My birthday present

My spoilee (Ronnica) from HSKS5 sent me a birthday present in the mail. She is just about the best spoilee ever! (It's early, my birthday is on Friday, but I'm not going to complain about that.)

She is also my long lost twin... So this year at Hogwarts has been a little like the parent trap. It has definitely been my favorite of all the swaps I've done. And I've definitely gotten myself a great new friend out of it.

An Update... filled with new yarn!

I haven't updated in forever for a few reasons:

1. I've had exams in every class in the past two weeks. Plus, advising appointments involving my upcoming graduation (May 2008)....
2. I moved. I've been busy cleaning and packing and unpacking and... moving is a pain in the arse.
3. When we moved we didn't have cable. No tv, no internet for over a week. It was crazy!

Anyway I got my swap package about a week and a half ago, and I've now found my camera, and uploaded the photos. I just want to thank Cynthia so much. I love it. It was such an awesome package. I was so excited to open it and I loved EVERYTHING!

I've already eaten my chocolate bar... :/ It was delicious. Thank you so much. I absolutely loved everything. I got 2 skeins of Noro Silk Garden. Chocolates, Sumatra coffee, chocolate covered espresso beans, a book of hat patterns, a pattern for a hat made of noro, a little notepad, and a really cute little knitting pin, which I don't have a picture of because I pinned it to my jacket already.


Also in the mail (and the first thing to be delivered to my new house, no less) I got the third installment of my potter covers sock yarn. I really LOVE LOVE the pattern for this one, but that's probably just because I love Sirius so much. The yarn is incredibly soft. It's a bamboo blend, which I'm excited to get knitting with. I've never tried out any of the bamboo yarns before. I'm especially excited to get started on these socks! I really look forward to getting these in the mail each month. It'll be sad when it's over. There's only 7 books, and only 7 packages... that means only 4 left. I'm excited to see what comes in the next 4 months!

Knitters Coffee Swap 3 Questionnaire

QUESTIONS
1. Whole bean or ground? ground... my bean grinder broke
2. Fully-loaded or decaf? fully-loaded (I call decaf "what's the point?")
3. Regular or flavored? regular, flavored never tastes good to me
4. How do you drink your coffee? usually with vanilla, sometimes just a little sugar.
5. Favorite coffee ever? Columbian, and I really Sumatra from starbucks... I also love arabic cuban coffee. I'm also a fan of Kona coffee blends... I really love coffee.
6. Are you fussy about your coffee or will any old bean do? I like bold, strong flavors
7. Favorite treats to have with your coffee? bagels, muffins or scones in the morning, biscotti, brownies or chocolates later in the day
8. Anything else about your coffee preferences? I really hate weak coffee, and I usually drink coffee in the morning or late at night
9. Yarn/fiber you love? I love malabrigo... It's absolutely my favorite yarn. I also have recently fallen in love with Noro.
10. Yarn/fiber you hate? I'm not fond of 100% acyrlic unless it's some type of a novelty yarn or certain brands that are softer. I don't mind when it's an acrylic blend though.
11. What's on your needles? 2 hats, scarves, socks... everything. I have a finishing issue with projects, except for hats. I usually finish my hats.
12. Favorite colors? burgandy, grey/silver, pink, blues, greens... practically everything but yellow actually
13. Allergies? grass, but I don't expect to have that in my knitting or in my coffee ;)
14. Anything you really love, really don't like, or just need to get off your chest? I absolutely hate coconut and bananas. I will literally take bites of desert and spit them out if they have either coconut or bananas in them. I can't stand either of those flavors. Even the smell of bananas makes me gag a lot of times. That being said, as much as I hate bananas I love raspberries, vanilla, and chocolate. :)