Peg Bundy's Got Nothing On Me...

I got my shoes last night! I love 'em!! I love 'em so much I'm too lazy to take a picture of 'em on my feet. But rest assured they are sitting on my little toes right now and they go smashingly well with my green pinstripe PJ bottoms and worn out t-shirt.

I have to say, I was worried that I would be buying plastic painted to look like wood, but they are in fact real wood and other then the color scheme, almost identical to the extremely expensive version. They have a smooth bottom which means I can slowly whirl across the dance floor in them too, should to mood strike, and they will go with most of my current tropical wear, sans the black dress I'm working on right now. Although I think I need a Pake Mu Mu to wear with them, and I think I've got the right fabric for it.


So... I was reading another blog the other night, that came as reference off the great ADressADay site, and it lead me over to FOREVER 21.

I always forget the place exists. There was one in the mall outside of Dying New England Capital a few years ago. I loved it. I got all sorts of knock off stuff there that I could wear all of twice before it either died in the wash or I came to my senses and decided I had no business in it.

There is also one in Deco Dirt City, though I have yet to actually go to it, because it's in the mall on the other side of the world. And there's one here in Ultra Hipster City. That I haven't been to because it's in the mall as well and I avoid the place like the plague.
None the less, they have a great website and it's drool worthy.


$6.80... It's not cup sized, and if I never planned to do anything more then sit in front of the computer. I could probably get away with a medium.

$8.80. Yes, you read that right... Isn't it cute? Don't you want it? I love it! Love it!! And if I were a B cup, I could have it. Alas, I'm not. Not even close. BLAST!! Why can't cheap retailers make D cups? Do you know how fast they'd sell!! Come on, please? Please? Please!!
$6.?? I think.. Retrolite? Don't mind if I do!! They have it in ivory and in blue. I want the ivory but for some reason took a picture of the red. Do you know how much these things go for normally? And how hard they are to find in reproductions that look good..
NARF!! I'm dyin' over here.

And of course, who can resist a $19 wiggle dress? Yes, I could make it. But that's not the point. The point is, I could have Peg Bundy Leopard print wiggly goodness to match the Peg Bundy shoes. NARFF!!

Okay, I'm fine. It's not like any of this is really expensive. It's mostly that I don't have the disposable income right now. Or a place to wear any of it.

You, see we may live in Big Hipster City, but it's hard for us to find things to do. Mostly because it's Hipster-ville and we're OLD and we don't follow all the latest trends that all the kids are following these days.
Don't get me wrong, there's a little piece of my that loves Flock of Seagulls, but I don't feel any urge to dress like the band. And I've got no interest in hanging out in clubs with people almost 10 years younger then me who do. And listening to bad impressions of Flock of Seagulls.

I would like to go dancing again. I need to take Best Boy for lessons and then we'll hit the dance floor. Provided we can find music to dance to. It's not Hip and Trendy right now, so it's harder to find.
Narf.....

Curses

I got bored today, while I was working and decided to putz around one of my favorite online shops. It's a cute little store and I can't afford a darn thing in it 90% of the time.

I found these:


Aren't they cute? I couldn't wear 'em to work at the Grocery, but I could wear 'em on the dance floor and pretty much every where else.

Of course, I just blew my shoe budget for the next two months on the pair in the previous post. They are cute though...
Le Sigh..


And speaking of the shoes below. both keys for the lock boxes are missing, though one is not in my box. i'll get on the old UPS sight and check my tracking number again. I have the feeling my next door neighbor has the keys for my shoes.

Our postal person apparently has a bit of a problem with "A" and "B"... As in, I am in "A" and all of my larger mail always ends up in "B"..

Grumble..

Retail Therapy

I needed some retail therapy today. I don't know why exactly, but I just did. And of course it came in the form of shoes.

It's hot here, in Big Hipster City. Hot and muggy. I can deal with heat, I can't deal with humidity. It makes me cranky and mean almost instantly. Not to mention it does terrible things for my skin and hair. And being that it's hot, that means it's time for summer shoes. I can't wear flip flops any more. At least not comfortably. Too many injuries over the years to the arches of my feet. So I look for alternatives.

I've been in love with these:


Made by Remix Vintage Shoes, and available in a variety of colors and fabric choices for the hefty sum of $158.00. I've seen them up close, I've tried them on and look longingly at them. Then I've put them back in their box and left them on the table at the convention. I simply could never justify $158 for heels.

So imagine my joy when I found these:



Designed by Patricia Field for a Sex In the City Movie Promotion with Payless, for $35.00!! Two day shipping knocked it up another $6.00...

Yes, they are silver and gold (gak) and as Best Boy pointed out, they do look like something a trailer queen would wear... But darn it, some times you just want trashy!!

I just made a new dress they will go smashingly with. Ooh, and I just found this one on Etsy.com. New, unused and at an insanely good bargin price.



I've got a gray and black leopard print that it will look divine in!

And oh, yes, I've been sewing. I'll post pictures shortly.

Cleaning

I cleaned out my "projects" closest today.

That is to say that I threw out a lot of stuff. And it felt good!! Really good.

The first thing I tossed.. A tropical printed bra top that I hated. HATED! I loved the pattern, and I cut two of them out. One I finished, save for the buttons and decided that while I like it, it's not up to "production" quality. Meaning, I'd wear it, or I'd give it to a friend to wear, but I wouldn't make it for sale with out some minor tweaking.

The second one of these that I cut out just sucked from the word go. The material pulled funny, there were strange marks on it that I didn't recognize (not good) and I had a hard time getting all the seems to line up. This morning, it found it's way into the trash can.

Followed shortly by the Asian printed pink and black Dress From Hell that I'd blogged about before. I saved the belt, because I'll use it for something else. But the dress, it had to go. It was nothing but a problem from the start. I knew the minute I cut it out that I should have fixed the paper pattern first. I hated the sleeves from the start and they just became more and more problematic as time wore on. This morning as I tried to finish them, I accidently sliced the sleeve body open and that was it. The final straw... Over she went, into the bin.

I put hours into that dress, and I feel like all I got was aggravation in return. It felt good to ditch it.

Then I raided by closest. I cut skirts off some dresses that i like the material well enough and then tossed the remaining bits.

I'm guilty of holding on to things too long an thinking 'I'll fix it later'... So it's hard to know what I've got that I can fix and what I can't fix. I can't keep doing that, all it does is stress me out.

I'm finally down to the small stack of things that I'll put on Etsy.com before too long and then i'll make a few things for myself to get me through the long hot summer.

Like light weight high waisted pants for working. And a halter dress in tropical fabric, for going out. And putting the zipper in my play suit.