I have been too busy playing with yarn to blog!

Yes folks that is true. Because Christmas is freaking two weeks away and I'm not anywhere near finishing a Christmas present (so much for people getting Christmas dishcloths, sorry if you were looking forward to receiving one!).
I busted out the Wedding Roses afghan last week and now I am proud to say that I have finished the 4th panel (out of 6). Over halfway done!! SWEET!!! I am not sure what I'm going to do with the border yet, there's no way in hell that I'm going to actually make the crocheted roses, yeah that's way too much work in not-nearly-enough time. I brought it to the knitting group this afternoon and one of the girls seconded my other idea of just extending the natural border. It will be much quicker, though not as fancy, and it will still look nice. I like the look of the Simply Soft as opposed to the suggested Red Heart SuperSaver (though Red Heart soft would probably have been a good substitute except that Simply Soft is a- cheaper, b- you get more yarn per skein than Red Heart Soft, and c- much easier to come by).
Yesterday (by yesterday I mean Saturday), I went to Stevens Point and made a quick stop (under an hour!) at Herrschner's Retail Store. I am proud to say that despite the fact that there were a few skeins of yarn I really really wanted, I did come out almost empty-handed. Almost. I bought an Addi-Turbo 10.5, 47" needle for one of my Xmas project. Working on a blanket on an 29" circular was getting to be difficult as it's coming along pretty nicely. This wouldn't have been a necessity had I planned out the blankets better in the first place instead of doing both of the knitted blankets on a 10.5 needle. Live and learn....
Katie's blanket is coming along fairly nicely, it should be done by Xmas without any problems at all, especially with the new Addi Turbo to help it along.
Lastly, the Packer-ghan is not going so well. I am hoping to at least be halfway done by Christmas so I can wrap it while it is still on the needles.
Only 16 days until my knitted gifts must be complete! Agh!