Oh South Africa!

Why are your sewing machines DOUBLE the price of those in America? Don’t you know that we are poor as it is?

I have wanted to learn to sew for years now and seeing as my Honours degree fell through-I would be done next year but they are only offering my course till the end of this year (THANKS FOR TELLING US IN ADVANCE)-I’m broadening my horizons, as much as is financially possible.

I may do another Honours degree but this one led to the Registered Counsellor qualification..or to Masters later.The others don’t really seem to lead anywhere.

At the moment I’m working on my Nutritional Therapist qualification and am hoping to also study massage-but of course, that depends on when they offer the classes (Once per week) and how much it costs.

More importantly than that, I really really want to get a sewing machine. But new ones are extremely expensive. I wanted one with embroidery options but I’m thinking of lowering my sights and just getting basic. Not that the ones with the best reviews are the cheapest. I’ve spent almost 4 days looking at reviews, seeing if we have distributors here, wondering if someone can bring me a machine from the US, wondering about how heavy it would be (for shipping etc) trying to find prices-why don’t dealers tell us how much their machines are going for?

I need to become a skilled homemaker. I need to be able to sew my own clothes-finding modest clothing especially for children is extremely difficult. In Junior school we did sewing and my hand embroidery was apparently fabulous. I’m thinking of getting a plain sewing machine and maybe doing hand embroidery. It’s not like I’d want much embroidered anyway. But we’ll see the price difference.

So..that’s the goal for 2012. Work on other skills so that if necessary, I can support us financially, and LEARN TO SEW!