Exciting things!

It was a bit of a week of exciting things. New shoes, lots of knitting and craft inspiration, kitchen gadgets, and generally getting back on track.

I finished the baby sweater. I am very pleased with it and hope a new mom and her baby will be too! Hopefully I will hear soon. When I found these cute ducky buttons, I knew that I had to make them a part of the sweater and choose the yarn from there. I had originally considered a gray or neutral tone, but none looked right with these buttons, so I ended up with a lovely shade of green, right for baby boys or girls. I'm considering making another, but I also just got Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitting Workshop from the library, so may do a Baby Surprise Jacket instead. However, this was a fabulous pattern - so well written and easy to follow.

I finally saved enough Amazon gift cards to order a Sodastream Jet. Within minutes I had lovely sparkling water and it was love at first sip. I was concerned that the nasty Oakland city water would ruin the effect, but it's not bad at all. I also found adorable silicone egg poachers at World Market and made some delicious medium poached eggs this morning. Annnnd I have a gorgeous new pair of boots (replacing the ones that Isis scratched), and possibly a cute neutral pump, but I'm still deciding on those. Love Zappos!

And(!!!!): Haircut tomorrow! I can't wait, and hopefully I'll have some nice pictures of that as well.