Beautiful weather for a drive today, and between the coupon and sales I got $40 worth of merchandise for $26. I bought some notions and two TINY kits, and I finally satisfied a curiosity and bought one of the UK cross stitch magazines. They are SO expensive when you live in the U.S., but with the coupon I decided to splurge. I opted for CrossStitcher over Cross Stitch Crazy because I liked CrossStitcher's free gift better.

It was definitely money well spent, I found more useful patterns in this one issue than I've found in any US magazines I've looked at. Not to sound unpatriotic, but I think the UK cross stitch mags are so much better, or at least the stuff they have suits my personality more, or something. But the cost, I just can't afford a subscription because it would be over $100 a year!
I still have a 40% off coupon that's good until next Friday. I love Joann. Mine is about 14 miles away and it's the closet needlework shop I've got, but they always have coupons and a pretty good selection of CS stuff.
- Judy