Monologues, Mudslides and Major Stash Envy

I went to see the Vagina Monologues performed at my alma mater last night and it was great. Before the show, I went out to eat with a couple of English professors, so I finally got my mudslide but I forgot that this restaurant makes shitty mudslides so I made a vow never to order a mudslide unless I was eating at Applebees because I am convinced that theirs are the best. The one I had didn't have any whipped cream! Anyways, after the show, I went back to the professor's house that I was staying at and she is a knitter and was showing me all the yarn stashed around the house. WOW. I thought I had died and gone to yarn heaven. She has the good stuff, and I got to touch and see it all, including some really pretty Ozarka Handspun and some Manos de Uruguay. Then she mentions to me that there is a yarn store downtown, so before I left today I made a little "yarn stop" because it was on the way to Starbucks. It's a year old and has a pretty decent but small selection of yarn. The best thing about it was that I bought three Addi hooks for 4.85 each. I about squealed, because I had never found a local store that sells these so I have to order them online and end up paying close to $7 a hook before shipping. Sadly, they only had three left otherwise I might have blown my yarn budget for the rest of the month. I also picked up a Magic Loop leaflet and two skeins of yarn.



Then, when I got home, my Knit Picks order had arrived! This included two size 2 Harmony circulars, and Cat Bordhi's book Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles. I am stoked about this because I plan on learning how to knit socks this year.



As you can see, there was a little bit of stash excitement this weekend. When I got back, I did manage to shovel out all the dead leaves that the previous renter left behind. I would have done it sooner, but this was the first warm day we had since Monday. It was a good thing I bagged it all up because it was in like stage one of composting. EWWWWW...