Bye-Bye, Christmas

Well, the last of the Christmas presents was unveiled today as Mr. Pointy Sticks took me up to The Black Sheep for a little buying splurge. They were having a sale, so...perfect timing.

Well, hello!



What have we here?

Two skeins of Malabrigo in Rattan (the yellowy one) and two skeins of Golden Ochre (the orangey-ish one). Just loved those colors and love the softness.


And five skeins of Ella Rae's Silkience (cotton, silk, modal and rayon) with which I hope to make the River Rocks scarf from No Sheep For You.


And, most wonderfully of all, this Lantern Moon bag that I've been lusting after for a while. It comes in orange, turquoise and red and I couldn't decide which one I wanted. It comes into the shop and sells immediately. Today they had this one left and I decided that orange was the perfect color. Soooo pretty.



Sigh. What a wonderful last Christmas present. Actually, in some ways, the shopping and visiting with Tracy and Joyce and mulling choices over with Maureen (who came along for the ride) was the best part.

News from University of Mary Washington: Rachel had a nice day with Margot, who is back on campus and Margot's boyfriend, Jun. She sounded pretty happy when she talked with us. They had done some shopping, including going into a kitchen store...that's the kind of shopping that Rachel likes...and had lunch out and generally had a fine time. We were so happy and relieved to hear that. Here's to more good days.