I think that for the first time in 4 significant months, I have spent all day out and about, with the squid. Not all day at someone's house, but going from here to there, on the move. It was tiring, but good.

In our shopping adventure with a tired nurse_liz (now resident in my town! YAY YAY YAY!) entirely fail to get any clothes for me, but still, we ( Read more... )

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Oh mighty Flist, I am interested in making one of the sort of maxi-dress style sundressy things that are around at the moment. I have some swooshy drapey fabric, does anyone know where there's a good pattern? You know the ones, sort of long skirt, waistband under the boobs, and then vest top like above the high-waist ( Read more... )

heh, so spring, and the booking of aeroplane tickets has forced me to consider how my clothes being slightly more, um, form fitting, than usual might feel in DC's 90-100° F (32-38°C) and near 100% humidity. Yeeesh ( Read more... )

claire_wain, I certainly ain't.

I am making
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hear that? Breaking strain of a kit-kat. I now own this dress:
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Help me friendslist, you're my only hope! I went into Dorothy Perkins today, on my walk around at lunch time hour, and I'm being sucked in. LOOK!! Shift dresses, with patterns! and waist shaping! combined with leggings! And my big clompy boots! IT'S THE NINETIES ALL OVER AGAIN. I LOVE EEEET. Ahem. It is possible that I am beyond help. I didn ( Read more... )

Tomorrow, the Mup and I are off to celebrate the beginning of the Christmas season proper at the Notthingham panto. In the past, I have had quite complex costumes/dressing up for this, but this year life has been so busy that I haven't had a moment to think about it. The panto is Cinderella. What in my wardrobe is an appropriate Cinderella panto ( Read more... )

Despite a great great love of dressing up (it's all about costume people!), I have never been the girliest girl. Mostly, I am of the tomboy tribe, where I love my curvy boygirl clothes, and the faintly butch look. Even when wearing a long skirt I have a tendency to be sort of fantasy novel tomboyish, you know, the girl with the practical skirt, ( Read more... )

Fashion giraffe ( Read more... )