tweet(s) of the day

• 10:38 Between this and the Jamestown bones exhibit, I see myself hitting the Mall sooner rather than later: tinyurl.com/n95p26
• 11:26 Cashews: can't eat just one.
• 11:31 RT @wax_fm: Record Stores: Out of Sight, Not Obsolete (New York Times) tr.im/AdKI <- I totally get the "tactile appeal" thing
• 11:39 Emergency weather statement: it is Hot Chocolate weather.
• 18:45 RT @YuliZ: New "It" series on Sundance: Anthropologie buyer travels for treasures (and I want his job! ;) bit.ly/2LCyxt

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admitting defeat

A few weeks ago I was having a chat with dreamtigress about how I take a certain (maybe irrational) pride in making all my own garb. Sure, I don't have much of it, but I can't see spending hard ca$h on something I could make to my own measurements and specifications myself.

Well, I've capitulated, on at least one count.

I went ahead and purchased an SCA-legal undergarment instead of making my own. It's nothing special to look at, but it's from a vendor I trust, it's relatively inexpensive, and wearing it under any of my other garb makes it automatically safe for rapier fighting under SCA rules. This gives me time to make the outer Shiny Pretties instead of fumbling away on the basics.

I may also do the same with stockings/hose, as I've found woven, bias cut off-the peg for sale.

Yes, I CAN technically make these myself, but having stretched out hemming a skirt to 2 weeks it's time to face facts that in order to make the fun stuff, I may have to [shudder] not do it all myself.

Speaking of that skirt, the lining ain't doing itself....

Where will you be when the drugs wear off?

Will come along in my Twitter feed, but it just can't wait 'cos I'm not sure whether I want to laugh until I cry or clean my eyes with bleach:



Courtesy http://pictureisunrelated.com/, via shemhazai and dreamtigress, who will both go to the aforementioned Special Hell for enabling a recovering click-through addict...