Hiding from Halloween

So tonight, I ran into my sweetie on the subway while transferring @ Columbus Circle on the way home. As with most hardcore NYC commuters, I had mentally locked myself in a bubble while surrounded by gazillions of other New Yorkers, yet somehow I looked up to see my boyfriend sitting in the same subway car. He was very amused (I seem to generate this reaction a lot amongst my friends) and was wondering how long it would take me to notice him.

It was a nice way to start the evening, as he and I had previously agreed to flee the vicinity of his apartment in Greenwich Village. Now while it may sound wildly exciting to live along the route of the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade ,in reality, it's frustrating enough to make your head explode: stampede-density spectators, most of whom are drunken non-natives, cops who demand ID to let you onto your own street, and sheer unrelenting noise...are you starting to get the picture? (Yes, I know -- I sound cranky, don't I?)

Anyway, instead, we spent a delightfully quiet evening at my apartment, scrounging up an Atkins-friendly dinner (for him) and anything else appealing (for me), reading (him), watching stuff on my TiVo (both of us: "Cheeeeeeese, Gromit!"), converting an old alumni e-mail account before it evaporated tonight (me), and of course, knitting (um, who do you think?).

Actually, I made some progress on the gargantuan moderne log cabin afghan I foolishly decided to give as a gift. Hooray! I think I will cheat, however, and not bind off every edge, as picking up stitches is not one of my favorite activities.

The brown/burgundy chenille is from Numei.com via eBay, doubled on #11s, with a strand of Debbie Bliss Cotton Denim Aran. The olive-y patch is also chenille from eBay, from that monster batch I posted about previously, doubled, with TWO strands of cotton yarn from School Products.

So okay, I may go crazy with the other blocks and triple the yarn or something, as these are not as thick as the first block. The remaining chunks of burgundy/wine will be combined with Lily Sugar & Cream, as the Debbie Bliss Cotton Denim Aran was merely an oddball I had left over from my apple hat, which had gone to the first child of the friend who received my log cabin blanket for her second child.