Survived Thanksgiving
...with only an extra bite here and there. Wasn't easy, especially since Mela made chestnut stuffing. But I weigh tonight and expect an average (2-2.5 pound) loss. Currently standing at 173 pounds: having lost 44.3, with 33 to go. I got my original wedding ring back on last week. The jeans are loose again, but not yet falling off.
The holiday weekend was social and WoW-intensive: we had Thanksgiving at Mela's, saw Willhelm and Flidais for dinner and coffee on Friday (we shut down the Starbucks), had Company of Clothiers and household Thanksgiving on Sunday. Leveled the hunter to 69. Got next to nothing done otherwise. Gotta knock that off.
On other fronts:
Needlework--Albra taught metal thread embroidery Turkish Slippers at the C of C meeting, so I have a new UFO. Fortunately, it's not a large project, I got a good start on it in class, and it could be said to have a deadline, as we'll be doing the second half of the class in January. The more important deadline is for Jacob's stocking, which I'd hoped to have done by the 1st--not so much, but I'm down to the last third of the backstitching, and then the assembly. Will be working on it daily till done. Need to find the red satin for the backing and lining.
Class--Decided to do a loose gown based on the famous picture of Katherine Parr. Patterned the partlet, repatterned the partlet, repatterned the partlet. Much fitting assistance from Mela and Louise. Patterned the gown and the hat. Got half the trim from Justina at Calafia; need to bug her for the rest. Got the gown, lining and interlining cut at the last class except for the wheel pieces. Haven't gotten a thing done since. Need to dig out sewing room so I can actually work in it.
SCA--Calafia Anniversary and Queen's Champion Archery were both a little strange and disconnect-y for me, although I had good company at both events, and they were great for making progress on the stocking. Calafia, being Thomas's birthday, was guaranteed to be a disaster, but this year it wasn't the restaurant, it was the trailer getting a flat as we were leaving, and discovering that our spare (which we'd been lugging with us faithfully for 10 months) was the wrong size. So we spent Sunday replacing the tire and driving back down to San Diego to retrieve the trailer. Also good for work on the stocking, but not what we'd had in mind for the day. Conversely, having been predisastered, Thomas's birthday dinner went fine.
This Saturday is Lyondemere Yule, which is a lovely event and should be very much like Baroness's Birthday last month. It's a little tchotchke-intensive, but I'm in fairly good shape: I have the populace gifts and the Lyonbard stuff; need to see if what I have planned for Court/Officers/Staff will work or I'll need to punt. (Have a decent idea for punting, but need to be about it.) Would be nice to finish the loose gown to wear, but that's dreaming....
Movies--we saw the HBO John Adams and liked it a bunch; then we saw The Golden Compass and thought it was a trainwreck. We hadn't read the books, so we were probably more lost than average. Fans must have been pretty upset.
Books--read The Lingerie Handbook, currently reading Sewing Lingerie that Fits. Looking forward to having to replace everything....