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May. 14th, 2016 08:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chocolatepotHad a great time with our 1920s tea party today! I wore my Savoys for the first time (some rubbing and stiffness but no blisters, and I think they just need breaking in, although my Renoirs never needed to be broken in ...) and approximated 1920s dress with a skirt and untucked top. There were only seven kids, but they were all peppy and happy to learn the Charleston. Such cuties. The only sour note is that I thought I looked good but then saw a few pictures that were taken of me at the event, and it's like ... you can see my horrible side creases through my shirt, and with it not tucked in I have the thickest waist. Suuuuuuuucks. I've lost a little weight recently but clearly not very much. Part of me wants to give up bagels for a while and see if that helps, but I really, really love a bagel with cream cheese in the morning.
Apparently I'm in a spendy mood again. (I've just been in a bloody weird mood for about a week and a half, tbh.) Bought an actual vintage shirtwaist dress pattern in a 36 bust, which is the pre-FBA size I need for shoulders. I'm excited to try to make it, I've never used a vintage pattern and I want to see if the rumors about them being better than repro patterns are true. I also bought a bonnet kit from Larkin & Smith (on sale) because I've always wanted one, and I'm considering buying a Swirl dress - I've also always wanted one, and I could take a pattern, make one for myself, and sell digital downloads as-is (ungraded). And then resell it, because the one I'm looking at is 36-28-irrelevant and I'm more like 40-31-42. And I'm gonna go see Civil War tomorrow.
I also bought shoes lately, but I have to send them back because they're too tight in the toe. I only bought them because the Golden Ponies shoes didn't work out - also too tight in the toe. Stupid big toes! I got the size the size chart told me in both cases. The Golden Ponies ones can't go back, but I feel weird about reselling them online because they'll see. :/
Apparently I'm in a spendy mood again. (I've just been in a bloody weird mood for about a week and a half, tbh.) Bought an actual vintage shirtwaist dress pattern in a 36 bust, which is the pre-FBA size I need for shoulders. I'm excited to try to make it, I've never used a vintage pattern and I want to see if the rumors about them being better than repro patterns are true. I also bought a bonnet kit from Larkin & Smith (on sale) because I've always wanted one, and I'm considering buying a Swirl dress - I've also always wanted one, and I could take a pattern, make one for myself, and sell digital downloads as-is (ungraded). And then resell it, because the one I'm looking at is 36-28-irrelevant and I'm more like 40-31-42. And I'm gonna go see Civil War tomorrow.
I also bought shoes lately, but I have to send them back because they're too tight in the toe. I only bought them because the Golden Ponies shoes didn't work out - also too tight in the toe. Stupid big toes! I got the size the size chart told me in both cases. The Golden Ponies ones can't go back, but I feel weird about reselling them online because they'll see. :/
