Rehearsing with Charles for our set at Electrofringe next weekend!! Yay a trip up to Newcastle!
Cutie!
Charles is the master of cords.
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Jacket done!
I finished this jacket finally! I think it turned out really cute!
I cut everything out super precisely and was so careful sewing! I wanted the tartan to line up but it doesn’t really. My seam allowance turned out to be bigger than I thought and it ended up not lining up properly. But it looks okay regardless!
I also used press studs instead of button holes because I didn’t want to muck it up. I sewed buttons on top to complete the look!
I wore this out the other night with a black dress and it worked really well.
Somehow this photo is upside down…
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Why I don’t wear dresses so much now.
Don’t worry, I still love dresses a lot and wear them as often as I can. This seems like a bit of a sad post, but it’s not really! I’m just trying to sort out my thoughts so that I can start dressing well again.
I think it comes down to three reasons why I don’t try so hard now.
1. My work colleagues. Just over a year ago, my supervisor moved away. She was also pretty much my best friend, just a couple of years older than me. We had all three weekly shifts together. We used to browse dress websites, and we both bought this dress from modcloth.com – mine is purple and hers black.
We also both got a robot necklace!
We wore them to work together. So cute! I used to dress up for her a bit. She also used to look at lolita websites with me and tell me what not to get. When she left, I was promoted to supervisor and my friend Yvonne was hired in my place. She’s super fashionable, and we used to dress up together. We even started an outfit blog called Professors in Dresses! But then she quit and now I work with two men, one my age and one a lot older than me. I’m not comfortable wearing my frills around them! They’re both nice people, but I don’t want to draw so much attention to myself when we can’t have a dialogue about the fashion. Once I wore boots to work and the older man said I looked like a rock star. Boots! Boots and jeans!
2. I don’t go to church as much. Last year there was a bit of a schism at my church and I was so unfortunate to be on the losing side, so there were a lot of hurt feelings and as a result I don’t go much anymore. I used to wear my “Sunday best” and enjoy getting compliments from all the lovely old ladies. Now if I do go (and that’s like once in a month), I’ll probably dress down so that I don’t attract so much attention.
3. I got used to Charles not being here. While he was away I didn’t dress up as much because I felt like there was no point if he wasn’t going to see me. It’s just so easy to put on a pair of jeans and a cute blouse or t-shirt! It turns into a habit and you forget how to wear dresses and things. Anyhow Charles has been back for a while now and I’m beginning to wear dresses again. But he’s going again in like a month! Sad face!
So what can I do about it? Maybe I’ll try a bit harder on a daily basis to wear nice interesting outfits without being over the top. Maybe I should dress up and take outfit photos for Charles even when he’s away.
Things have been going really well for me! The other day I did my ragtime recital and I got a high distinction! Thank goodness! I’ll write a blog post about it soon!
So I had two of the weirdest dreams last night.
Dream 1.
I came home to find that my mother was having afternoon tea with April Winchell, who is a reasonably famous American lady who I would love to be friends with. You kind of have to be an internet nerd to know who she is, so I played it cool and pretended I didn’t know. She was very pleasant. After the meal she went to the toilet and then started to leave. I saw her out and said “CF4L” or something and she was all excited about me knowing who she was. As she got into her car to leave I noticed she was wearing my handmade hairbow that was in my room. She must have nicked it when she went to the toilet!
“YOU STOLE MY HAIRBOW!!!”
“IT WOULD SELL WELL ON ETSYYYYYYYYYYYYY” as she drove off.
Dream 2.
Charles and I were in Tokyo at some kind of goth club, and we were all wearing awesome goth outfits. It was intense. Then someone came up to me and said “All the goth boys like you the best, Chrissy”. How flattering! I was such an awesome goth they all liked me best. Then Charles got all jealous and told them all, “She wears pink underwear with hearts and stars and ponies on them!!”. All the goth boys retreated in disgust. I’m not a real goth after all.
26-08-11
Teaching… My first student didn’t show up! I’m expecting my second because he always comes to his lessons. There are exams in the hall so I could only get little instruments. I like using glockenspiel in lessons… It has such a cute sound.
Today is Daffodil Day which raises money for the cancer council. Today when in parked my car a student stood outside my car door and watched me while I put on my coat and then pounced and got me to buy a daffodil. I don’t mind buying one… But a little privacy in my own car please!
Today is the first day my fringe has been long enough to pull back into my ponytail (with a bit of hairspray help)! I’m growing it so that I have my options open for my wedding hairstyle. I can cut it then or leave it long! My hair is now halfway down my back. I’m really happy with the length! But now I want to start taking better care of it. Has anyone used the Conditioner Only (CO) washing technique? I think it sounds good! And half the price haha!
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Christina Hopgood 