Works for Spanx, dunnit? It's not supposed to stretch to show what you really look like, it's supposed change how you look.

But that's X-treme stretch. Jeans are only some. Just enough to stick to my bulges, not enough to hold them in! Anyway, clearly the Fashion Industrial Complex disagrees with me on this.

I didn't notice before, but the jeans I just put on had a sticker on them that says they have stretch. They aren't tight enough to feel like they are stretching, I guess, but maybe that helps the waistband stay in place? I don't know, in this case I don't think I mind, but after wearing them all day I'll revisit my opinion.

Halloween clothes for today are: (a) turtleneck with black cats, autumn leaves and acorns, pumpkins, and crescent moons. I could maybe get away with wearing this as just a fall shirt, but it has a Halloween feel to it (grey sweater vest over that because I wore it with nothing over it just a few days ago and I need to maintain an illusion of variety) and (b) witchy-striped socks with black cats arching their backs in front of full moons at the ankles.

The pink Jilli-font short was a big hit yesterday, I got a lot of positive comments! Although people agreed with me that wearing it at other times of year might not work. We'll se, maybe I can desensitize them over time until it's just "Oh, -t is wearing pink tarantulas, must be Tuesday"

The jeans I'm currently wearing have so much stretch they may actually qualify as jeggings, but they're so comfortable I don't even care. I'm wearing them with a long sweater so it doesn't matter how ass-flattering they may or may not be.

I was fine when we started this meeting at noon, but now I'm ridiculously hungry and need to go to the bathroom.

This is some awesome transformative art: The Cell Block Tango as performed by Disney villains: [link]

Sheeit. I had intended to be back doing full days on my in-office days, but that was assuming I hadn't jacked my ankle back up. Now that I have, I don't even know how much coddling it needs. I took an hour working at home and icing it, but now that I'm in and considering how far away the ice is here, that doesn't seem sufficient for starting out the day.

I dressed all frilly for work in order to boost my morale, but...NSM psychological victory.

These arrived today. I haven't had a chance to see if they fit, and if I can wear them with the borky ankle, but I will daydream all day about what I'm going to wear them with...

I'm all in gray today because I dressed to suit my mood, but I'm offsetting the gray with orange shoes and the most epic chandelier earrings that I own.

This is what the manual says I have to do to reset the system for inspection:

2. Accelerate the vehicle to 55 mph (88 km/h), then quickly release the accelerator pedal completely and keep it released for at least 6 seconds.

3. Quickly depress the accelerator pedal for a moment, then drive the vehicle at a speed of 53 to 60 mph (85 to 97 km/h) for at least 5 minutes.

4. Stop the vehicle.

5. Accelerate the vehicle to 35 mph (55 km/h) and maintain the speed for 20 seconds.

6. Repeat steps four through five least three times

I can't think of any road I could do this on and not get killed.

I can't think of any road I could do this on and not get killed.

Mall parking lot outside business hours? That's where I did my manual training, with no victims other than the clutch.

Oh, holy shit, I hate dealing with insurance, how does anyone ever get any kind of medical care in this fucking country?