Stuff and things

I had plans to go to the spa today, and spend my day with very good friends while lounging around in heated pools. Sadly, biology decided to put a cramp crimp in those plans. So instead, I will putter around the house and get a bunch of small sewing chores done. (stroppy_baggage is off gaming. I hope he's having fun, because he's been looking forward to it.)

Things discovered while getting bits & bobs together for the sewing projects:

• I have a lot of black fabric-covered buttons in various sizes. This is good, because I didn't feel like taking a bus to & from a fabric store with a decent selection of buttons. (Sadly, the fabric store two blocks from my house doesn't have much in the way of interesting buttons. Or interesting fabric. Lots of yarn, however.)



• I now fit into a couple of jackets and a vintage dress that I bought three or four years ago, n a bout of optimism that they would eventually fit me. Well, they do, just a bit later than I had hoped. But yay, this sooths my craving for new(ish) clothes!



• I've lost enough weight that Miss Lucinda, my trusty fitting double/mannequin is larger than me. This makes me both happy and a little freaked out. I am going to need to replace her in the near future; I don't suppose any of you would be interested in buying her, would you? She's one of those fit-doubles that has dials to adjust the bust, waist, and hip measurements, and has been immensely helpful to me for a few years now.

Okay, off I go to sew buttons and add trim to things.