What a cool idea!

This is a sock yarn gift bouquet from Yarn Gift Bouquets, a new company out of Ontario, Canada. This is a great site I've just discovered where you can order custom or pre-made yarn bouquets which arrive at their destination complete with: yarn of your choice (not sure of the brand/manuf.; you can only request color), a set of double-pointed, straight or circular needles and a gift card. The also sell a few sock patterns on their site, so you could send a complete package and have socks before you know it! If socks don't strike your fancy, Yarn Gift Bouquets also sell bouquets for lace knitting, Magic Loop knitting, and "Not Sock Yarn" which comes with fingering weight yarn and straight needles. It's a great idea that I only wish I'd come across before Valentine's Day!

In other news, I fly tomorrow to meet my brothers and father in Daytona Beach, Florida for the 50th running of the Daytona 500. No, I'm not a NASCAR fan, but my brother is, and for Christmas my dad arranged this dream-come-true trip for him. And then he invited me and our baby brother to come along as well. The boys have been at the racetrack, in the in-field, since Wednesday and we will all be departing Monday morning after a long weekend of shennanigans. I have to say, while I don't care much for the game of car racing, I'm terribly excited to spend some time with the other most important men in my life. Watch for me!