Yes. I suck.. I'm sorry. It's just that the last week or two have been nuts. Nuts in a "fly by too fast" kinda way.

Let's see. I sold fish at ye Old Irish Bar on Ye Ol' St. Patty's Day. I was supposed to be pouring beer but someone forgot to put me on the schedule. So I ended up in the food area. Not a problem. I was almost always a kitchen kid to begin with when I worked in food service. And I got to hang out with my man for the night. We had fun and we had the place closed down by 12:30pm. Not bad.

Then I got a day to rest and then Pretty Pin Up Queen arrived.. She came all the way from NM to see little ol' me. And the man too. Of course. PPUQ is always a blast. We ran all over the place, up one street and down another discovering that;

A) there are 39198343 boutiques in this town, half of them want to be Urban Outfitters or it's trendy sister Anthropologie and three of them have some style of their own.

B) I hate modern fashion. I just do. The whole pseudo-preggers-'80s exercise craze- meets '70s glamm rock- look does NOTHING for me. Nothing.

As my boy says "If I'm old enough to remember it being cool the first time... it's not now."
So true... Don't get me wrong, I loved my jelly shoes..........when I was eight.. Seriously, it's weird, I really do remember when half this stuff was cool the first time. Ack.

And yes, this season's looks have some bonuses, like highwaisted pants, wide leg pants and a faint '30s feel on the super high end of things. But that's about it.

So in addition to running up and down the street(s) like lunatics, we ate cupcakes and cheese and talked a lot.

I miss PPUQ. I really do. I don't miss ABQ, really, not yet. But I miss my friends there. And it was super cool to have PPUQ here to hang out.



And of course I've been sewing.... Like I'd stop.. .I've finished the Undies below and I'm 90% on the playsuit. No photos of finished either, but here are works in progress:
Detail of the material on the first pair.

Almost done. Not bad for a first attempt.
Playsuit material.


I'm working through my "almost done" pile. Putting in Zippers and hems and adding buttons.

Then... I don't know... Probably another play suit... Or this:

It's not sized for stretch, but i found some uber inexpensive heavy knit with a little bit of stretch in Red/Black/Zebra and Black and Silver Fleck. All for $1.00 a yard.. Hmmm.....