Oops!

Today I took Sammy to PetsMart, and before I left, I tried to hurriedly fashion him a new bandanna. I had all the materials on hand; I simply needed to transfer an iron-on image to a plain bandanna and be done. The image was of a little blue alien with the words "I'm a little monster" in orange around it. Easy enough, right?

I read the directions through, then put the design on and set the iron on top of it. A minute later I picked up the iron to find this:

This was not the desired result

Yes, despite reading the instructions, I still put the design on upside down, thereby adhering it to the iron, not the bandanna. Thankfully, Mom started cracking up instead of being angry with me, but I do have to buy a new iron tomorrow to replace the now-defunct one.

So Sam wore a plain yellow bandanna to PetsMart instead of a custom one, but that seemed all right by him. He got to see his old trainer from puppy school, and most of the employees knew him and came over to pet him. As usual, I let him pick out a new toy (since I just threw away two of his old ones this morning), and this time he chose a big bear. Usually I don't let him get plush toys because he eats the stuffing, but this one was just a fur pelt and five squeakers. I had to fight to get it back from him just to put it in the basket.

Guarding his bear

I gave it to him when we got home, and he's been squeaking it ever since. The squeakers all have different tones, so the sounds from the kitchen alternate between dying mouse and dying duck. Sam seems to be having a great time with it, though, so here's hoping it survives for more than a week.

Rawr! Bear love.