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A bunch of royalties came in earlier this month, so as a reward at the finish line of my no-spend March I invested in some new yarn from Hobbii during their latest sale (that was technically spending, but not from my regular income.) I thought I timed it so it would arrive on April 1st, but it actually got here earlier than I estimated. Since I also fell off the no-spend wagon once in March with thrifting I technically don't deserve it, but I'm going to think of it as a consolation prize.

Here are the sale skeins I ordered so I could try these different yarns: a ten pack of We Heart Yarn acrylic in Aqua, one Tea Time XL in Rooibos, and six skeins of Daily Stitch Recycled cotton in Oat Milk. I love recycled yarns so I'm really looking forward to making something with the latter.

I also ordered another lucky bag, this time with mixed fiber. Let's see what I got.

Wow, what a neat assortment. Let's see, there's one skein of Happy Chunky fine polyester chenille in Khaki, two skeins of Tencel Bamboo Double (40% tencel, 60% bamboo) in Blue, one skein of Seashell (40% cotton, 35% viscose, 29% linen) in Hunter Green, two skeins of Lerke (53% merino wool, 47% Egyptian cotton) in a soft sage green (this one is being discontinued according to the site) and two skeins of Toucan polyester Superbulky chenille yarn in Cappucino. These are all colors I like, and I'm interested in trying the new-to-me fibers. I'm going to have a lot of fun test driving these yarns.

On the no-spend front, aside from buying this new yarn I've actually done well with avoiding spending via thrifting online. I've just stayed off the thrift auction site all month. Dodging thrift stores is a little harder, as my guy likes to shop for t-shirts there rather than buy new, and he's dragged me to a couple this month. That's when I got too tempted once and thrifted some yarn and embroidery floss, which was my no-spend downfall (more on that in another post.) But for the rest of the month I've been behaving myself, and I've saved up quite a bit. I also now know how to avoid situations that tempt me, so I think I'll do better in April with controlling my spending.

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