luxe

woah! things have been a bit hectic around these parts and the update i had hoped to do just didn’t happen. we had a busy weekend, and as the weather gets nice, i actually find that my energy is better and we do much more, i leave the house, we have get-togethers, parties, etc, etc. i loooove it. ah spring. butter and his adorable lady came over and saturday and we had a really fun time. i spent most of the day on saturday working on sewing until that point.

sunday, i went to get groceries, went to marshall’s in search of some summer shoes to no avail, and the place was so packed you couldn’t actually look at anything. i meant to look at bras and was so irritated that i just left and went for groceries. later that evening shannon, aka knitgrrl showed up and we hung out all day today. so fun. although, no work done. bad bad me. i need to do dyeing to-morrow and spinning and i need to list stuff on etsy. to-morrow my buddy donna is coming over so hopefully she won’t mind hanging out with me whilst i do some work. right donna? hee.

i emailed amy butler (butter’s aunt) because i was looking for her new skirt patterns and none of the stores that sell her stuff had it. she sent it to me along with several other cute patterns, the cute floppy hat pattern and some purses, i am excited to crack em open. i am hoping they won’t be too hard.

i have a skirt that i think was originally a dress and it was just cut in half, not finished, no buttons, so i finished the edges and added buttons and hemmed it. i wore it and it got really stretched out, it is just thin cotton. so, i had no idea why anyone would make a waist panel…now i know, on account of things stretch out if you don’t do that. so i may just add some grosgrain ribbon or something to make it more stable. hm. i bought a really cute dress pattern when i got groceries. it claims to be an easy one, we will see. i love wearing dresses and they tend to be the most flattering thing for me, so i hope i can make one that looks pretty. and then make 10 more.

i have been letting peeps go outside with me without her leash because she just adores eating grass out there. she just eats and eats and purrs away. she actually will run out as fast as she can if you open the back door and then stops 5 feet out and eats grass. when shannon and i were on the front porch, peeps wanted to come out and went to each window and meowed and then was jumping up and down in front of the front door in hopes we would see her through the window and let her out. such. a. nerd.

i guess i know how she feels, because when i went out to greet shan at her car late last night, the air smelled amazing, the stars were out and i felt like i was a kid. except way better because i hated being a kid. i just feel like a new person when the weather is so lovely. i wonder if we lived somewhere that is chronically nice, if i would feel better more often.

i am really sleepy and really behind on emails and…everything. so off i go. mwah!
n.