It’s only been finished since Sept 15, but I am pleased to introduce you to Birch:

I’ve worn it several times already (it’s been great for the NorCal fall), and get compliments wherever I go. Once I got the pattern memorized it was a great knit. Of course, after I finished it, I kept finding myself wanting to knit that same pattern. I don’t know if that was due to it being relatively easy, or if it became so familiar that it was hard to do without it. Probably the latter.

I must apologise for the pity party I threw for myself on Friday. It was the end of a long, tiring week. I don’t know why I care how many people I have reading my blog. I’m usually not that much of an attention whore… well, not for a large audience; I prefer smaller groups or one-on-one attention grabbing. (Edited to add: Thanks to everyone for all the comments. We can all have a good time without whoever it was. 😛 Of couse, they’re all welcome back when they see the error of their ways. *grin*)

I gutted a pumpkin last night, and The Husband carved it. It got a test run on the balcony for a few hours. I think my neighbors thought I was odd placing a pumpkin on the balcony (I haven’t seen any others in the complex), but then I thought they were odd for putting out Christmas lights this early (of course, then I realized that they were mostly likely for Diwali not Christmas). What’s kind of nice is with the pumpkin in a certain spot on the balcony, it can be seen from the street and brings in the trick-or-treaters (there is way too much candy in my apt right now).

I even managed to dress up this year for work. There was a Halloween picnic in our parking lot complete with a costume contest that I didn’t sign up for because several other costumes were much more elaborate than mine. I don’t know who won, but there was a guy dressed up as Jamie Hyneman… deadringer… made me do a double take. Of course, there were also 2 separate people dressed up as “cereal killers” — take outfit, tape on cereal boxes and knives… ta da… cereal killer. *sigh* (I prefer another friend’s take on the matter — wear what you usually wear, people ask what you’re supposed to be say, “Serial killer, we look like everyone else.”) I also saw an iPod, a dinosaur, a couple of doctors, a zombie/dead guy, and one person was dressed as one of my company’s products. Generic vampire(ss) seemed pale in comparison.

I hope everyone has a safe and happy Halloween.

Let me leave you with this last spooky thought… I went to Target yesterday to get earrings and candy. While checking out what Halloween stuff they had, I turned down an aisle and got quite a scare… There at the end of an aisle filled with orange and black Halloween delights were Christmas decorations. BOO!