I know what it is

I finally found out the name of the spider outside my house. It's called a banded garden spider.

i hate spiders! the other night we were sitting around my friends back patio table and the biggest spider I have ever seen in my life came bounding out of the grass straight for my feet. . . the body of it had to be bigger than a quarter. . . and its legs were like two inches long and fat. . . I thought i would die. . . i hate them. . . wish i knew what kind it was. . . its was slimy looking. . . GROSS!!!