Weekend in Burlington

Next to no knitting this weekend...my family and M and I met M's parents in Burlington so they could meet before the wedding. Despite the terrible weather on Saturday, we had a great day and managed to walk up and down Church Street. At first to my amusement, and soon to my horror, we happened upon the Burlington Zombie Walk. Apparently, this is a national event and several cities participate. There were perhaps 75 people dressed as zombies stumbling down Church Street. There were several kids in the crowd and I wondered how they would react but they didn't even wince! I was fine with this whole idea, even thought it had a modicum of charm to it but then I realized that zombies were zeroing in on people in the crowd and grabbing them which freaked me out. I hid in a store doorway till the majority had passed. Later, we were walking on a side street and unbeknownst to me, a zombie had crept up behind me and motioned to my mother to keep it from me (and she did) and then he made this gumming noise in my ear and I turned around and screamed and ran like hell.

Aside from that, it was fun. We went to the Bearded Frog http://thebeardedfrog.com (I can't figure out how to make the Bearded Frog just be the link instead of having to list it next to it). It was really great, the ambience was really cozy and nice and somehow they had a booth that comfortably fit six. I had the filet which was cooked really really well. Bro and I shared a malt a a slice of birthday cake (no it was not anyone's birthday, that was on the dessert menu).

On Sunday we met up with J and S for lunch which was less than stellar. Our waitress came running outside after us asking us if we left her a tip...my mom was appalled. Then we drove back, went to a pub near our house to watch the Red Sox win the world series. My mom and bro went running and yelling through the streets.

Today I skipped my class, I had to catch up on pharmacology because I have a quiz tomorrow and didn't get a chance to read. I felt like it would be time better spent but I still feel a smidge guilty.

I did finish one of the socks I was working on and realized that I"m going to run out of yarn on the second one so I've substituted some yarn on the cuff that won't be visible rather than buying more yarn and paying for shipping. Plus, this yarn seems to have been discontinued....my luck.