First up I have to say that my Sockret pal is SPOILING ME TO PIECES but my bad mojo with computers continues. A few months ago, I snapped the powercord on my Dell. So I had to go to using my Fujitsu, which I'd bought a few years ago as a travelling laptop. But about a week ago, the wireless card and the speakers went on the fritz and so my baby laptop was of no use to me, as this ALSO meant that even the network cable was petulantly refusing to play nice. So for a week I was sans computer except for the small bits my sweetpea let me have on his computer. (As an aside yes I'll have to buy a new one instead of a scooter, sadly)

Then to top it off I got some flu/laryngitis which made me crawl into bed last Thursday and only climb out on Monday afternoon. Actually that's not true - I suffered through Saturday at work (8 hours retail!) with no voice and practically hallucinating with illness. Saturday night we hosted a party for the concert I couldn't sing in and I spent Sunday and Monday in bed as a result. Not fun.

But at some point in there (I can't remember when!) I got another SOCKRET PAL PACKAGE!!!!!!!! And I opened it and burst into tears because it was SO PERFECT AND AMAZING and yes i'm typing in capitals a lot as my voice still isn't 100%!




The packet contained tiny fish which are cheddar flavoured and ruled by a pretzel:


A book that I covetted and now that I've read, thinks it's a piece of crap:


An ironic copy of the magazine that shall remain nameless due to them screwing my subscription up three times:


The best red licorice evah - I love this stuff!!!



The best part of this gift is the Knitpicks needles which, ironically enough, replace the needles which I can only find 4 of now... at this stage of unwrapping my package, I wondered if my pal had been spying on me!


Some hard-to-find Kool-Aid for dyeing!!!


Amazing little tags to sew into things I knit for people:


AMAZING YARN MORE MORE EEEE LOOK AT THE COLOURS!!!!

And some cool notecards which I know I'll use a lot: