new books for the weekend

I have been holding onto a gift card that the director of my department had given me last year as a Christmas gift...As a temp (which I was at the time) it really meant a lot. So, I decided to put it to some use. I went straight to amazon and ordered these two:





Hopefully once I get these I'll be able make a reasonable list of gifts to start making for Christmas. I know it's only October, but if I don't get started soon, there's no way I'm going to be able to do knitting for the whole family.