I hate malls, particularly in Dec

My holiday shopping has been pretty much done for a while. (We still need to do Roger's parents, though I have started his mother's gift.) There are a a bunch of December birthdays in my family though, and every year at least one of them sneaks under the radar and I end up in a mall during December anyways.

So in this spirit, Tab and I ended up at Cambridgeside yesterday. It actually was not that bad. We headed that way after church, and it wasn't as crowded as I had feared. We had a really nice lunch together at CPK, and finished almost everyone. I still need to find a gift for my dad, but I think it will just end up being a non-mall thing.

Black Friday

So no, I did not end up doing any shopping on black friday, but I did have a great time! Tab's dad picked her up in the morning, and then I spent the day in with my mom. We ate turkey soup and watched movies. My sister had the extended versions of the LoTR trilogy, so we stuck them in and just did that all day. Let me tell you, you can get a lot of lace knitting done with movies that long. Other than one brief attempt at lace knitting (a single lace cable on a 12X12" stockinette afhgan square) this is my first major project with the technique. My black lace scarf I have been working on is about 18" long now. You can see definite improvement along the length, but you tell blocking will make the (mostly minor) mistakes disappear. I don't think I will have much more time for it until after finals though.