Being in NYC, I'm privileged to have lots of clubs to join. It's actually a battle not to belong to ALL of them! I was in my local C&S Society, for 10 yrs. 'til I had to leave due to bad politics of new leadership. I'm in my Indoor Gardening Society more than 10 yrs. now & on the Board of Directors for a few yrs. at least. Other than interesting speakers, we often have plant sale tables which rock. I've gotten most of my Sans. collections, 12 diff kinds & not a yellow stripe in the bunch ;>) from friends here & the plant sale table. I ended up giving a Sans talk to the whole Group (abt 40 people) in Feb. 06, w/ great help from our friend here Norma (Dufflebag, who I haven't seen around since end Dec?). I was assisted in demonstrating their potting by my now deceased Hoya mentor. Indoor Gardening overlaps w/ other Societies, like Begonia, Bromeliads, Gesneriads, etc. so they bring their extras or propagation results to share w/ us. It's where I got my first ZZ, of which I've grown 4 plants from either single leaves or bare stems. Also Euph milii moratii (which I've never seen available commercially). A friend & mentor who died in Sept. used to propagate both these plants for the group; I hope to take over that task for the Group in his memory. Recently we had a great talk by Hydro people from whom, I bought a large variegated Hoya kerrii which grows in leca stones & gets watered every 3 wks. Since Oct. it's doing great (notwithstanding the fact that I accidentally knocked it over last month, spilling Leca stones (little porous fired balls of clay, all over the floor & of course, breaking off the vine that had 3 peduncles on it ARGGGGGGG))! Last month I just came home w/ a rare Pelargonium dasyphyllum w/ fern like leaves, very nice! No fees have been paid for this endorsement ;>) Need any more reasons??

Just in case anyone is interested, I found the source of the elusive zigzag orange rug that I've been looking for. Unfortunately, I need a smaller size than they offer, but I thought I'd share. They have quite a collection of funky rugs. Here is a link that might be useful: Kitchen Rugs

I bought the same type of rug pads Annie showed in her picture from the flooring/carpet store in my little town. They were less expensive than the online sources; I didn't have to pay shipping; and DH picked them up the same day. I give them my exact rug size and they cut the pad to the correct size (slightly smaller than the rug, but I don't remember precisely how much smaller). Call around and see what your local stores have. I describe it as the stuff that is used for oriental rugs and looks like felt with a rubberized backing.

I don't know if you would find a pattern that pleases you in the limited choices, but I purchased a 3x5' cotton rug for my master bath a few months ago from Hook and Loom Quality was great and I've been completely satisfied with it. I remember shipping to me as being free - I had no reason to check on return shipping if I hadn't wanted to keep it. Prices were reasonable, if I hadn't found it worked in my bath, I surely could have found a place to use it or someone to use it if shipping back had been outrageous.