Hee.

I finally started the ribbing on the bottom hem of my sweater last weekend. After doing hours upon hours of straight stockinette, I have picked a somewhat more interesting pattern for the ribbing so it is no longer 'mindless' knitting.

But rather than knitting I've been listening to podcasts and playing Monster Galaxy on Facebook.

Ah, the sinuses are flowing. Bless spicy basil and chiles.

I'm sorry your grandmother's not doing well, shrift, and for your roommate losing her cat.

Thanks, Calli. I'm medicating with Bugs Bunny and Batman.

Yay, the Thai place downstairs lowered their lunch prices! I can now get my favorite dish and a Thai iced tea for $1 less than the entree alone used to cost. Given that I always have enough leftovers for a light meal the next day, they have now made themselves competitive with Chinese take-out and sandwich boxed lunches.

Sounds like 2010 is refusing to go quietly. Heaps of ~ma to thems that are in need.

Kelly and I hit Hobby Lobby, Joannes, and Target today. We came home with 5 rolls of wrapping paper, 6 cookie tins, 4 boxes for cookies, 2 packets of tissue paper, 3 strings of lights, 2 big boxes of Christmas Cards, a cocktail gift set, a tree skirt, and a 7.5 foot fake tree. The vast majority was 75% off - we spent under $100. I'm still in shock.

Much ~ma to shrft and roomate and Burrell and anyone else needy.

I am drinking a glass of wine, waiting to be picked up for a game-playing non-alcoholic night with my friend M's . Her DH is actually going out with his Alcoholic's Anoymous friends, and her brother is coming over, and we will be playing the Wii and or board games.

I'm having a quiet night in with a friend who lives around the corner, and I'm hoping I can talk her into watching Truly, Madly, Deeply, which a friend of my sister's found a dvd of used somewhere. Alan Rickman and Juliet Stevenson, yay!

I love Truly, Madly, Deeply! Great movie.

Liese, I'm so glad your SO made it home!

Shrift, I'm sorry to hear about your grandmother.

Calli, you would totally like Shake Shack. It has basically All The Delicious Foods That Are Bad For You. B. one of the kinderqueers, calls it the Holy of Holies. [link]

Hmmm, are there any Fred and Ginger movies on tv tonight?

I so miss having them on NYE every year.

To get in under the wire of my self-imposed 2011 ban on buying fabric or yarn, I just bought yarn at JoAnns. I really miss having a local yarn store. In NY, I had not knit much in the last year, but I am knitting more now and all the acrylic at JoAnns and Michaels is not gonna work for me. Good thing I have a healthy stash.

Oh my. The one glass of wine has made me so overheated! I may have to rethink my outfit (wool sweater and turtleneck).