Self control

If anyone knows where I might find some, please let me know ....

I like to support local agriculture, which means finances (and freezer space) are a bit tight this week.  See, my beef person and my lamb persona both killed a few weeks ago, so I have, counting part of a deer, a couple of turkeys, and some fish, close to 300 lbs of meat in my freezer at the moment.  And I should really only be buying essentials until next pay day.

It seems I need to re-define "essentials".

There is an awesome pewter and rock shop near my house, with a great section for beaders - lots of pewter and sterling beads and findings, plus an amazing selection of stones, in many shapes, sizes, and cuts.  I always spend too much money when I am in there. 

I convinced myself I could stop in today and only buy a package of lobster clasps I "needed".

Riiiiight.

I grabbed my lobster clasps, and then thought "Oh, I'll just take a look, get some ideas", and I saw this:

This is "Mookite"  or Mook Jasper, from Mooka Creek in Australia.  I knew nothing about it except I liked it, and was really drawn to it.  When I looked it up (just now!) it is said to have healing and grounding properties, and to be good for "moving on in life".   Hmmmmmm.

I also found these:

They were listed as "fusion goldstone" - fused regular and dyed blue goldstone is my guess.  They are 4mm size.  I bought 2 lengths (about 30" in total).  I think they will look quite nice when combined with a silver triskele that recently came into my keeping.

So much for my "just lobster clasps".

Sigh.

Guess I'm eating a lot of meat between now and payday.