on the way, get a car wash and still make it to my lunch date by 11:30. While cruising along the freeway I was listening to a news conference regarding the trapped miners in central Utah. I don't know if I was distracted by what was being said on the radio or if my one track mind was thinking about my trip to the quilt shop after lunch, but whichever the reason I completely passed the freeway exit taking me to the restaurant...then the next exit...and it wasn't until I was within a mile to the exit for the quilt shop that I realized I had gone too far. Has something like that ever happened to you? I sure hope I'm not the only one.



Well, fortunately I still had five minutes to spare so I got myself turned around and made it back to the restaurant in time to meet Sherry and Connie as they arrived.


Instead of getting dessert at the restaurant I decided to go the calorie free (not to be confused with guilt free) route and buy dessert at the quilt shop. That yummy striped fabric is from the Collection of Edelen Wille for Marcus Brothers and the delicious polka dotted fabric is from Simply Spooky by Red Rooster. I also picked up last month's quilt of the month kit since I wasn't able to attend the class. It will be a small patriotic quilt with nine stars in the center.

10 comments:

  1. You are so funny! I'm going to have to think of MY kind of dessert. *thinks* *thinks some more*...Nope-all I want is a fancy dessert!!

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  2. That is so funny Kairle but I can see how it would happen. The mind does strange things sometimes. At least you didn't miss your friends for lunch and got some nice dessert. Love that strip.

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  3. There's that Eileen talking about stripping again. LOL! Love the fabric choices. Isn't dessert always the best.

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  4. Turns out I had a similar dessert today too, on the way home from work! I stopped and picked up a few of the brighter (blues and purples mainly) pieces from the Bonnie Sullivan line to add to what I've cut--I'm doing that 9-patch pattern you pointed out to me. What are you planning for your "dessert"? I KNOW you probably have something in mind!

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  5. Those fabrics are so yummy that even if they had calories they'd be worth it.

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  6. Oh, those fabrics are definitely yummy. I love the stripes. Glad you had a good time. And, oh, yea, I've gone past my exits...but it's sometimes how you find cool stuff! :)

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  7. Well trained car you got there, you don't even have to think just steer. Good that you made it to lunch on time. Love the stripe that you had for dessert.

    Lootysmom

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  8. I like your guilt free dessert. It's the best kind.

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  9. I forgot to mention how awful it must be for those families of the miners just waiting and wondering.

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  10. Now that is MY kind of desert. Of course -- I would have eaten the sweets AND bought the fabric, but that's just me :0)

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