Why is it always where you aren't looking?

    Yesterday, I spent far too much time looking for some drawings and measurements I made for my Fiesta! aprons.
     I am in Shawnee's Halloween Apron Swap and my swappee is a similar size to the lady I made the apron for and I wanted to use my drawings as a base for my apron.
    WWeeelllllllll, I looked high and low, up and down, in and out and everywhere in between. I recently cleaned, thinned and rearranged my whole desk area so I was dang sure I knew, just KNEW, where I had stashed my little white paper. I was wrong AND I was right.
     The paper is actually yellow and 5 x 7, not white binder paper. It's still attached to the pad I drew on, not loose. It has been sitting under another pad, are you ready for this? RIGHT ON MY DESK!! Hello!!!! Oh yeah, the part where I was right: I did save the paper. LOL
    I was getting ready to redraft everything and God said. "Gotcha!" Gotta love and hate that cosmic sense of humor, don'tcha?

     Paper in hand, fabric to cut!

Facebook......What the French Toast?

For the past week, facebook has been a pain in the ol' server.
Are they doing work I don't know about?
Has someone hacked their system?
Are they having technical issues? I don't know and I almost don't care.
I want to play scrabble and chat with my peeps. I want to look at reunion pics and keep up with the latest news. I want it to work all the time. Facebook is the big kahuna of the internet communication world and they need to get back to s.o.p.!!
Off my soapbox and back to regularly scheduled distractions.

Kitchen Fashion for the Halloweeniday

• The awesome skeleton fabric is for moi!! Love it times two and it is a medium weight twill so it will make a great apron. Plain and simple, but that's all you need with that fabric. 
•  The other 7 flavors are for the FAS 12 Halloween apron swap. Not sure what I am making but I think a massive amount of ruffleage will be involved!

Finally, a pic of me in the dress!

The clarinet players!! Donna, me, Robin
Can my hair get any whiter? Seriously!

To see all the pics go to: Class of 80 pics

Blogger won't let me upload the pic. Will have to send tomorrow from my computerr and not my phone

Never judge a dress by the way it looks on the hanger.

This is the dress I picked for tonight. I look pretty darn cute! Wait for dress number two

update: I wore the black and white one. Saving the other for the hubster's Christmas party.

 

Believe it or not, the gray one looks fab!! I know, I know! I tried it on as a joke but I look good in it. I am probably going to dye it black at some point.

Fashion Forward, I am sooooooo not ............................anymore

     I was pretty good about fashion in the 70/80's, but after me wearing my ''mom uniform'' for so long and being, well let's face it, a round woman, I forgot how to be cute. Being little bit too lazy to make the effort in the larger sizes didn't help and the fact that sooooooo much over the last 5 or 6 years  (butt-ugly, urban inspired 'chic') has left me feeling apathetic toward more than jeans and a cute t-shirt.
     My goal for the coming year is to make myself a few garments that fit really well that are basic pieces. Khakis and a few button-up shirts(shaped and cute, not lansend, men;s inspired) and a basic dress that can be worn over slim pants or "as is" and relearn how to accessorize.
     Mark, you still totally have you eye in the fashion world, so you will have to be my "Tim Gunn" . I know you aren't afraid to tell me if I am wear something that is ''some serious ugly".

  On that note, my choices for this weekend are:

For tonight's bbq with the girls. Probably a white sandal instead.And a plain bra, not the fuchsia one showing through.

For reunion: The classics:  black trouser with a jewel toned orange shirt or the not so little black dress.

I made this dress several years ago and it still fits. Thought about changing the sleeve out, but I have a thing for 3/4 sleeves. It does look better with the right camera angle and ten less pounds in the belly. LOL

   Yes, my legs are white.....get over it. I'll get some hose so I don't blind anyone....sheesh!
Hair? My lady is on vacation so my hair is too long to be cute so a french twist is high on my list of hair choices. Bummer, I am totally cute with my asymmetrical bob!!