At least not any more. Because I ate the entire can for breakfast. Well, let me clarify- I had a respectable breakfast of a cup of decaf, peach yogurt, and whole wheat bagel.... and then an hour later went to Walgreens and bought a can of Pringles (among other things) and then proceeded to eat the entire thing. Did I feel bad about it? A tad. Am over it and pondering dinner? Yep.
I have somehow been able to get away with not gaining a bit of weight during my first 6 months of pregnancy, even thought I felts like I was eating a lot. Now I'm about to reach month 7, and I've gained 8 pounds in a couple weeks. I have a feeling that all the eating I did in San Francisco helped that. But I did tons of walking too. Apparently not enough to balance out the chocolate croissants, iced coffee and muffins, huge breakfasts (Dottie's anyone?), and oh-so-many nice dinners. The little guy and I ate well.
I visited several yarn stores, and my favorite was Imagiknit. They had a nice selection of sock yarn, gorgeous beaded lace weight silk from Artyarns, and cute accessories. I also visited Atalier, Artfibers, and a couple others. I was surprised to find that many places had alot of empty space and could have fit a lot more yarn in their stores. That always surprises me when I walk into a yarn store and see bare floor and/or wall space. I mean, most of us knitters are hungry for yarn, and I was armed with a credit card that wanted to be used. I might have to make a trip up to Lansing to Threadbare Fiber Arts. I haven't been there yet (only when they were in Indiana), and I hear that place is a sight to behold.
So yes, San Francisco was very nice. I did lots of eating, shopping. walking, saw Blades of Glory (Boom!), drove across the Golden Gate Bridge, saw my first Redwood. And while all that was great, it made me appreciate home even more- and Joe, who spent the better part of his spring break (he's a teacher, so he had spring break) painting the downstairs sunroom/den, waxing the hardwoods floors, and completing projects with fumes that I can't be around in my delicate *ahem* time.
Now that I'm back in Fort Wayne, it's back to business as usual. Though there aren't many usual days around here anymore. I came back to oh-so-many orders, which was wonderful! Thank you! And since then many of you have taken advantage of the sale yarn that I hinted about before I left. If you haven't checked it out yet, take a look. I also returned to find that almost a half ton of yarn had been delivered! So that's what I'll be concentrating on this week, and I'll let you know when new yarn is up. You'll find many Lorna's Laces colors have returned already including Blackberry, Carrot, Carol Green, Cranberry, Natural, Old Rose, Pine, Pewter, Bittersweet, Georgetown, Mineshaft, Mt. Creek, and our specially dyed colorway the SSYC Stripe. I'm also expecting a large shipment of the Flamingo Stripe yarn, which sold out in a matter of days when it came out a couple months ago. It's the yarn that Lorna's Laces donated 20% of the proceeds to breast cancer research.
You look beautiful!!!!
I have been dreaming of going to Threadbare!!
Posted by: P-la | April 09, 2007 at 03:48 PM
I think we all have a week during pregnancy where we put on some extra pounds - no worries, you look great!
Posted by: Carole | April 09, 2007 at 04:37 PM
Welcome back! You look great!
Posted by: Nancy | April 09, 2007 at 06:20 PM
I used to live in San Francisco, and was sad that I missed your first post asking for places to go.
However I'm happy to see that you went to all the places I would have recommended! I used to work at ImagiKnit and I STILL miss that place. I have yet to find another yarn shop that compares. And Tartine? Wow, I miss that place.
Posted by: Maria | April 10, 2007 at 12:39 AM
Pringles are WAAAAYYY addictive - I have been known to eat a whole can also! It sounds like you had a really nice trip - lots of yarn, food and fun!!!!
Posted by: stacey | April 10, 2007 at 08:26 AM
Oh, how funny! Before I 'knew' I was pregnant, I would down Pringles like they were going out of style! Now, eh, not so much. :) You look gorgeous!
Posted by: Christy | April 10, 2007 at 08:47 AM
If you want a yarn store with no empty space you need to come to my local yarn store. She doesn't have a spare place anywhere. Yeah it's cluttered and a lot of stuff is still in boxes but I love it! :) Even the teeny bathroom is shoved full of yarn. And she has an offsite storage unit if you need something you don't see. She just can't stop buying. She also knows the colors and what kinds of yarns most of us regulars like and makes sure she buys lots of it to tempt us. That means lots of pink sock yarn! :)
Posted by: Tiffany | April 11, 2007 at 01:11 PM
You found some of the greatest spots in San Francisco! Philz and Tartine are on the top of my list. There is no better way to put on weight than with a pain au Scharfenberger chocolate!
Posted by: nicole | April 16, 2007 at 04:36 PM