Retail Fast

Today was my second official day of babysitter and retail diet and... I am a raging success! I can not explain how great I feel when I come home and have gotten needed things done and not spent money on things that I don't need. Today I went to the post office--sent those clothes of Nevan's that Tollie lent me. I have been meaning to send them for ages and today was the day. I also got the wheels in motion for applying for Norah's passport AND I got a pedicure AND i continued to obsessively knit.

Mama's Mystery Socks
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I have been tugging away at my Koigu socks. The thuja pattern is actually quite nice. I think I am ready for something more interesting after it, but what? i hated the lace that I tried. The pattern was beautiful but I am not able to concentrate for extended periods of time and was never able to get into the rhythm of the sock.

I have finished Harvey's Christmas stocking which looks more like a tube than a stocking. I started Brians which will look less like a tube with any luck. i think am going to make mine out of Big Kureyon but that is a couple months down the road.

I am continuing work on Stella's baby cardigan. Sadly, I am not too excited about the project. Neither the colors nor the yarn excites me. I knew this when I bought it, but the Debbie Bliss was 35% off--hard to beat that.

And, last but not least, I am working on a matching hat for those fingerless gloves that I made last weekend out of my Lumpy Bumpy. Ahhh...life is sweet.