Presents!

I love presents. I would imagine everyone does. I especially love presents when they're thoughtful and things I really love.
This past week was my birthday. I won't tell you my age but let's just say I'm now closer to f-f-fifty than I am to forty. YIKES! Glenn and the boys got me a brand new pink laptop for my birthday. And Christmas. And my next birthday. I love it and it was really needed. Then I got a couple of packages in the mail from Megs. One contained fluffy deliciousness and I knew what it was. The other was a surprise.



How nice is THAT???
First we have a 16 oz coffee mug from CafePress which has my blog header on it. Isn't that a great gift? She knows I drink a big ole mug of joe every morning so this is just perfect. Even Glenn, who's a man and notices little to nothing, thought this was a lovely gift.
Then the yarny goodness. She sent me two hanks of sock yarn from Bare Sheep Yarn which she found on Etsy. The color on the right is Lil June Bug and on the left is Peach Ice Cream. For a change, the pictures actually DO the colors justice and they're true to life. They're both 400 yards or over and simply lovely. I can't wait to knit up some serious Cookie A socks with these bad boys.
This almost makes up for me not being able to go to Sock Summit. I really wish we had a north east equivalent for Sock Summit since I can't fly. Well not can't more like won't. I put something up on Twitter about an East Coast Sock Summit and got a lot of replies echoing my sentiments. Which brings me to my next subject.
Rhinebeck will be here in a couple of months! Good segue, huh? Since I've only been knitting a little over a year, I haven't yet experienced the wonder that is Rhinebeck. Al's been talking about it since last year because it was her first time and she loved it. I was looking at the schedule and the classes look amazing! Maybe next year I'll do a class but this year I'm going to concentrate on shopping for wool. Someone gave me a great suggestion. They said that because Rhinebeck is so overwhelming, I should concentrate on one specific thing like one color or weight of yarn. I like that idea. Not that I'll necessarily stick to it, but it's a good way to start.
I know it's still two months away but I'm starting to get excited already!