"Just tie the rope, whoa, and kick the chair and leave me hanging there, gasping for air"
Blerg the pattern of fail continues. I am not at the gym right now like I should be because I am feeling crampy and terrible in a way that means if I did go to the gym I would either work too hard and feel worse or I would just not do anything and waste my time (which is not particularly valuable at this juncture, but whatever).
Other things have been less faily, though, so that's all right. elyndys, vanillafire and I went to UK PonyCon 2009 on Saturday, and it was great! I had decided I would buy a pony there just because, expecting they would be horribly expensive, but no! Lots of people had bins of ponies they were selling for 50p or £1, so that was awesome :D I bought 6 ponies in total, 4 of which were at very reasonable prices, one was more than I would ideally have paid, and the last one was extortionate. But it's a Big Brother pony! One of only three I saw for sale all day! It was half the price of the most expensive one and the same price as one in worse condition, so I bought him. For £15. LOOK I KNOW OKAY. But all the other ponies put together cost that much so I feel that averaging £5/pony isn't too bad. I am so pleased that I now have a small collection of My Little Ponies to remind me of my childhood - they're so pretty and adorable!
In other news, I have been furiously eBaying since I mentioned it before, but have indeed managed to win all the necessary pieces for the costume as I envision it (ie not a perfect representation, but who has the time for that kind of research/reproduction in a week on limited funds?). I really hope that the skirt will make it here in time with the strikes...we shall see. If not, I can make something up that's only a little less good. I'll have to curl my hair and invent some kind of late-Victorian hatless style for it, as I have no suitable headwear (and don't really picture the character with a hat anyway).
I feel like there was something else I was going to talk about, but I can't think of what it is, so I guess I'll leave it till later, if I remember it then.
PS we bought a pumpkin today! I am excited to carve it :D I loved my pirate ship pumpkin, and so did all the trick-or-treaters we got! Good times. I love Halloween ♥
Other things have been less faily, though, so that's all right. elyndys, vanillafire and I went to UK PonyCon 2009 on Saturday, and it was great! I had decided I would buy a pony there just because, expecting they would be horribly expensive, but no! Lots of people had bins of ponies they were selling for 50p or £1, so that was awesome :D I bought 6 ponies in total, 4 of which were at very reasonable prices, one was more than I would ideally have paid, and the last one was extortionate. But it's a Big Brother pony! One of only three I saw for sale all day! It was half the price of the most expensive one and the same price as one in worse condition, so I bought him. For £15. LOOK I KNOW OKAY. But all the other ponies put together cost that much so I feel that averaging £5/pony isn't too bad. I am so pleased that I now have a small collection of My Little Ponies to remind me of my childhood - they're so pretty and adorable!
In other news, I have been furiously eBaying since I mentioned it before, but have indeed managed to win all the necessary pieces for the costume as I envision it (ie not a perfect representation, but who has the time for that kind of research/reproduction in a week on limited funds?). I really hope that the skirt will make it here in time with the strikes...we shall see. If not, I can make something up that's only a little less good. I'll have to curl my hair and invent some kind of late-Victorian hatless style for it, as I have no suitable headwear (and don't really picture the character with a hat anyway).
I feel like there was something else I was going to talk about, but I can't think of what it is, so I guess I'll leave it till later, if I remember it then.
PS we bought a pumpkin today! I am excited to carve it :D I loved my pirate ship pumpkin, and so did all the trick-or-treaters we got! Good times. I love Halloween ♥