So frustrating!

I started Nora Corbett's Geranium on July 24th and as I was working on it I decided that I wanted to use size 8 instead of size 6 beads along the edge of her wing, so on the 31st I ordered some from an eBay seller, which was the only place I could find them in stock. The seller shipped them that same day, so I should have had them last week, but the USPS messed up (of course!) and the package wasn't scanned so I didn't know if I was going to receive it. The seller and I agreed that if nothing showed up by last Friday he would ship another package, so when the mail went and the beads didn't show up I checked the tracking (which still showed label printed, never accepted) and messaged him. Literally, right after I sent the message I checked my email and had a notice from the USPS that they had my package--talk about timing! It got from MA to WI with no tracking at all, then showed up at the PO two stops away and is out for delivery today. 

The frustrating part is that I would have been able to finish Geranium last Thursday if the beads had arrived when they were supposed to:

But at least she'll be done later today; she'll make my 117th finish of Nora's designs. 🌺

While I've been waiting, I worked up a little pre-stitch for Friendstitch next month, which will have a finishing segment for the piece:

I then pulled out Heart in Hand's Any Town Tiny Town, which I want to finish before I start another Tiny Town--the Qsnap is the perfect size for the towns, but I don't want to take this one off or it might disappear into the WIP bin! My plans were derailed a bit though, when Cecilia sent me her latest releases last week:

Since I can't/won't start the Quilted Tiny Town until Any Town is done, I decided to kit up and start the Wee Santa instead; my plan is to work on both as the mood strikes:

I'm using an old Silkweaver solo for the Santa, and it's obviously very different from the suggested fabric:

I think the little geese will look great on it, but only time will tell if the whole thing turns out like I envision--the worst that happens is I don't like it and end up stitching it again. 😅

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!