Friday, October 1, 2010

Birthday Loot

First I will say that my sister gave me an excellent birthday present today by calling and letting me know that her baby is going to be a girl. I know she's nervous about having a girl, but she will be a wonderful mom. She's a wonderfully strong person.

Now on to the knitting books:

Birthday Loot




The husband says I can consider these from him . . . although I consider them from me. I ordered them for myself for my birthday, I paid for them, and I picked them up from the UPS place. He says it's our money now and we are a team, so technically they are from him too. Yeah, he's sneaky like that.

I will be reviewing each of them in the not too distant future, with my normal video review. Honestly, I am going to let you know that I was a little let down by one of the books, got what I expected with another, and was pleasantly surprised with the other. The one that somewhat disappointed I will go over why in the review and honestly, I'll have to think long and hard about whether or not it's something I actually want to keep. It may be a giveaway item. We shall see.

6 comments:

  1. Congrats on the new little girl on the way! What fun... Those books are all on my radar, so I look forward to your reviews. You're a good woman to let the husband get away with that claim! ;)

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  2. Hubby owes you a gift-wrapped surprise, he picked it out himself present. My ex used to give me the same excuses and after awhile you just want to feel remembered and special on your special day.

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  3. What wonderful news! Ha, your hubby IS sneaky!
    I've got Brave New KNits, and New England Knits last week too. I'm looking forward to your review!

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  4. Yes, one pot of money, sneaky, sneaky but least you got something you really wanted and not a garbage disposal :)

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  5. We play this game with presents an awful lot. Mostly, though, Branden uses it as a way to convince me to buy things sooner rather than later...he swears up and down that this expensive thing will be my birthday gift, and then tries to use the same excuse again on something else later. Gotta watch those husbands... =)

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  6. Happy Birthday!! I missed it!
    Hope you had a good one
    Vicki

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