Bay City Weekend

Not to be confused with the Bay City Rollers; we spent the long weekend north of Tillamook at Eli's cabin with Eli, Fred & Melissa (who soon will be moving to Illinois for grad school, sadly for us), secret special guest Matt (laying over from a work trip in Arizona), and 2 of Eli's friends from work (for 1 night). Much alcohol (not nearly as much as in years past, we are getting old or possibly just smarter) and very good food was consumed. We hit the beach twice, though the second time was a misguided & unsuccessful attempt to see tidepools, and we went to the Tillamook Cheese Factory and the Blue Heron. We went crabbing, played board games and cards and rocked out, generally having a very good time. It was great to see Matt, he has mellowed out since college and is a really great guy. I managed to create a tasty carrot cake for the hubby's b-day without a real recipe (it was more like bread than cake, but still good).

On the way home we stopped at the outlet malls so I could search for a pair of work pants, only to find that they have been practicing size inflation. I know I certainly haven't lost any weight, so there is no reason that a size 0 should be huge on me. I hate shopping, and this makes me dislike it even more, when brands I used to be able to count on for decent clothes that fit (as much as I disliked supporting their corporation & 3rd-world labor) are now at least 2 sizes too big. Why should I suffer because someone wants to pretend they are a size 6 when they should really be a size 10? What's so horrible about being a size 10 anyway? The day was partially redeemed when we stopped at the Rogue Brewery for dinner and learned that the Hubby got a free beer & t shirt for his birthday, but then I got an itchy rash of hives or something afterwards which was quite unpleasant.

As for my knitting, I finished the Gryffindor scarf (just need to close the ends and do fringe)and am about half-way through with Victoria's very late birthday present. I should find some good yarn to do a summery sweater now, since working on thick scarves and beanies is silly.