Does this count as a sweater?

Back in January, I wrote on a paper leaf for our resolution tree at work that my New Year's Resolution would be to knit a sweater. Since I already had the yarn and pattern picked out, I figured I'd be able to get it done.
Well, the 10 balls of yarn are still in a storage container somewhere. I'd come to the conclusion around late September that there was no way I'd have time to knit a sweater in the remaining months of the year. I was taking 2 classes for the Fall semester, which left very little knitting time, much less time for anything else, housecleaning included.
Come December and the end of the semester however, I found myself with some extra knitting-for-me time, probably because I decided not to do handknits for Christmas. The only exception to this was this cute mug cozy I whipped up for a friend when I learned I'd be seeing her on Christmas Eve:
I got the yarn for this project from a great group on Ravelry called the Karma Yarn Swap.
But back to my sweater story...I'd been planning to make the Anthropologie-Inspired Capelet for a while now, and in going through my yarn bins for stuff to offer up to the Karma Swap, I found the yarn I'd bought for the project. Could I actually make the capelet by the end of the year and sort of fulfill my New Year's Resolution?
Here it is, my first sweater! Finished on December 31, 2008.

My resolution for next year? To knit that other sweater.

Blogstalkers 3.0 Week 6

This week's theme is another two-fer: Virtual Potluck and Favorite Holiday Tradition.
Virtual Potluck
I'd like to share a kinda-recipe for a Chocolate Trifle, basically you take a box of brownie mix, bake them up, and use that instead of cake. So it's bits of trifle sprinkled with coffee liqueur, chocolate pudding, bananas, whipped cream and chocolate shavings on top. The first time I made it I didn't even get any when it was served.
Favorite Holiday Tradition
Even though we haven't been for the past couple of years, our favorite holiday tradition is going to December Nights here in San Diego. "December Nights" is the new PC name for the event; we still call it by its former name, Christmas on the Prado. It's held the first weekend of December in Balboa Park; all of the museums are free to visit, plus there's a tree lighting ceremony, Nutcracker performances, other musical performances, and people selling Christmas gifts. There's always someone to buy apple cider or hot chocolate or nachos (hey, it is San Diego after all) from. The International Houses are open and usually have traditional holiday fare to sample.
We missed it this year because we were in Tucson for the Arizona (yay Wildcats!)-ASU game, but hopefully we will make it for next year.