Yeah, that drapey stuff just doesn't work for us middle-aged types. I need structure!
All right, yes, date and shop and hang out and go to school and save the world from unspeakable demons. You know, I wanna do girlie stuff!
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Consuela - May 29, 2012 8:36:41 am PDT #7396 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
meara - May 29, 2012 8:37:09 am PDT #7397 of 30001
Yeah, I'm looking at some seriously cute dresses from "I Heart My Closet" (on etsy), and they do custom, but I'm worried that (a) I would measure wrong and get something that doesn't fit great or (b) it would fit fine...but look all wrong on me, since the model is, y'know, model-sized and I am not.
Jesse - May 29, 2012 8:39:09 am PDT #7398 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I am full of regrets about my custom-made suit, because they let me make all the choices, and I think I made some wrong ones! Like, I wish the person measuring me had told me where the waistband should sit, instead of asking me. Maybe that's the main regret, but it's significant.
flea - May 29, 2012 8:44:12 am PDT #7399 of 30001
information libertarian
You should have taken your stylist, Jesse.
I am ok with drapey and leggings on weekends, or if you're a gallery assistant or something, but I'm a 39 year old woman with a job interview, dammit. And most of the people out shopping at 11am on a Tuesday were older than me; the Ann Taylor salespeople were calling me "sweetie" like I was a girl.
In other shopping news, dear shoe designers of the world - many of us with size 10 feet are proportionately tall, and do not have any need for 5-inch platform heels. And what's cute on a size 6 is not cute on my boat feet. Please consider our needs occasionally.
Kat - May 29, 2012 8:59:33 am PDT #7400 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
In my ever increasing bad news, the house we offered on is actually probably going to foreclosure auction today (oh if only I had access to $300,000 in cash!). They may be able to forestall the auction by pointing out that they have offers on the house. If they are able to postpone the sale, they will review offers this week. If they cannot, and it goes to sale today, it will come back on the market, either as a foreclosure or if an investor purchases it, as a “standard” sale. In either scenario, since the property is still occupied, the current owners would have to be given time to move out before re-listing the property, so it can take some time.
In other words, we're fucked. Instead, I think I should just start looking at rentals and be done with the crazy.
§ ita § - May 29, 2012 9:01:09 am PDT #7401 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What are these drapey things to which you refer?
flea - May 29, 2012 9:05:35 am PDT #7402 of 30001
information libertarian
Drapey like this: [link]
Cashmere - May 29, 2012 9:06:12 am PDT #7403 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I went and got a sassy new haircut and am now cleaning up the house. It should work out.
ita, I hope the nerve block works!
Jesse - May 29, 2012 9:06:33 am PDT #7404 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You should have taken your stylist, Jesse.
Wouldn't it be great to have a stylist??
Kat - May 29, 2012 9:07:28 am PDT #7405 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
My drapey looks like this, but about 6-7 inches longer. [link]