"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Adventures, Shopping, Utter Silliness, Well I'll Be Darned, You have got to be kidding me!, biking, dumb things I have done on May 10th, 2009
Who says I’m playing? Trash-pickin’ is serious business you guys! Anyway, yesterday we found a dumpster that was a BONANZA of clothing…good stuff too, some of it with the tags still on it! We actually ended up leaving plenty for the next scavengers! Melissa nabbed a pair of lime green pants and a shirt that [...]
Posted in Sewing, Shopping, You have got to be kidding me! on Jan 13th, 2009
Option B of this pattern is precisely what I want for a new jacket. Option A is kind of cute, too, though I can definitely do without the bloomers, thanks! Of course, this purchase is pending my getting a new job, so we’ll see, but it’s definitely in consideration.
Posted in Shopping on Jul 12th, 2008
I’m kinda looking around for a new teakettle. Joel had a really nice orangey-red one that I think was from Le Crueset, but one time when his dad was visiting, P.A. had started some water for tea, then fell asleep in the lounge chair (jet-lag from Honduras, I guess) and the kettle burnt dry and [...]
You’ve seen the movie Clueless, haven’t you? If you haven’t, I think you ought to. It’s become something of a generation-definer for some of us, it’s awfully funny, and if you’re an English Lit nerd, you can pick out the basic storyline of Jane Austin’s “Emma” as depicted by airheads. Anyhow, at the beginning of [...]
Posted in Shopping on Jun 15th, 2008
Like a boring, sensible person, I put my entire federal refund check into savings (I still haven’t got that mythical $600 from old Geo. W.) My state refund was not terribly large, so I decided to treat that as mad money. So I bought some prints from Jane George’s Etsy shop. I like the way [...]
Posted in Fashion, Shopping, dumb things I have done, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching on Jun 13th, 2008
This picture, from Jeff Perry, is ample evidence that it wouldn’t kill me to wear some dang clothes that were something akin to my actual size. If I wanted to look lumpy, dumpy, frumpy, and generally awful, I would continue to dress this way in public. Despite all photographic evidence to the contrary (and there’s [...]
Posted in Shopping on Mar 3rd, 2008
Yesterday, I could not stop sneezing for anything. My nose was awfully runny, too, but it basically felt like an allergy thing. I took some benadryl on top of my normal Allegra, but it didn’t really help – I just got sleepy and really dippy. I didn’t feel that bad, though, so I didn’t think [...]
I’ve been toting around a gift certificate to my favorite lingerie shop, Birdie’s since Christmastime. I’m really bad about gift certificates, because I’m definitely a fair-weather shopper, so certificates I receive in December probably won’t be redeemed until at least March. As the latter part of this week and the whole of the weekend are [...]
Posted in Cats, Photo entries, Playing With Weather, Sewing, Shopping, biking on Dec 15th, 2007
I had no big hairy plans today, honestly. Maybe go for a bike ride and take some pictures, weather permitting, probably sit around in front of the fireplace reading and occasionally shoving a cat’s butt off my book. I didn’t expect to actually get anything accomplished. It all started out with me waking up early. [...]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Recommendations, Shopping, biking on Nov 24th, 2007
I never did track anyone down to re-cover that banana seat for me, but I investigated the seat pretty thorougly and came to the conclusion that it’s probably not that terribly difficult to re-cover, so I sourced the glittery vinyl and am planning to have a go at it this coming week. Sy Fabrics, a [...]
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