I booked my hotel room for my upcoming voyage back to the Midwest for Lauren's wedding. I'm super excited to be going and am so happy that I am able to afford it without issues. After the last few years of living with little to no money, being able to go means so much to me.

That being said... Hotels.com offered quite a few LOLz this morning during my search. Behold:

Click to enlarge. Seriously.

I ripped out Vince's Herringbone Scarf. I love the pattern but I just can't watch every row I knit. Once I have a chance to spend a little more time on a scarf, I'll definitely use this pattern again.

R.I.P. Herringbone Scarf

I'm now doing a 1x1 rib. It looks great and I'm already about 5 inches in since casting on yesterday at lunch. We watched a lot of TV last night. We were 2 weeks behind on "Heroes" and "Chuck." We also watched Thursday's "Supernatural" which was so cool and fun in black and white. I really love that show. It's very underrated, but I think if more people watched it, everyone would realize how great it really is. (And how incredibly gorgeous Jensen Ackles is.) I got about 4 1/2 inches done on the scarf while we watched all of that.

My bizarre urge to knit a hat the other night could not be quelled. I ended up casting on for a little beret/tam with a ball of Lion Brand Homespun that has been sitting in a basket on my nightstand for a few months. I'm not entirely sure what the colorway is. It was a random ball from the Oma stash. I'm not a huge fan of Homespun usually. I love the colorways, but I always end up with a mess when I knit with it. This time, I didn't have to fight the yarn to knit my project.

I just did a 1x1 ribbed edge then increased the first knit row, knit about an inch, then did another increase row. I knit until the yarn started running out then did a decrease row (ssk,k), then kept on knitting until there was about a yard left then slipped all the stitched off onto a tapestry needle and pulled it closed. I sewed the hole shut and tada! Hat. It looks very cute.

I haven't been on Vox in almost two months! No real reason there, just sort of forgot about it.

I've been busy adding all kinds of new stuff to etsy. Mostly household items that are reusable, washable and earthfriendly.

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Summertime Eyelet Edge Dishcloth

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Pink and Yellow Mini Eyelet Edge Cotton Cloth Set

I can't stop knitting these for myself! I use them in the shower and for my nightly face washes. They are perfect!

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Lavender and Yellow Mini Eyelet Edge Cotton Cloth Set

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Pink Eyelet Edge Cotton Dishcloth

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Strawberry Shortcake Eyelet Edge Cotton Dishcloth

Red Stripe

Fun and funky striped knit hat.

Listed on etsy today.

I called Time Warner and got my internet turned back on for the time being. I'm sure it's going to be turned back off the second week of May because I don't think I'll have enough money to take care of it. I have a few more pressing things like electricity, rent and my phone.

I got my federal tax refund and was able to pay a few things down a bit. I ended up loosing over half my refund to overdraft fees from the bank. They charged me $6 a day while I had a negative balance. I had no idea that they would do that... I've never overdrawn my account there before. I'm going to go in tomorrow and see if I can get them waived. I just cannot afford to loose that much in fees. I need to keep my power on.

Every day that I'm waiting for my benefits to start, I'm sliding further and further down this hill. I know I'll dig myself out, I always do, but it's hard trying to keep my head up and not sit in my bathtub crying. I've done a fairly good job thus far not letting it get to me too much. Granted, I have ended up throwing a hissy fit and tossing file folders full of paperwork across the room and crying for a bit, but I always pull myself together after a few minutes. Sitting around and crying isn't going to put any money in the bank.

Tomorrow is another day of filling out forms (to get help for my rent and bills until unemployment kicks in) and making phone calls. It's getting tedious, but I kind of think of it as my job right now... well that, and knitting.

My stress relief this past week has been knitting hats. I've finished 2 since Thursday and started a new one last night. I had to rip out the one I made Thursday night because it was a bit too large. I forgot that adding more stitches + larger needles = a much larger hat. Duh.

Zombie Fred is coming a long nicely. After some trail and error, I figured out the best way to make the dolls. I should be able to get most of the rest finished today. Woo!