A Day In The Life

I saw this over on a fellow knitter's blog and thought it was pretty interesting. I mean, what do I REALLY do all day?

Take a look for yourself....

7:35am

That's not some chi-chi brown fuzzy pillow. That would be the Cat.

8:30am

Cruzin' to work in the Suzi Suzuki. I'm running late but someone is looking out for me... I mean, how the hell is there NO TRAFFIC??

9:30am

Breakfast (Adagio Blood Orange tea & an onion bagel with cream cheese) and email. Resisting the urge to shop for yarn.

10:30am

Resisting the urge to go back to sleep in the face of an empty front lobby. Counseling anyone? ANYONE???

11:30am

My favorite! It's the damn manilla folders....

12:30pm

Gyros and knitting at Yiasso Greek Deli. Dear god I love this place - but today I held off on the Dolmas and instead we discussed the possibility of starting an office-wide French Woman Diet.

1:30pm

Looky what I swatched in the car on the way back to campus? Look closer...

2:30pm

Overheard: But are you a post-bac or a graduate student? NO! They are NOT the same thing!!! (note Kermie hanging on for dear life in the background. I love that guy)

3:30pm

Finishing touches on a project before it goes into the bosses box (Are you bored with my exciting day in the office yet?)

4:30pm

Washing dishes from breakfast as part of a plan to depart promptly at 5pm. Hurry Hurry Hurry!

5:30pm

AAKKK! Today I learned NOT to pick up the phone at 5:01pm. Still on the phone with the same parent.

6:30pm

Nail appointment. Ooh La La! I love this lday. She is the only one who will actually shape my fake nails short! (I like the artsy quality to this one... I was walking down the street when I took it)

7:30pm

Dinner with my buddy Joey at Aqui's in Willow Glen. Those Margarita-Sangria swirl things are awesome and industrial stregnth.
This is also what happens when you whip you camera out and try and catch a surprise photo.

8:30pm

The nightly chat with the 'rents. Hi Mom! You're on the internet!

9:30pm

Trying to get a handle on all my WIP's. This is much more pleasurable with the night-cap vino.

10:30pm

I'm actually watch a movie (VERY rare for me.) It's a weird 9 1/2 Weeks-esque film called The Secretary. I really like Maggie Gyllenhaal but this movie is bizarre. Roommate, where the heck did you get this? (Viva = evil eyes)

11:30pm

1 minute before I turn the lights out. Too lazy to take off my makeup tonight!

Try it for yourself. I can't wait to look back at this in a few months!

Someone Should Lose Their Job @ Abercrombie

Seriously now, isn't this like the 3rd or 4th time a headline has started with the words "Abercrombie and Fitch to pull offensive tee-shirts from shelves...."

[Link to Yahoo! News]

To Whom Do I Owe The Honor of Great Mail This Week?

Thanks for all the feedback on that skirt. I really do like the pattern and am pretty sure I would wear it, but I think I going to put it on the back-burner until Spring. Seeing as me and lace and still getting acquainted, I think this may be a little over my head and don't want to make this a painful experience.

Onwards...

Yarn and Knitting
I got the most AWESOME surprises in my mailbox this week. To whom did I owe such a great week of mail?

	Secret Pal, this package was AWESOME. I have never actually bought myself any Alpaca Silk and I broke into a happy dance when I opened this! They stayed wound up in balls for about, um, 30 minutes. I threw them in my travel bag and immediately cast on for some wrist warmers. Oh I love the card, that is so me and Viva! And those stitch markers! So cute! Thanks again, this was an awesome package.
	Koigu is finally mine to try! Jessica sent me this as an exchange for some Noro Kureyon. I can't wait to make yet another pair of wrist warmers with this goodness. See the dpns waiting so patiently? I can't be held responsible for another started project if these guys just happen to CO themselves....
	Cheryl, you must have been listening in a few weeks ago when I was furiously digging through my desk looking for notecards. Seriously, buying some were on my list of 'things to do' and these are PERFECT! THANK YOU!

My roomie and I spent all yesterday knitting on the couch, taking time out to go to the grocery to buy salt and vinegar chips. Just how much time was spent knitting? Well, lets put it this way: I finished up the alpaca silk mitts (still need end-weaving), 1 side of the recycled silk bag, the crochet edging on the baby kimono, all the decrease sections on the lacy kerchief, and the gauge swatch-satchet for Sweet Mary Jane. I also did some searching for a winter sweater to knit. I am thinking this sweater:
from Debbie Bliss Cathay, but since the thought of spending $90 on Cathay makes me shake, using Knit Picks Elegance instead.

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Travels and Good Times

	In between work travel, I spent a weekend in Capitola with my friend Kaci. We decided, being the crazy cat women we are, to have kitty play group at the same time. I will say, I have never seen two cats get along better after being thrown together in a room for 10 minutes.
Lola (Kaci's cat) even let Viva play on her scratch pad and eat from her food bowl. So while mom and Aunt Kaci drank some wine and played at the bars in Capitola Village, our girls drank water from the same bowl and played with cat toys. Really, we were very excitied about it.

Of course, there was a little party called 'Halloween' this weekend as well.

A few notes on Halloween costumes. I would just like to make it clear that in my opinion, it takes REAL women to actually wear clothes on Halloween. And speaking of wearing clothes, I would just like to point out that 90% of my 'Hippie' costume came from my own closet. I had to improvise this year because I didn't have time to put together a real costume, like Witchy and Peg Bundy. And that 2nd photo? No words, I just think its funny the things I do when I come home after a night at the pub. I may answer the door like that tonight when all the kiddies come trick-or-treating.

Happy Halloween Blogland!