Spa 2009 - OK, I spoke too soon.

So how do you like my Amanda hat? Nice, huh? Almost done, looking good, right?

But now what do you think of it?

Apparently, I had a little too much Johnny Walker last night. And in the cold, bright, unfeeling and downright cruel light of day, I saw the results.

Before you scream - YOU JUST WANTED TO FROG SOMETHING - ADMIT IT!!!

I really did try to save it. The damage was just too extensive. Apparently, JWB allows me to knit really quickly, but really stupidly.

SPA 2009 - So Good, So Far

I have to keep telling myself I deserve this. Because it's getting better to be me every minute. The beds here at the Hilton are the most comfortable I have ever slept in - and I have trouble sleeping so it's definitely an issue.

Got up early, and took myself out for breakfast. The hotel does an OK brekkie, but it is, after all, hotel food, and I prefer to give my money to someone other than Paris Hilton once in a while. And girlfriends, if you haven't found Sticky Buns yet, FIND IT. It's right on School Street, a block away. They have awesome breakfasts and lunch, and pastries to die for - including of course, sticky buns.

I sat there forever - no work to get to, no laundry to fold, no nothing to do - drank my cappucino (may never sleep again - that stuff has a STICK in it) and read some brain candy (Swan Song, by Robert McCammon). The eggs bennie was faboo, and they use sweet potatoes in their homefries - a nice touch. And, got a few nummies to take back to the room. Breakfast is all set for tomorrow.

And for the next hour or so, went to my favorite little shops in a loop back to the hotel. Crabtree and Evelyn was having an awesome sale, so I am set for shower gels for a while. Stopped and the British goods store and got some soaps, digestives, some oatmeal for Mark to try, preserves, and other little snackies. And finished the excursion at the wine and cheese store - some amazing Brie and some cracked pepper coated salami are in the fridge now, waiting for snack time!

The weather is gorgeous - warm, for winter in Maine. All the shops have their doors thrown open to get some fresh air, and everything is melting. Great day to get the shopping yayas out of my system!

Back in the room now, checking email and blogging, but downstairs soon to hang out with the fiber babes. Bunny slippers, here I come!

SPA 2009 - Thursday Night

It's finally here. Left work at 1:00, was checking into my room by 3:30.





And look what I found in the bathroom. It's a conspiracy. I know it.



My DH brings his soaps home from business trips. Yes, the clean, dry wrapped ones - I have no issue with that. What drives me nuts and makes me question his sanity is that he always brings home the USED ones too. He brings Ziplocs for that very purpose.

And I bust his cookies about it at every opportunity.

And now, lookit. Turns out Mr. Save-Everything-Cuz-The-Great-Depression-Might-Just-Come-Back was really just ahead of the curve.

Done and Done. What's Next.

Finshed the scarfy thingie for Cris. Can't prove it, because I forgot to get a picture of him in it. Asked him for one, won't hold my breath....

He said the colors were great, but he wanted the hairy things on the ends. Translation (Brazil-Man to plain English) is that he wants tassels.

He ain't getting tassels. Tassels are not for manly men. Suck it up, Cris!