Since Mother Eve in the Garden long ago

So I did do some sewing today. I cut out a section on one side of the skirt and have sewn one seam and pinned the other. EXHAUSTING. I haven't heard from the temp agency so I guess I'm not going in tomorrow, so I will HOPEFULLY get the rest of this step done. Once I've got the first gore put in the second should be faster, right? (No.)

Yesterday I was looking at the VirginMobile website, because I've wanted a smartphone for ages and ages, and I figured I'd get a sense of how much they cost and budget for when I could get one. And it turned out that they have a $60 phone! ($80, but with $20 off.) Their smartphone plans all include unlimited texting and data, and for $35 you get 300 minutes of talk, which is more than enough for me. So I walked down to RadioShack and got me one. And now everything is awesome. I get a lot of anxiety at times over not being able to check email - if I'm meeting someone and I'm worried they've sent me a later message about where/when we're meeting, stuff like that. It sounds stupid, but this makes me happy, so eh.

Started reading this Rumbelle fic and um I sent the author a PM after the first chapter about some costuming/date issues that didn't make sense to me but apart from that? Much enjoyment. I mean, half the work is done in that any Rumbelle fic is a BatB story, which I tend to love on principle, and setting it in 1857 with decent writing also goes a long way.

I had one of those moments where I felt like everything I've done on this jacket has been wrong, why am I bothering, it's not going to fit and the print is ugly and not really period and I'm going to look like an idiot. Then I attached the cuff I finished to the sleeve I'd set in and tried it on, which made the sleeve not look ridiculously short, and I started feeling so much better.

Okay, the linen is too heavy (maybe it's meant for a modern jacket or upholstery) and the print, which looked kind of like a painted pattern on the internet, is not really right for ... any period, really. And I think I'm going to have to take tucks in the cap of the sleeve to make it less puffy. But it fits and it is much more period than an "English bodice" (sleeveless, loose) so I think I will be all right. To be honest, I think my problem is that all I ever see is really good stuff from the bloggers I follow - since I haven't really gone to any events before, I have no idea what the Woman in the Camp is wearing and assume they're all perfectly-outfitted and have expertly draped each other's gowns, etc. etc. This may not be so. At any rate, I'm going to have nice Fugawee shoes and I have awesome spiral hairpins to hold my bun in place (THEY ARE MAGNIFICENT), and I am going to have fun with my mom in her shortgown, which she has of course sewn perfectly.

Also, I just want to link to meddow's great meta on Catelyn Stark. I only read the first bit to keep from spoiling myself, but that bit at least was very good! I'm not a huge fan of Catelyn as a person, but I do like her as a character and I love that Martin uses her to explore the sorts of things a mostly-conventional woman of her class could get done. I have some thoughts on CoK and some things I picked up on in my rewatch of GoT that made me go "oh, right!" but I will save all that for tomorrow.