Finished all but the finishing

Finally!!!!!!! I have the front and back finished of my mom's vest ( I am safe to discuss Christmas gifts on this blog because I am very confident that no one in my family reads the thing). This vest seems like it took me forever because of the slip stitch pattern. I will be very happy once it is finished and blocked. As you can see there are a lot of ends t0 weave in. I know that I took a finishing class about one month ago and for the life of me I cant remember a damn thing I learned about mattress stitch and picking up stitches. I guess I will be cracking open the Vogue Knitting book that I searched high and low for but never understand the instructions. I think in the end I will probably end up in Knit ONe Chat too (my LYS) asking them to give me a hand.

Here is a close up of the pattern.... the only problem is that the picture is not so great.... you cant really determine the colours or the pattern (so I guess the pic is pretty much useless). I am going to try to put the vest together today but I am already thinking about the mitts that I have to start and the favour tags that I have to make for the wedding.
I still have tons of Christmas gifts to get and make ( i really thought I would futher ahead than I am...but I think that seems to be the theme for almost all knitting blogs that I have been reading).

Well Im off to do some laundry, do some groceries, do some Christmas clothes shopping, put away the knitting mess that I made this morning and clean up some dog poop from the back lawn ( oh my life sounds like a basket of delights).