Major mitten fail

So! I will not be finishing any of my holiday gifts before Thanksgiving. I was on the tip of a mitten thumb last night, the last of two, all ready to be bound off and given a nice soak, and then I decided that the mittens were too small. So small that they wouldn't block out. I didn't get angry. I walked upstairs, threw the mittens in the trash, and wound some different yarn. (I've ripped back those mittens so many times and, frankly, I couldn't give a hoot about that yarn anymore.) Cast on and...too big. Way too big.

So I've changed plans and am moving forward with holiday knitting. I'm proud of myself for trying to get everything done early, I suppose, but we all know that I'm a knitting procrastinator of the worst kind. Blurg.