A tale of two dogs, and an alligator

Well, it's been a busy month! What with projects in school, full time work, family, and friends.. I'm surprised I had any time to knit. But I DID! I made the Alligator Mittens from 'Stich n Bitch Nation', what a cute pattern. I made some alterations and made a size somewhere inbetween the written sizes of Child (12 years) and Lady (S/M). It was tooooo big still! Yes, this means that apparently my hands are even closer in size to a 12 year old child's than I thought. Andrew begged me to let him have this mitten, even if I don't make another that size. I'll make another 2 in a size that will actually fit a girl. But anyways, it's cute and I wanted to show you:

I haven't glued his eyes on yet.. they're just resting there atop his head :( Andrew's alligator needs a name.. any ideas??


Andrew took me to Panorama for my birthday, we had 3 hour a couples spa session (facials, massage) and it was SOOOO nice! Well, that is .. after we made it through the snowstorm to get there!! We drove for hours in horrible road conditions with snow flying EVERYWHERE, until we finally got to a hotel in Lake Louise. Then we found a sock made into the bed and called the front desk who sent the CUTEST lady to remake the bed with new sheets. Oh it was such an adventure!

-- And this was just the beginning of the storm, by the end there was at least a foot of snow on the ROAD itself, yechh --

Right but yes, we finally got to Panorama the next morning just in time for our spa session. Then we went to his boss' condo, stayed out of the cold, and have a wonderful night. We also went to the only place that was open at night in Panorama the weekend before ski season started, and it was a great place! We had the awesomest shrimp sandwich with dill mayo on a baguette.. at a PUB! yeah you heard me. Oh and we found this GIANT FREAKING DOG just hanging outside the front door of the aforementioned pub. AWW! I was too afraid to go too close but Andrew definitely wasn't..

And I promised you two dogs.. here's the 2nd. My roommate's sister's boyfriend brought his dod Alizé over one day and Andrew and I went nuts. It was the CUTEST thing seeing a little doggy running around our little apartment. AGH! I will have a great dog one day, ONE DAY! Check out this little cutie.. oh and the dog too :) hehe

So much cuteness I can't handle it!

Alright, time to get ready for bed. Before this year I could never even fathom getting to bed before 11pm, EVER. And now it's the norm. I hate Norm and all that he stands for.

Almost Christmas! Boy do I ever have a lot of shopping to finish :s
xoxo
Colleen