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Photos from my old phone

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These are photos I’ve been wanting to get off my old Nokia for years! Charles finally figured out how to do it and now I can see them anytime I want 🙂

I work in a music library, and this one particulary caught my attention… 
“Piano Pieces for Advanced Children
or Retarded Adults.
II. Six Technical Studies
(Which Will Teach You Nothing)”

Cool sunset at the Shinedome 

Titan looking cute – making this at least four years old.
Duckies at ANU
Cute Charles being cute in the percussion room.
A birdy eating an apple at ANU.  A guy asked me if I was a photographer after taking this. I am not.
A vintage 1950s wedding dress

That’s all folks!
charles, frocktober, life

No spending in October – how did I do?

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This October, I have succeeded in not buying anything unneccesary.  I have been to the shops lots of times and managed to come away with only groceries and things I really needed.  No clothes or makeup has been bought, or books, or games, or music, shoes, or hair care.  It’s been really great!  

Success!

Wearing all my dresses this month has made me realise that I don’t really need more clothes until the old ones are gone.  I’ve come to appreciate what I have more, and learned how to wear those dresses that are tricky to coordinate.

I’ve also saved a bunch of money.  It’s good to know I can do that, because living is expensive and I’ve never been rich.  Now I feel more able to go forward without spending more money than I need to.

So I’m going to make a donation to Frocktober right now, to help in their cause to find an early detection test for ovarian cancer.  I hope you can all donate too!

It’s November in a couple of days, and Charles has decided to not spend any money for that whole month!  He’s calling it No-Money-Vember.  He’ll be fine!  


So thanks for looking at my blog this October!  I’m going to keep up my momentum as best I can, take outfit photos and wear the rest of my wardrobe!  Should I do Skirtvember?  Sockvember?  

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Frocktober 28th!

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Today’s dress is over three years old now, but I don’t wear it very much.  Can you tell why? 

THE FRILLZ REIGNETH!
This dress is a Mary Magdalene replica (or semi-replica), by Qutieland.  You can get one like it here, but they’ve sold out of this fabric.
This morning we went to an antiques auction!  There was lots of lovely china but I didn’t bid on anything.  It’s too scary!
We also had a nice afternoon tea – with Candy Corn we bought from America!

Here’s a photo of me back in 2009 when I got this dress.  I was so excited!  And this is also conclusive proof that I am getting less gooby in photos. Slightly.

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Frocktober 27th!

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Today was a busy Satuday!  First we went to the church garage sale, and then I went off to work, and then we went to the Nara Candle Festival!  I wore a casual dress.

 Weird face weird face! Wrinkly pink tights!

This dress is my oldest item of clothing (possibly) and I just love it.  I have no idea where I got it because it was so long ago!  I think it’s probably from around 2004.  Here’s a photo of me in 2005 – right at the end of high school.  It was taken late at night by Charles after we got back from a movie I think!

 And here’s some photos of the Nara Candle Festival!  We met a friend and her little boy there.  Here they are playing the Taiko drums!

 Kites!

 Candles!