and stitch me the fabric of fall
This morning, I was cold as I prepared my morning coffee and sat down for a few minutes of reading. It was a good feeling. I need to remind myself to wash my "reading shawl" (though it could be just as accurately described as my "surfing the internet shawl"). This is a hideous, bulky, raggedy sweater-y shawl that would make me look like a bag lady if I wore it in public but makes a lovely garment to curl up in on the couch on a fall or winter day.
I have this urge to get some autumnal BPAL. I was looking over the Halloween LEs and there were two that really sounded like they would capture that smell of fall. If you're an autumn-lover, you know the one I mean. So it would be a choice between The Death of Autumn and October. Except that I read the reviews just to see what other people got from them, and Death of Autumn apparently contains a variety of vetiver called "khus," which means it's probably going to smell bad on me. Vetiver and I are not friends. I can like it on a guy, but not on me. October is iffy too, though. About half the reviewers say it's very masculine, and the word "aftershave" came up, which might mean more vetiver. It also might mean it's piney like Talvikuu, which would be more tolerable, but it's not like I wear Talvikuu all the time either. Because, well, it's a little masculine for me. Though it does remind me of that big snowstorm last year. *reminisces*
So maybe if I decide to be bad and order a little BPAL in the next month or so, I might go for imps instead. I've been dying to try Poisoned Apple, and apples are autumn-y too, right? :) Maybe I'll just let the autumn air provide the autumn-air smell for me rather than shelling out for LEs that might hate me.
Today I have Cerberus on. Yum! I've decided not to hoard it so much. I've got a whole other imp of the doggie when this one runs out, and besides, Beth didn't make them so that I could stow them in a box and never wear them.
Gah, I have a lot to do at work today. Argh.
I have this urge to get some autumnal BPAL. I was looking over the Halloween LEs and there were two that really sounded like they would capture that smell of fall. If you're an autumn-lover, you know the one I mean. So it would be a choice between The Death of Autumn and October. Except that I read the reviews just to see what other people got from them, and Death of Autumn apparently contains a variety of vetiver called "khus," which means it's probably going to smell bad on me. Vetiver and I are not friends. I can like it on a guy, but not on me. October is iffy too, though. About half the reviewers say it's very masculine, and the word "aftershave" came up, which might mean more vetiver. It also might mean it's piney like Talvikuu, which would be more tolerable, but it's not like I wear Talvikuu all the time either. Because, well, it's a little masculine for me. Though it does remind me of that big snowstorm last year. *reminisces*
So maybe if I decide to be bad and order a little BPAL in the next month or so, I might go for imps instead. I've been dying to try Poisoned Apple, and apples are autumn-y too, right? :) Maybe I'll just let the autumn air provide the autumn-air smell for me rather than shelling out for LEs that might hate me.
Today I have Cerberus on. Yum! I've decided not to hoard it so much. I've got a whole other imp of the doggie when this one runs out, and besides, Beth didn't make them so that I could stow them in a box and never wear them.
Gah, I have a lot to do at work today. Argh.