spooksville.

I hope you all have a wonderful Halloween if you celebrate. Stay safe!

AND...it's almost here! A little over 13 hours to go here in CST.


I'll be staying home and passing out treats tonight, waiting patiently for midnight so I can begin! (Ha. If you know me, you know that at midnight I'll be in bed snoozing, but come TOMORROW night, be ready Nano! Because I'm ready for YOU!)

saturday again.

I have a serious love of Saturday.

Oh. And have you seen this?



The most fascinating thing I've watched in a long, long time. Highly recommend its placement in your Netflix queue.

Neeexxxtttt....We have a new Joann's! Er, we now HAVE a Joann's. Previously the only source for fabrics/patterns near me was Hancocks, a few indie quilt shops and Hobby Lobby. I made my first stop yesterday. My thoughts...too much "crafty" stuff (more than half the store) and too much fleece. Messy dress fabric section with mostly synthetic fabrics.

So basically it's my local Hancock's, better lit, with fewer buttons. Ah well. It's still nice to have another option! Hope it makes it longterm.

I didn't have trouble finding something to buy, they were having a 50% off most fabrics sale. I got these two plaids: (poly/rayon blend)



Some lightweight white linen for another "anthro" top (yes, I'm going to finish this one and make another. Shut your snark.)


This brown "boucle"-ish fabric (and some brown Bemberg to line):


Yummy moss green rayon knit (brighter and mossier than this photo):


Don't have a clue what I'm making with any of it but the white linen, but probably (in order): skirt, skirt, top, jackiet, top.

I have a real desire to sew today, so I plan on doing that in some form or another once I unpack and start some laundry. I've been away at a conference for a few days. I love Saturday's, but I HATE unpacking!

Have a good weekend!

idiocy.

Don't read if you haven't watched the Project Runway finale.

Unspoiled peeps gone? Ok.

Here are my favorite tweets culled from the random THOUSANDS that got tweeted in the minutes after the finale aired.

"Seriously, who is going to wear Gretchen's adult sized diapers? Being organically dyed doesn't make them wearable. "

"everybody better get in line for their granny panty-diaper style bottoms because apparently that's ~the future~"

"If Gretchen's finger is on the pulse, the body must be a corpse. "

"Nina should be forced to wear Gretchen's clothes all next season for allowing her to win"

"Nina: While you put Gretchen in Marie Claire, Anna Wintour will have Mondo in Vogue."

"#ProjectRunway, you are dead to me."


Yup, that pretty much sums it up.

#TEAM MONDO!!!

shoes, wonderful shoes.

It's no secret I have a thing for shoes. Is it?

Lucky for me, I'm teaching through my planning period for a few months, which results in a little extra shoe shopping money. yay! Here are a few I bought and I few I still want. It's pretty much neverending!

First in the "bought and wearing" category...Red patent leather ballerina flats.

Super 1940's-esque black pumps. These are VERY retro in person:
The new Naya brand at Naturalizer, expensive (ouch) but gorgeous and I love love them!Now for the "I really, really want" category...

More Naya (although I seriously want the blue colorway of this one, the black is awesome too):
These oxfords are perfect. Satin ribbon laces? Be still my heart!
Oh, and the beautiful outfits I could create just for these suede pumps...
And brown ankle boots are, like, a necessity of life. Right? ESPECIALLY if they have a little rosette detailing. I'm pretty sure I'm right about this.

Darn kids and their Christmas presents to shop for, and, oh yea...the satellite bill and the gas and the phone bill. I could SO have these boots (and the suede pumps! Or the oxfords!) if it weren't for pesky little details like that. Hmph.

gleeful.

...About my tickets to see this:


Me, Lu and my sister Desiree are beginning the 30 day countdown TODAY.

Super wish it was Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, but we'll take what we can get. Hmmm. What do I need to make (in green of course) to wear??

Start your planning engines!