Happy New Year!

Ok, I should have done the Happy New Year post days ago, but I've been reveling in four-day weekend post holiday laziness. It was lovely.

For all of my wine cave related date drama, the whole thing ended up not coming off after all, even though the boy decided he would go with me, so we went to a waltz party instead and had a lovely time. It was so nice to get out and finally dance! With lots of people even! I got to wear my trampy Bebe outfit finally, we danced the night away, I made some new friends, and had a general grand time.

The best part about the whole weekend was not ending up naked in a swimming pool, and not having a raving toxic hangover the next day. New Years day was actually quite nice too. I made a lovely breakfast, we went to the mall, I bought size 6 pink velvet pants (a major triumph), and spent most of the afternoon watching movies and knitting and relaxing.

I was very ready to get back to work yesterday, scary as that may sound. It's nice to be back after so many long weekends and holidays. People seem to be getting back into the swing of things pretty quickly, so it's going to be a busy week but should be productive. Novel.

Except for picking up one of the two spools of hoop wire I need for my cage crinoline, I made no progress at all on anything sewing related this weekend. Oh well. Resting was worth it, and will get me further in the long run anyway. I did get quite a bit of knitting done though. It turns out that the hat I made for my brothers finance for Christmas was too big, so I knitted her a smaller one, then knitting another hat just for the hell of it, made some considerable progress on the lace stole for Nicki, and started a pair of socks which will be my commute project. I even got some spinning done, and almost have a bobbin full of a merino/silk/angora blend I've had in my fiber stash for ages but was too afraid to spin. It's really lovely stuff, super soft and silky, and almost luminous. I have 12 ounces all together, which should be enough to do something fairly impressive with. At this point, I have no idea what I'll do with it when it's finished, but it will be beautiful.