Updates of a random nature, plus SFDs

[cupcake_goth]

- During this week's meeting with my work mentor (the woman who was the editor before me on this team), she said "I think you're doing a great job, [manager] thinks you're perfect. So just keep doing what you're doing". Eeeee! And yes, I'm going to re-read this post whenever I'm having a bad day at work.

- I had lunch today with the wonderful and charming gaaneden. I *must* do that more often.

- In having lunch with her, I discovered that other buildings on campus have much better cafeterias than mine. So much better that I'm probably willing to walk down the hill to get to them instead of staring dejectedly at what's available at my local cafeteria. (::coughs::That is, on the days that I have not managed to bring a healthy packed lunch with me. Which shouldn't be very often at all.)

- Chatted a bit last night with djeternaldarkne about a possible plan. bittergourd, sweetie? I need to talk to you about possibly designing a flier for something ...

- I have two brand-new EGA dresses I'm going to be selling. They're both very cute, they're just not full enough in the skirts for my petticoats. There will be a post with the details coming Real Soon Now.

• Black leather pointy-toe flats with velvet bows. (From Newport News, and they're oh-so comfy!)


• Black and grey vertical striped stockings.


• Black cotton, lace-trimmed, knee-length circle skirt, worn over a black & white petticoat.


• Black, v-necked, princess-seamed, slightly above knee-length, full-skirted, stretch velvet dress, with 6" point lace at the hem.


• Black lace, ruffled, high-collared Victorian-esque blouse worn under the dress.


• Hair pulled back into a high ponytail with lace-festooned hair ties.


• Jewelry is an ornate cameo brooch at the center of the blouse's collar, a black faceted bead rosary with a silver ankh instead of a cross, and all the usual rings.


• Makeup is a light dusting of Aromaleigh powder in N1, deep burgundy/fuchsia eyeshadow over the outer third of my eyelids, dark smokey purple/black eyeshadow as liner and blended into the burgundy/fuchsia color, pale shimmery white dusted over those two colors, and lots of black mascara. And deep burgundy/pomegranate lipstick, by way of MAC "velvetella" liner and Dior PlasticShine in "outspoken violet". (Strangely, the multi-colored eyeshadow took no longer to apply than my usual shimmery white shadow + liquid liner. That kinda surprised me.)

For some reason, I have been longing for purple eyeshadow. Never mind that I have yet to find a saturated purple shadow that looks good on me, I still want one. I wonder if I could trick ask stroppy_baggage to go to the MAC counter with me this weekend ...