Quite a day!

I was feeling kind of at loose ends and pining today, so I tried to fill up the day with as many things as I could think of. I mailed out my cookies for the cookie swap; I walked around, visiting lots of shops; I tried (and failed) to find some wires to use in place of my missing blocking wires, some welded D-rings for a pair of mittens I have in mind, new office clothes, nice looking hair combs ... yeah, I found none of these things, but it was a pleasant day anyway.

I did, however, manage to do a couple things -- I picked up some note cards that I'm using as inspiration, painted my nails (a beautiful copper foil, woo!), annnnnnnnnd ... got the cartilage of my left ear pierced! Yay changes!

Anyway, I did some sketching tonight, too.

These are for my back tattoo, which I'm getting started in May:

This is the placement I'm looking at, more or less: 

I'm super excited. My artist is amazing. Also, if anyone reading knows me in real life, please don't tell my mother about this blog. (Also, sorry: one of these days I'll find a way to post sketches and whatnot without taking crappy webcam shots of them, but alas, my scanner, she broke, and has not been replaced.) (Also also: I anticipate that my final tattoo will look more like a peacock and less like a startled goose.)

In other news, I'm casting on a ten-stitch blanket in mini mochi (colorway 103). I've got a bunch of other projects on the needles, but none of them are particularly exciting for me right now ... so I'm just feeling like starting all the things and the hell with followthrough. Eh, whatever; I figure I knit because it's fun. When it stops being fun, there's no point in knitting.

That's the news for today. I might give myself Sunday off - we'll see how drunk I get at Easter brunch tomorrow! ;) Night, y'all!