I sought, I scoured, I found; I debated and rationalized, backtracked and obsessed; ultimately I actually splurged–and now I wish I hadn’t. Or at least I wish I had bought a size smaller in that super excellent houndstooth nephys black patent wedge. I am afraid to say that they’re too BIG, because then I’ll have no good excuse for returning them. The other ones, the espace mygne heels (the memory of which I clung to for years), are very WAY too big, in a farcical ‘yeah there’s no way I can keep these’ kind of way, so those won’t be hard to part with. Also they only had them in brown, which I can pass on, and the only reason I jumped on ‘em was because the 10 magically reappeared and they were still crazy marked down to like $36. But houndstooth and patent platform wedges? dare I send them out of my life, when it took so long for the two of us to meet? I … don’t … I don’t know!

Anyway.

In other news I am rocking out another bowling pin; it’s been hanging out in the hallway for about four days now. I’m not sure if I have anything even inspiring me yet, in a finite sort of way. I mean, I’m always got about forty-five ideas rollicking around the ol’ grey matter, but nothing that’s emerged as a ‘Eureka!’ kind of thing just yet. Maybe that’s the way it goes? like I’ve got to cradle the scratched up plastic-coated wood bebeh in my arms before it speaks to me? What do y’all think? any fun ideas you ever wanted to see on a bowling pin?

And then, also, there is sewing: I have not done a single finishing stitch on those V1098 pants and I still don’t know if I want bound inside seam allowances or to line them. I wish I’d put some pockets in there somewhere, but … I guess I could still slash the back and sock one in there. I did manage to move the snaps on my zebra dress over and I finished hemstitching the facing to the bodice and I picked out which buttons I want on the cuffs–but I think I might want the buttons to be superficially attached and for the cuff closure to be accomplished via a small snap. Oh and then I also decided I want a blouse AND a skirt from the new Rachel Comey V1170 pattern, so I got all my pieces traced out in their respective sizes and the blouse has already been cut out. I grabbed a piece of thin-ish, drapey and soft bright royal blue rayon from ye olde stash (which of course I don’t have a picture of) that I think will be comfy and offer a lovely *pop!* to my black and white summertime ways. The back calls for buttons but it’s a pretty loose blousey fit, so I may alter that decision at some point when it’s closer to being done. Or maybe little pearly snaps? would that be weird? is it possible for anybody out there to have half a clue what the hell I’m talking about when there is Not One Single Picture! to accompany all this mess of rambling? Maybe I’ll see to that over the weekend. I’ve also been going a little nuts with buying fabric lately, too: now I have actually been sewing some of it up, and I do always look for stuff on sale, but I’m very often battling the urge to click on the “Proceed to Checkout” option and make that admitting click. I just bought a box o’ stuff from fabric.com, one of which was a long-lost Vera Wang Lavender Label print, a navy blue polka dotted silk chiffon for a whopping $2 a yard. That one was gone pretty quick, but I managed to score it (along with a few other things that would, you know, push me up to the $35-mark so’s I could get free shipping). There’s a current wishlist shopping cart full of stuff I have at two other online spots, and I’m sorta fighting the urge … perhaps I will return on Monday to share with you how I fared! (And to share some photo love.)