Books:
#55: 
In for a Penny (Rose Lerner)
#56: 
Let Sleeping Rogues Lie (Sabrina Jeffries)
#57: 
#58: 
#59: 
#60: 
Soulless: The Parasol Protectorate
#61: 
Changeless: The Parasol Protectorate
#62: 
Movies:
#16: Dinner for Schmucks
#17: Eurotrip
#18: Dinner for Schmucks
#19: The Tooth Fairy
I finished the handspun sweater tonight:
Buttons are from a bag of vintage buttons I got at a craft store a while ago.
Will take pictures of me wearing it when I get a chance, maybe this weekend.
In other news: I need to paint a new bowl for Alladin. His broke yesterday. I think we go through one every 2-3 years.
Books
#47: Mad Jack by Catherine Coulter
#48: At Last Comes Love
#49: The Keeper
#50: Seduce Me at Sunrise
#51: 
Dresden Files: Storm Front
#52: 
Led Astray by a Rake
#53: Red Hot Lies
#54: The Twelve Lies of Christmas
#55: Up in the Air
Movies
#15: She’s Out of My League
I went to Goodwill yesterday for an umbrella to make the frame of my parasol. The store had several used umbrellas, all for $2.99. Only one of them was a fully functional non-folding umbrella:
When I bought it, I thought it was pink, but John pointed out that it’s really more of a mauve (purple) color. On the way home, I’d already been thinking about what I would need to do to make the yellow cover match the pink handle and spoke tips (the little things that the fabric attaches to– on this umbrella, they’re tipped with mauve plastic). I was planning on using some pink beads, but when John pointed out the purple, I went to my basement and found some leftover beads from when I made Jenny’s stole, 3 years ago:
They match perfectly, and because yellow and purple are opposites on the color wheel, they really pop and give a very satisfying “put together” look to the whole project!
I’ve reached the “vest” stage of the handspun sweater I’m making. Next is the sleeves, and since I have to sit down and think about it, I’m putting it away until Saturday. Possibly some random Saturday in 2011.
And I started crocheting this:
It is NOT a doily. I repeat: it is NOT a doily.
It is, in fact, the beginnings of this:
It’s a crocheted lace parasol designed by Ira Rott. You can buy the pattern at the link provided. Really gorgeous. If I don’t screw it up, I might enter it into the county fair next year.