About 2, maybe 3 now, years ago, we found a lady who cuts hair in her home ... she’s pretty good at cutting, too. It is SO nice to not have to go to a hair salon, either something like Great Clips or another salon where the prices are outrageous. My dad has even started going with me/mom to let her cut his hair .... she treats him like ‘gold’.
So if we have an appointment in December (have one this Friday), I always take her a little something to show we appreciate her. I’ve given her Jalapeno Pepper Jelly before - she loved it. I think I gave her homemade vanilla last year. This year, I still have some fingerless/texting mitts so I asked her what her top 2 favorite colors are ... she “looks” like a blue or purple sort to me & I have those on hand, already knitted. What came back as the answer to my question was turquoise, black & she added a third color ... pink! Drats - no turquoise. I don’t do black (it’s like knitting/crocheting blindfolded), and the pink I have is mixed with beige & I don’t see her liking that combo so much.
This morning, I was at Hobby Lobby at 9 am when they opened for turquoise yarn (plus some more pink buttons for the horse blankets ... decided to make both the same with button/buckle colors). Fortunately, the lines weren’t too long when I checked out.
Now I’m engaging in a Mitten Meditation. Knitting mittens has a very calming effect on me and I could use a little calm right now. I must say, the turquoise is very pretty - I think she’ll like the mitts.
My Hobby Lobby has the SLOWEST check-out lines ever. Wish they would put in self-checks!
I got together the Christmas gifts for the neighbors and I think I’ll add a set of dishcloths to each, now that you’ve mentioned gifting the gloves to your hair cutter! Thanks!