Have swift....

...will make yarn cakes.


We are now Back Home. Did loads of shopping in P'boro yesterday, and I got some lovely balls of Rowan 4-ply soft in chocolate, which I am marking down for another vest top. I think I like them, and they're good under coats and that. Got some little pressies, including a couple for antarra (also, if you're reading this, let me know where you are/that you're ok, I've been a little worried), and some stuff for a miniature swap on Ravelry. More knickers and vests, a tank for my father (!), 2-disc special edition of Sweeney Todd for £5 down from £23, which I thought was rather good, and a bunch of useful usb cables/add-ons for mobiles and pods from a pound shop.
Oh, and knirirr was accosted outside HMV by a pair of Mormons who had the name of their church on their badges in Welsh. They were confused when I tried Welsh on them, and more confused when I suggested they might be from Salt Lake City, and perhaps that was why they had the badges. Turned out they used to be posted in Merthyr, which confused me rather, as I don't recall it being the most Welsh of towns.
Which reminds me, I saw my baby bro out in his university hoodie whilst I was home. Bangor university, one of the Welsher of the universities in Wales. He is at the school of music. The shirt read "Ysgol Cerddoriaeth."* I nearly cried. If that wasn't bad enough, when pressed to explain the error, I was told that "That's what it says on the door of the department."
Hell, handbasket, &c &c.

Still, soon there should be white_hart lemon drizzle cake. Things feel better after cake, I find.
*There should be a mutation at the beginning of the second word, for the uninitiated.

Very glad to be home

We are indeed. Though it's a bit cold, and we may need two hot water bottles tonight.
The afternoon also included coffee and cake chez white_hart, who makes the best lemon drizzle ever. It was excellent to see lslaw again; white_hart and I started talking Knitting at one point, which confused the hell out of everyone else.
We had to leave far too soon, as despite having made two separate supermarket trips today, we had still forgotten stuff, and needed to get to Sainsbury's. We made it at 15 mins to closing (and still forgot a thing, which we had to do without).
I am now wondering whether I can be bothered to stay up to hear tonight's leap second. It might be fun. I'd do the review of the year meme, but my overriding impression of 2008 has been that it's been keich, and I'm glad to see the back of it. I know I said that about 2007 too, so I'm not so hopeful about 2009. I would quite like it to be a bit better than this last year, though, please.