The zippers arrived on Monday. Looking at the postage, and the huge bucket of stuff that I picked up, they probably actually arrived before that. Saturday we picked up mail early, 11 AM, right at the hour that first class mail is supposed to be in the boxes, but usually they haven’t quite finished sorting and delivering yet, so it might have come Saturday. Hopefully I have learned my lesson and will order plenty early in the future. I wouldn’t count on it though.
Years ago, I worked for a company that had a PO Box because they got the mail earlier in the day — 9 AM as opposed to around 12:30 when the local mail carrier got to our office. I don’t know why G had a PO Box but he had one when I met him, said his first wife insisted, and we have kept it over the years. It proved convenient when we travel, it is much easier to manage holding mail through the box than through local delivery.
Over the years mail going to PO Boxes seems to be the last mail that is sorted during the day, they have to get the carriers out after all, and it comes later and later. And then there are the days they just start a bucket for me somewhere, and forget to put a "mail pickup notice" in my box, so it just sits until I wonder why the mail volume has dropped, or one of the mail clerks recognizes me and says "wait you have a box of mail somewhere". That’s what happened on Monday, although actually I would have figured it out because I was in line at the window where I was about to tell the clerk that I had to have mail somewhere; I haven’t had an empty mailbox in 20 years. Besides I am supposed to get a Wall Street Journal every day. There are only two Wall Street Journals delivered through the mail in Hyde Park. The easiest way to learn about supposedly missing mail is to ask about the Wall Street Journal, everyone knows where that is, even the new staff, and if it has been put out, even if they haven’t a clue where to find my mail.
But back to zippers. I ordered a few for upcoming projects, and some basic neutrals as the stock was quite low:
They look kind of boring and basic don’t they?
I picked the colors based on these bundles of fabrics that I am planning on sewing up soon:
But now, after seeing Carolyn’s lovely new spring skirts I am hankering after something brighter as well.