Costume Contest updates

Alright, no one has any guesses so far; I must have made it too hard. Here are some updates on what I’ve done with the costume so far:

 

Out of the shells I made a necklace and earrings (the earrings are the prize for whoever guesses)

Out of the black satin I cut 4 wonky trapezoids, then sewed them together to make a dress leaving the bottom ¼ unsown and cutting up from the bottom in the center of each piece about ¼ of the way up

Out of the purple satin I cut 8 very skinny triangles and sewed them to the 8 bottom sections of the dress

I have straightened 19 hangers and attached 16 of them together at one end in sets of 2 and taken the last 3 and made a big circle

 

I think that’s it so far. I only have another week to work on it, and I still have so much to do. Crap.

 

Hopefully I will have some decent pictures this year. Last year all of the pictures were very dark (I guess that’s what happens when you only take pictures with your phone).

grieving a stranger

I don’t really know Nancy W. Kappes, Paralegal. The only exposure I’ve had to her is through The Bloggess. I came close to meeting her when Blogher was in Chicago, but ended up not being able to make it.

 

This woman I never met was also from Indiana and I always felt closer because of that.

 

But I feel strange grieving a lady I’ve never met.

 

R.I.P. Nancy, you will be missed by people you didn’t even know existed, let alone made laugh endlessly at your wonderful inappropriateness.

 

questions answered and hints given

So I just had to call and talk to my credit card company…

 

Yeah, that is just not a fun call to make when you’re trying to find out any information.

 

But I have to give them props. The first call I made was super frustrating, so I hung up and fumed a little bit. But. Then I calmed down and called back and got a different representative, and she patched me through to the people I needed (yay). I talked to the next rep’s supervisor because she couldn’t answer my questions, but wasn’t trying to feed me a line.

 

Here is the best part… The supervisor was actually able to answer my questions and give me options!!! I know holy crap someone that could actually do their job.

 

Color me super pleased!

 

PS on the costume front: I have just cut into both the black & purple satin, making several purple triangles and a few black quadrilaterals

My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster *Updated*

It took me a while to finally pick this up (really download for listening), but I have to say, Hoorah!

 

Jen Lancaster is so good at what she does it’s silly.

 

In Such a Pretty Fat, she made me want to get healthier, even if I have to work at it, and in My Fair Lazy she totally makes me want to get off my ass and do something interesting. Open my mind to new things. Her Jen-aissance might just be what I need too.

 

I think if more of the American populace were to dig into cultures and do it to learn, we might really grow as a country.

 

But enough of that, this is simply a really funny look into one woman’s attempt to find culture and class instead of being cultureless and clueless.

 

Look into it, it makes me want to do things instead of watching others do them for me.

 

 

Mystery Costume

I have finally started work on my costume this year. I have been putting it off for a while now. I was going to be Peggy Bundy but I just wasn’t feeling it. I have decided to go with something I have been thinking through for a while…

 

Here are your clues:

 

Purple Lamé

Black (crepe backed) Satin

Purple (crepe backed) Satin

Coat Hangers

Pillow Stuffing (tmi?)

Green Corduroy

Lime Green Tulle

Possibly a Hula-Hoop

Lots of Hairspray

White Hair Color Spray

3 Sea Shells

Misc Make-up

 

 

I will do my best to come up with a gift for the first person to correctly guess, and so you can have hints along the way I will let you in on what I am doing occasionally.

 

Right now I am making Purple Lamé yo-yo’s and I took apart a pair of dark green cords (as an aside I am attempting a skirt for regular wear out of the top of these).

 

I hope to find some way to post pictures by way of e-mail entries but I’m not too hopeful.

 

P.S. Salt, no giving it away ;-)