Like, you know, whatever.

So there have been some changes all up in the life in the seven months since I pretended I have a blog. We sold our house and moved out of it, got a quick and awesome intro to living close to downtown and being able to walk places, developed the initial strains of awesome stamina by carrying 463 heavy-ass boxes up a big flight of stairs, and hauled butt to host our Annual New Year’s Eve Super Party less than a week after having moved in completely. And now? Now it’s time to not have to uproot any more; to relax when we want to without feeling guilty about not getting a thousand things done every night after work; to get back in the habit of a Full and Complete Life Under a Single Roof, for real. And it’s been pretty awesome: I’ve been sewing, I’ve been listening to music I totally forgot I had, I’ve been spending money on fabulous fabrics, I’ve been wearing fancy shoes that’d been packed away for months. And I even heard a rumor that I was going to think about not being such a patsy when it comes to my poor neglected VP. My poor, poor various pants! Also we need to get you a better design honey, I know.

So, to look forward to: projects. I actually managed to get a smidgen of sewing stuff done at our temporary digs (though you’d never know it): I finished the Wicked Witch skirt for Hallowe’en, finally finished the sleeveless floral print blouse, and started *and* finished a slim-fitting skirt with a back flounce from the midnight-blue wool crepe I got from Asheville last January. Those three projects are all done and I should probably write pattern reviews for them, because I do like having a big fat number next to my profile name on PR. I’m also super close to being done with a long-sleeved wrap dress, the 1976 Simplicity Jiffy 7705, and I’m more than halfway done with my first ever (!) pair of real pants, from Vogue 1098. For these last two projects I have used up actual amounts of stashed fabric, which is sort of awesome in two parts: it was gathering dust already, and now it’s not, and I know at least the 7705 is a pattern I’ll make again in a nicer fabric. Which means more room will be created in my cedar shelving options to accommodate NEW PURCHASES AW YEAH. I have also resolved that I must sew more dresses, because they kick ass, and also that I need to be more hands-on with trying out my vintage patterns.

I also need to attempt greater timeliness with taking and actually uploading pictures, as is evidenced by my total lack of photographerial involvement with this post. I mean, Lisa is cool! she looks like Blossom! ‘Sall good.