Oh happy day

Today has already been a really great day. First, my boyfriend is home from a month-long trip around Asia. I've missed him quite a bit.



I brought our cats back from my parents' house in New Jersey, as well as their cat Oreo, who will be staying with us for a bit. While my boyfriend was out of town, I cleaned and organized the apartment top to bottom, and I think the cats are really relaxed to be here now.

Or Smokey is helpless against gravity. Or both.



We walked to Bergen Bagels for breakfast (Brooklyn's best bagel), where I got a toasted whole wheat bagel with basil cream cheese. It was insanely delicious.



Seriously. Unbelievable.

And lastly, the thing that actually has to do with knitting (because what is this blogging about my life stuff?!), I got a delicious box of yarn which I was afraid had gone missing. It's actually been sitting at the post office since December 19th (thank goodness).



Oh, it was worth the wait. This was the last yarn that I purchased in 2007 (and it was all at close-out prices!), thus kicking off my no-yarn-buying year of 2008. I gotta say, if I'm only knitting from my stash, I've got some brilliant choices to work from.



Rowan Big Wool, 100% merino bulky, color 24 Cassis



Elsebeth Lavold Chunky AL 50% FS alpaca / 50% Peruvian Wool, color 010 Turquoise



Classic Elite Alaska 50% alpaca / 50% wool super bulky, color 1515 Hot Springs (heathered teal)



Classic Elite Alaska 50% alpaca / 50% wool super bulky, color 1503 Mogul (light gray)



South West Trading Company Gianna 50% soysilk / 50% wool bulky, green

And then a whole bunch of Regia 4-ply, all 75% superwash wool / 25% polyamide, about which I am officially nuts. (All these photos enlarge).









Now I just have to finish some stuff so I can start playing with all this beautiful new yarn!