Funny things I am wearing right now

I am admitting to you today that writing does funny things to me in the middle of the night. It impels me to do things like eat a handful of chocolate chips, drink a glass of milk, and then go looking for dill pickles. I suppose in that respect, it isn't unlike a rather clichéed pregnancy -- at the end, after all, I will have a roughly five pound stack of papers that I will defend by tooth and claw. (Or not. You can't print a new, identical baby, of course.)

It's also similar to pregnancy in that now, having woken up an hour ago because I was hungry and had to pee, I am wearing a strange collection of clothing because it is absolutely freezing, and I decided the best way to not sleep was to write. Maternity clothes range from the utterly bizarre to regular clothes with expanding waists. And I think my collection of garments here is pretty weird.

Why is it weird? Because I say so, pretty much.

From top to toe:

• Handknit cloche hat, in darkdarkdark blue tweed (I have lots of pictures of this to upload, but haven't gotten to yet.)
• Crazy coral/blue/green/yellow print sleeping camisole; ugly-cute
• Bright pink long sleeve t-shirt
• Black wrap sweater in a mohair/wool blend, which has had one of the interior ties replaced with i-cord knit with powder blue worsted weight wool
• One pink lace mitt (only one because I haven't finished the other one yet)
• Black cotton/Lycra exercise pants, calf length, but intended to be knee length on a person of normal height
• Pale pink bamboo knee socks

And I just topped this all off with another black cotton, zippered cardigan. I look like a roasted Stay Puft Marshmallow man.

Awwww, somebody just posted this about my excerpt on the NaNo boards:

"Oh my, Miss Purl! I loved your excerpt so much! It was so refreshing of a read :D I felt like I was reading real literature!"

How tremendous is that! Yay.