When real things happen to imaginary people

::sob::

Hey Sailor! is running a sale. The mini b&w striped tricorn with the pink details and the tiny pirate ship is on sale. (clicky-link!)

::looks at pictures, whimpers some more::

Dear Sandy Claws, I have been ... mostly good this year. And have learned from my mistakes when I wasn't good. I am very deserving of a tiny tricorn decorated with a pirate ship, I really really am.

Love,

Cupcake Goth

Dear Sandy Claws,

Remember how I said I wanted mini hats for Christmas? I would especially like this pink and black top hat. (clicky-link!) Oooh, or this pink velvet tricorn. (clicky-link!) You know, just in case the Elf Labor Union negotiated for not doing millinery this season or something.

With lots of love,

Cupcake Goth

My birthday weekend was lovely, and thank you to everyone who wished me a happy one! 39 feels no different than 38. For that matter, 39 really feels no different than, say, 30 did. The weekend involved going out to dinner with my parents, and a fancy tea party. stroppy_baggage, because he is a wonderful and indulgent spouse, surprised me with the mini tricorn from Topsy Turvy Design that I have been coveting for many many months. Let me tell you, that hat is a showpiece of quality construction. Absolutely beautiful, and I can't wait to wear it!

Jacket geebling! My H&M Cavalli jacket arrived this weekend, and my goodness, is it pretty. And it fits me! (I suspect this means that the Powers That Be behind this line went for a touch of vanity sizing, because I *know* I am not actually a size 10, but I'm not complaining.) Since the jacket does fit me through the bust & waist, all I need to do are the minor tweaks I have to perform on every jacket I ever own (adding back vents so it doesn't bunch awkwardly over my petticoats). For those of you who also coveted this jacket, check your local consignment stores in about four to six months, because I can't imagine that most of the people who bought this jacket will actually wear it.

SFDs! Behind the cut-tag, as always.
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My "new" team is very nice. People keep stopping by to see how I'm doing, to see what progress I've made in decorating my office (the answer being Quite A Bit), and to see if I have any questions about the topics I'm working on. In other words, they're interested in helping me succeed, instead of the sink or swim school of training I usually experience. It's a nice change.

This week has been ... eh. Not great. And the next few weeks are going to involve me being patient, which is not something I'm at all good at. (If you listen closely, you can hear stroppy_baggage and caliban1227 laughing at that understatement.) So! Today I dressed to amuse myself even more than I normally do. Yes, today is when I give thanks for the software industry's lack of a dress code.

( SFDs! Black and pink, of course. )

In other Shallow Fashion News, Shoutfit is still down. There's a part of me that wonders if it's down deliberately. The assorted things I've found online about the start of Shoutfit suggest that the people behind it were hoping to be absorbed/purchased by one of the big fashion media publishers; the Shoutfit userbase becoming increasingly weighted with Goths, Steampunks, and other fans of non-mainstream and DIY looks probably worried them. But it's only a small part of me that is dabbling with that conspiracy theory; there's no need to line hats with tinfoil yet.