Postally Possible

It has been a day.  You know, one of those days when coffee and chocolate are not so much a desire but an utter necessity?  When any divergence from a room temperature of 72F is either an arctic blast or a firey inferno.  I'm having fun.  The hormones should die down in a day or two.  Thank goodness.

But Joe, our mail carrier, did right by me today, and just in time.

He brought me a present from my Better Pal!

Wool, caffeine, and chocolate.  I mean...sniff...how did she know?  How did Joe know?

I'm. Not. Worthy.  Boohoooooo!  (Hormones, man, I tell ya.)

Anyway, good stuff indeed.  Yes, that's chocolate, very yummy, rich and fabulous chocolate.  And wonderful English tea.  Not that lipton swill, the good stuff.  And a fabulous book on natural dyeing.  I have been reading up on natural dye books left and right in the past six months or so, and I'm finally getting ready to try it for myself (I know, but I can be like that with the research).  This book will get lots and lots of reading time--it also looks very practical and full of recipes.

Then there's sock yarn from Fyberspates.  The first KnitCast I listened to was with Jen (I know, I was late to the podcast party).  It's a fabulous color called Licorice.  Yum.  It's going high on the sock yarn list, for sure.  Also two lovely skeins of Jamieson's DK Shetland yarn in natural black.  Looks like handspun.  What to make, what to make?  I know I'll have fun figuring it out.  And then some beautiful stitch markers in my favorite colors, dark red and gold.  Those are the colors of my non-wedding ring from Rhys.  Mmm.

Not pictured is a small stuffed sheep.  It found its flock (a couple of three-year-olds who have a small paddock full of sheep and don't let mamas keep stuffed animals for themselves, as it should be).  The kids like this secret pal business, I tell ya.

Thanks better pal!  I'm one lucky hormone-addled wool addict.

Comments

[Norma]

Hmmmm *drumming fingers on desk*.....trying to put my super-sleuth powers to work here.....I love trying to figure out people's pals. Tee, and also Hee. Very nice. Love that Yorkshire Tea. That is the good stuff. I have some in my cupboard and I sent some to MY Better Pal last time. You will get all dreamy when you drink it.

[Lee Ann]

Nice haul! Administer chocolate immediately :-)

[Carole]

Haven't we already figured out who Cate's pal is? Can't we work on mine now?

[Susan]

Okay, I know who your pal is, and you are one very, very lucky knitter! (Of course, if every single person but one participating in BP left a comment like that for you, then you'd know who your BP is, wouldn't you?)

[Rachel H]

Wow. And Wow again. And a slightly envious but still happy for you sigh.

There's a 4 year old in my house who believes that anything that comes through the door with Mummy ought to be his too. Doesn't really matter what it is. What's his is his, but what's mine we have to share apparently. He's cute, so he usually wins on that.

[Imbrium]

What wonderful gifts! Better pal, indeed. :)

[margene]

Looks like your BP has you pegged perfectly. ;-)

[Kat with a K]

Oooh, lovely. I'm headed to Yorkshire in a few months (I hope! Maybe!) and very much looking forward to the tea. Also the sheep.

[Ruth]

Well. Your BP certainly knows his/her audience!! Great haul.

[Better Pal]

My pleasure ! ;-]

[SockyarnPal]

I am diving through my stash, just for you, oh sock yarn pal! Let me just say that I was excited to get you, have been reading your blog for ages...

[Kellee]

Oh dear! That sock yarn! It will be like knitting up a box of Good-n-Plenty!!

[Chris]

Wow, what an excellent package to receive! Fun fun fun.

[Sara*]

I saw that book just the other day, and thought about picking it up. How are you enjoying it?