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Well, no rumors. Just busy. And leaving for vacation tomorrow. Back in two weeks!
I don't know that I like being this busy. Hopefully all will be normal again in a month or so, when I'm done studying for my license, and done moving across town. Till then...
I got some really awesome stuff this year for the holidays, even though the gift giving was a bit subdued this year. Emily got me my favorite knitting gift ever!
While I was in Vermont, we stopped at a yarn shop, and I picked up two items:
I also got some fun makeup (not that I needed more).
I also got some super cute little lipglosses, which smell fantastic and have tiny mirrors on them that are actually usable.
We had a bake-off at my office just before the holidays, and I tied for 2nd place with my ginger molasses cookies. I finally got around to using the gift card that I was given as a prize, and went over to my nearest MAC counter on Friday.
And... this is the last picture, I promise, but I really think my engagement ring is perfect. I truly wasn't expecting it - 2008 was not an easy year for us, and at one point I was convinced we were heading for a breakup. Even knowing that my mom and best friend were in on whatever the boy was planning, once we got to our romantic destination, I thought that was the end of the surprise.
Boring, eh? Everyone does these, though this is my first. Apparently I did not knit nearly as much as I thought I had this year!
And if anyone (other than me) wants to see pictures from how we ended 2008, they're posted here. Who knew I'd be the sort to get all sappy about a ring?
So yesterday and today the boy had some mysterious destination for us. I assumed we would wind up at a hockey game somewhere, probably in New York. Wrong!
I am at the Reluctant Panther, in Manchester, VT, and it is awesome. Our room has a two person rainfall shower, two fireplaces, a king sized feather bed, a huge spa tub.. this is their equivalent of a honeymoon suite. We've been eating tons of great food, shopping, relaxing.. oh, and this:
It snowed rather a lot here as a lovely welcoming to winter, and I decided to go out for a walk today. Very slow going, trudging through snow that ranged from ankle deep, to thigh deep (and I am not a short girl), and more of a workout than I expected. All that walking, and only managed to snap one picture that I thought was at all decent.
I've been neglecting to carry my camera around with me, but with all the pretty (and not so pretty) lights up, I wanted to take pictures anyhow. Phone to the rescue again, though pictures from my phone, taken at night? Not so hot.
The trees in our common look like pumpkins. It's sort of starting to grow on me, but really, ick.
This one does not suck as much - I always bake a ton of cookies this time of year.
Just the same as everyone else, really. I was sick, then busy, then busy again, then I went home for Thanksgiving, got sick again.. and here we are!
Back in Boston, I went here
The end. (Normal blogging to resume sometime. Maybe after I finish the boy sweater, whenever that happens. Until then, it is sucking away at my knitterly mojo.)
So every now and again, you hear about someone making a complaint on their blog, and the company they are complaining about reads it, and actually does something about it?
Well. PayPal, are you out there? Because I am incredibly frustrated with you right now, after you allowed a suspicious transaction (which I was in no way involved in) to go through, and after I disputed the charge, and you resolved it in my favor.. Why the hell did you decide to charge that amount to my bank account again? Fuckers. That's $70 in NSF fees I'm trying to resolve now, thanks to you. You say you won't refund them. My bank says they won't refund them. I can't get anyone to give me an answer any more detailed than a scripted company response.
I'm going to bed now. I'll be calling you in the morning.
