The Cool Group

since last saturday, my daily visitor count has gone from about 165 per day to 252.  i'd like to think that i've become slightly more popular due to something i may have written or knitted, etc.  but i know it's because i participated in BELLYFEST 2005!!!!!

you've already heard about it.  mrs. itchy yarn in pants was the perfect hostess.  i was horribly late ... i stopped by AC Moore in Framingham to pick up some sharpies on my way and ended up getting sucked into the shoe vortex that is DSW (i'm taking the shoes back by the way) ... but she still left me a lovely note leading me into out back to the knitting den.  there i found melanoma, elisa, ben, and wendy, and a platter of shrimp cocktail and freaky fried egg gummies.  i love shrimp cocktail. the fried egg gummies, not so much. 

i learned 3 very important things that afternoon.

1.  i am lousy at stitching and bitching.  i got nowhere with my knitting.  i'm much better at bitching.  in fact, i can pretty much bitch and do almost anything else,  but not stitch.  thanks to ben and her brilliant idea, i was at least able to avoid coming back from this stitch and bitch in the knitting hole.

2.  it's very good to be number 1 in the yankee swap.  not only did i get to pick first, but i was guaranteed to end up with exactly what i wanted at the end -- princess leia buns. 

3.  i had a wicked awesome good time and hadn't laughed like that in a long time.  i need to laugh more.  laughing is good.

i can hardly wait to do it again.

Comments

[maryse]

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[laurie]

Oh, so that was you with the hot buns in Stitchy's pics? See, I wasn't lying, me... stalk! stalk!

*Love* your blog! I can never get down to the stitching part of the stitch n' bitch either. But bitch? I am so A+! Total overachiever! ;)

[Cathi]

My blessed children did something to the computer so that most blog type is teeny tiny and I can't read the entry. Grrr! But the pics are great.

[benedetta]

i had to rip the little bootie twice during the party and then again when i got home. bitching definetely gets in the way of knitting. still, well worth it!

[Wendy]

You really can't beat laughter, can you?

ps - does you Weather pixie have a belly ring?

[Jenn]

Next time you're down there, eat at John Harvards...they have such good food! Beer pub+AC Moore, Michaels, and JoAnns+Mall=Good Day!!