ACSA Week #2 and My Evil Minion Moment

OK.....

I'll give you too much some information about me

you might not know.

I don't always answer my door when someone knocks.

What?

How very unfriendly of me....

There's no law that says I have to.

Case in point,

a few years back I was dying my hair

and bleaching my mustache

and wearing my stained old ratty tank top

(because of the hair dye)

and no bra 

and it was about 10:00am.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door.

I looked through the peep hole

to see the husband of a dear friend of mine

with his arms loaded with Christmas gifts.

PANIC!!!

I think I stopped breathing ...as if he could hear me.

Needless to say,

I didn't answer the door

and this sweet man left our gifts on the back porch.

So you see, there are good reasons to not answer the door.

Anywhoooo,

on Saturday my hubby had to work so I was home alone.

I walked the dog and came home and took a shower.

I got dressed and left the towel on my hair.

I had every intention of drying my hair and putting on make-up.

But I got sidetracked in my sewing room playing with my

Vintage Singer 128 machine.

I took the towel off my head

and proceeded to play with the shuttle bobbin.

Such a weird contraption, but I finally figured it out.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door

and I jumped up to answer it.

I looked through the peep hole to see

a friend of my husband's who has never met me.

I answered the door and he asked if Jose was at home

and after a few moments of chit chat he left.

About 20 minutes later I was walking past a mirror.....

OH THE HORROR!!!

I'm not exaggerating here,

I had no makeup

and my hair looked like I slept on a bus stop bench.

1/2 of my bangs had been pressed against my forehead 

from the towel and the other 1/2 stuck straight up,

STRAIGHT UP!!!

True story.

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Nice first impression right?

At least I was wearing a bra :)

I chose to laugh.

Poor guy.

He's probably scarred for life!

I told Jose when he got home

and he said I always look beautiful to him :)

Yep....he's a keeper.

After my less than stellar morning,

I decided to do a bit of piecing.

I grabbed a charm pack of "Delighted" by Riley Blake

and "Little Charmers 5" patterns

 that I bought from Fat Quarter Shop.

I paired it with some fun tiny hounds tooth fabric from my stash

and Viola!

I need to sandwich and quilt it,

but I love the happy bright colors!

So now on to the After Christmas Sew Along -

Have you ladies been using the great discounts

offered to us?

You can review them HERE

I've placed several orders myself

and I'll show you pics when all my goodies arrive.

I'd love to hear if you have been using the coupons.

We've got another great prize for one lucky winner this week

and the flickr group is ready for your creations!

Flickr Group for WEEK #2