two weeks and still one dress

ok so unfortunately my social life has decided to reappear and i haven't been able to finish another dress.  out of nowhere a love interest has turned and taken up precious sewing time to romance me. so although i've been running with the same dress for two weeks i have cooked two delicious vegan meals for a devout meat eater and baked a delicious batch of triple choc cookies for my wonderful workmates that lasted all of 7 minutes.
on the dress front i'm in the finishing stages of dress 2 but i'm already a little over it.  one side is black and white checks but the other is black with large eyelets in it.  it looked great on the bolt but in dress form it seems a little chunky and unflattering.  oh well i'll persevere and hope for the best.  the 3rd dress is going to be my masterpiece.  i'm making it out of recycled clothes as part of the 'nothing new' comp for the salvos.  i'm using a second hand skirt and three pairs of mens jeans and it looks sik.  i am having a few troubles with the denim bit though.  the material is really thick and it's definitely not going to be my friend in summer but it looks great with it's panels of different coloured denim.  i'm going to work on it flat out on tuesday so hopefully my next post will be a triumphant one.
on a side note this has been a wonderful week for my 'nothing new' efforts.  one of my lovely colleagues was in charge of a whole bunch of audience giveaways for the morning show i work on so i scored 2 lipsticks, a mascara, shampoo, hair masque and a tin of chickpeas.  awesome!  i love free stuff.  unfortunately the downside of 'nothing new' is that i have decided to only give handmade presents. which would be great except my brother, best friend and her twin all have the same birthday.  which is tomorrow.  and i have nada. oh dear.

my world famous cookies.  almost didn't get this photo as they
 got gobbled up so quickly.