Goodyness in my mailbox!

We all love that good mail in the box, right? Finding a handwritten note from a friend or new pictures from family afar... and swap packages from all those so easily to get addicted to joining knitting related swaps! Well, I was a little spoiled the past 2 days with my mail...

It started with my first package from my Secret Pal 11 spoilee, who so obviously is reading my blog and learning about me! She rocks... look at what I got, all wrapped up in pretty colored tissue...

She sent me books and candy (Matt said "hey cool, a swap that didn't include yarn!" I said, "oh honey, just you wait!")! I got Romantic Hand Knits and Funny Dogs, a super cool dog photo book that I've already been purusing! My spoilee also sent me 2 of my most favorite candies (Haribo gummy bears and gummy berries), as well as chocolate covered tootsie rolls. Chocolate covered - I didn't even know there was such a thing! YUM-O! Thank you secret pal!!!

Yesterday I got my latest order from The Loopy Ewe - the order that made me an official Loopy Groupie! Yippee! I never thought I'd be so excited to be called a groupie before. My "welcome to the club" goodies were the big Loopy zippered tote, Loopy kisses and - get this - 2 skeins of Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock yarn (see honey, there's some extra yarn... free yarn!)! Sheri & her staff sure do know how to treat their customers right! On top of that, I hit the level for a $25 credit to my account and used it to snag a skein of Yarn Nerd handpainted in yesterday's sneak-up. (btw, it was raining rained cats & dogs yesterday and I was trying to get some light by holding the bag up to the window... didn't work so well...)

Then today, I got a lovely surprise in the form of a Yarn Bouquet from the Manch Vegas girls with Zen Yarn Garden handpainted 70% superwash / 30% seacell sock yarn in the gorgeous colorway Tea Cups! (excuse the poor quality photo, I picked up the package on my way to work and used my cell phone to snap it) I can not wait to use this yarn and call me sappy, but even down to the colorway name, it made me smile (you see, my Nana's birthday would have been Aug. 18th and some of my fondest memories are of her & her tea, which was a constant as long as I can remember... and this just makes me think of her and smile!) The girls really made me smile when they surprised my Mom and now, this for me too. Thank you so much girls! Your thoughtfulness and caring gestures are truly appreciated and mean so much!

Knitting news... I've been busy knitting away on some items for the upcoming 2nd Annual Holiday Shopping Extravaganza at Jenn's (check out her Etsy shop for some great tote bags and baby items). My goal this year is lots of smaller things... things people will easily grab for gifts & stocking stuffers, and things I can package as ready to give gifts. This week I've been working on lots of cozies... quick & fun to knit things!

I've also been working on random WIP's (yes, yes.... I have many due to my raging cases of startitis and leave-it-and-forget-it-itis over the past couple months). One of which is my Cabin Fever Tank, which I'm still working the endless miles of ribbing.

Speaking of startitis, I wound up some yarn the other night for these two projects... the Loopy Ewe anniversary socks and some silk mittens (kit which I picked up at the TKGA show in July)....

Well, that's it for Wednedsay.... Hump Day.... Knitting Day! See anyone at Joanne's tonight?