When real things happen to imaginary people

I went to the Fluevog store tonight to take a look at the new colorway of the Babycake boots, because HELLO, cherry and black with pink buttons?



The important lesson? Photos on the interwebs liiiiiiiee about colors. In real life, the cherry and the pink are muted and oddly dusty. The colors just aren't saturated enough.

The Mini Bunny shoes, on the other hand?



Perfect. :)

The Infamous BlueJay stopped by on Monday night to give me my birthday present early.



Vintage Fluevogs! The ones I'd been pining for!

I am very lucky. I have wonderful, wonderful friends. I also have pink & burgundy boots!

Firstly, thank you for all the babybat clichés in the previous post! Exactly the sort of stuff I was looking for, yay!

Secondly, OMG SHOES! My awesome co-worker Maura (she who kindly takes the full-length Goth at the Office photos) found these shoes (clicky-link!):



Pink! Black! Skulls! Cupcakes! Hello, I am a target market!

Today's Goth at the Office photo:

Dear hiring manager for that full-time tech editor job at the Big Software Company that I applied for IN NOVEMBER;

I see that the job is still open. (Or at least still listed on the career site.) I am EXACTLY the person you are looking for. Really. LOOK AT MY RESUME AND CALL ME IN FOR AN INTERVIEW.

Sincerely,

Cupcake Goth

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Last night when going to bed, the PMS Goblins visited and I had an epic crying meltdown for no reason. I knew it was for no reason, and even said so (in between sobs). But apparently I needed to cry. So, no surprise, I am now suffering the post-crying hangover. I suspect that I am going to get no writing done today, grrr.

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Thank you to everyone who voted in the poll about the striped skirt! Re-make the skirt has the most votes, but then I keep looking at these:



and these:



and start geebling and flailing a lot.

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I hope all of you folks out there in LJ land are having a good day.

- All that stuff that pictured in the last post is stuff I am going to be selling. Most of what I have is sizes 12-16.

- I haven't even started going through the shoes & boots yet, and there will be sizes ranging from 8 - 9. Be afraid.

- I also haven't started going through the Storage Room O' Doom upstairs yet. *I'm* a little afraid of that.

- People have made some very enticing comments about the possibility of trades or bartering for clothes. Normally I would be ALL FOR that, because I love clothing swaps. But part of the reason I'm doing this sale is because I need money to pay off the Fluevogs I finally broke down and purchased last week. Yeah, I know. But ... Fluevogs!

One of my goals for this week is to go over to theda's place and finally bring home the dress form that's been waiting for me. Which means I'll be able to take better photos of the clothing I have for sale than in the past, yay! And I promise that I will use the real camera to take the sale photos, not the one on the iPhone.

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Today was NOT a good day for writing. Stupid, stupid PMS. Bah.

- Remember that skirt I was complaining about a while ago, about how I was not happy with how it was fitting, and I think it needed different buttons? It now has a higher waistband and two rows of pink buttons down the front. I'm much happier with it.

- Speaking of pink buttons, I'm idly contemplating prying the black buttons off the sides of my black JUMP Bjork boots (clicky-link!) and replacing them with pink buttons. Go on, try to look surprised at that.

- One of the things I need to do this weekend: take photos of the stuff I want to sell, including the purple pair of JUMP Bjork boots, because I've only worn them about three times and am not going to bother with getting them dyed. I am also contemplating selling a pair of my vintage swordfish Fluevog shoes. They are gorgeous, but I never wear them because they've got 3" heels and make my feet hurt.

- The Stroppy One pointed out the most recent editorial on Penny Arcade to me, because it mentions a local Goth-Loli event. I don't *think* they're referring to SakuraCon - has anyone heard about this? (Sadly, that's all the info I have.)

- Clicky-links of coveting! The Empire Corsair cincher/waistcoat combo from Damsel In This Dress. (clicky-link!) Ooooh, pretty. I would love to have that in a black-on-black striped fabric.

Speaking of black-on-black stripes, the Jezebel top hat (clicky-link!) is calling to me very, very strongly. I suspect I am going to eventually purchase this, and if I really like their work, commission them to make me a black and pink striped version of this hat. (Again, go on, practice your surprised face. I'll wait.)

Okay, back to reviewing documentation on MSDN. Wheee, the excitement never stops.

I think I need a sanity check. In theory, I should be able to modify a pair of ballet flats into peep-toe ballet flats, yes? A sharp craft knife, careful measuring, and some narrow bias tape and glue to finish the cut edges?

I know, I know, it would depend on the shape and structure of the uppers of the flats. But really, I can't think of why it wouldn't work. And I'm sure I have a pair of ballet flats that I'm willing to sacrifice as an experiment.

(This post brought to you by not being able to find a pair of black fabric peep-toe flats that I like.)