Maria! I was thinking of wandering over to Chocolate Moose this evening ... only I got stuck at work (after the monthly Bataan death march meeting) so I've missed it. I do have some things I want to get there.

And someone was discussing making their own corset - Spidra? Anyway, I found this site.

Trudy, "open and notoriously" is good, it's just not in flagrante delicto. Latin can be sexy.

Toddson, I never made it either, but I'm going to run out of time very quickly. Our office is moving next to Union Station on May 8th to be closer to Capitol Hill. Less unique shopping opportunities, I say.

Well, but you'll have the shops at Union Station - and what a friend calls the "interactive" movie theater.

I ... have lost all motivation to work.

I want to look for cute dresses and new lipstick (because Chanel's Vamp, while almost perfect, is ... I think I'm bored with it). I do not want to Edit Things.

Oh dear, I'm out of the loop. Laura, why did Bobby need surgery in the first place?

Burrell, Bobby was born with a bald spot on his scalp a "Nevus Sebaceus" mole. It was a bit larger than a quarter. We felt it was best to have it removed before his teen years because a significant % of these develop bad cells at that time. We wanted to wait until he was old enough to stay still with a local and not be put under for the procedure. It could not have gone better. Both doctor and patient did a great job. Happy relieved parents.

MAC's New York Apple is pretty, and is a bright dark red.

You know what I mean.

I want to look for cute dresses

The Boy (yeah, carrots) just e-mailed me a link to a pair of red high-heeled mules with white polka dots that he strongly suggested I consider obtaining for myself.

I like a guy who owns his fetishes.

Thanks, Toddson. Actually, I live just 7 blocks away from this place. Which, in case all the F2Fers aren't already COMPLETELY overbooked, would make a good shopping trip. They've opened up an adjoining museum recently, too, although I haven't checked it out yet. Lacis is where I bought my supplies and also got some worthwhile help and advice on making my corset.

like a guy who owns his fetishes.

Jeez, Tep, we really ARE Dating AU versions of each other. Boy called me last night, set up date, asked me wistfully if I could wear fishnets tonight.

The Boy sounds marvelous. Encouraging and enabling your footwear purchases is a fabulous fetish.

I want to look for cute dresses

I am craving pretty dresses and new corsets or waist cinchers like a mad cravey thing, but every time I look at our budget I have to go lie down for a while.

Though the real non-corset reason is lameness and cowardice, NSM budget. I even have some really pretty brocade I've been saving for a couple of years -- two yards each of lavender and (pale, not neon) lime-green brocade covered with dragonflies -- and a metric assload of corset stays and busks, but despite the successes of folks like Spidra and amych I'm horribly afraid of attempting to make one.