Some days I am so stereotypical. I was all depressed and mopey.... so what fixed it? Ice cream, beer, and retail therapy. I just spent like $155 at Lands End. New jeans, two new shirts(striped no-iron blouses for work even) and 8, count them, 8 pairs of new wool socks. The socks were on clearance, so it's not all as bad as it seems. Ok.. maybe I did just spend $35 on socks. Oh well. I love wool socks. Mom has a few pairs and said they were the best socks ever.

Also I'm blocking a hat. We'll see how it looks come morning but the prototype felted tricorn hat looks ok so far. Well really it looks like an exercise in torture it has like 9 clothes pins holding the corners in place. Nope no pictures for you all. It's being saved for when www.knitlikeapirate.com goes live.