speed bumps on the road to sartorial enlightenment...

gaffa tape.  holds the world together.

the project hits the 4 months mark tomorrow and it hasn't been as smooth sailing as i would have hoped.  while overall it has been positive i have had a few problems so let me take you on a little journey through my failings...

1.  i feel that the photo above is fairly self explanatory.  yes that's right the zip completely broke at work today.  during the first hour of  a 12 hour shift.  excellent.  now this would not be such a problem if the zip on dress 1 had not already packed up and left the party. and dress 3 wasn't in the wash after a heavy session on the d-floor saturday night...  so as fabulous as i look with a massive strip of gaffa holding me together i need to put in some serious hours on the sewing machine tonight.  luckily i have already started making a dress to replace dress 1.  now i know this is not completely fitting in with my aim but after brandon had to cut me out of dress 1 and the boob seam started coming apart i though dammit this is my project and i make my own rules.  besides one side of dress 1 markII is made from material i found at home which fits in with the whole buy nothing thing and the other is going to a homage to mickey so it has to be done. oh mickey how i love you.

2.  the massive pink elephant in the room. i am of course referring to myself.  i'm fat and sun burnt so kind of fits.  when i started the project i had hoped against hope that i would have to pull the dresses apart at some stage to take them in.  unfortunately the exact opposite has happened.  yes i am the heaviest i have ever been but i'm choosing not to dwell on it and head done a shame spiral of tears and ice cream.  unfortunately "the fattening" has led to a level of discomfort in my now very snug dresses and the aforementioned broken zips.  i am doing something about it though.  stepped up on the exercise and doing my best to eat well.  (choosing not to look at the 3 empty fun size twix wrappers that sit beside me as i write this)...

3.  my innate laziness.  i like to pretend in my little fantasy world that people are interested in what i am doing and enjoy reading this little blog.  even if this delusion were true i'm not giving much material to enjoy.  that's right i'm lazy. lazy to the max.  i keep beating myself up about not writing in the blog but everytime i think about doing an entry i get distracted by t.v. or magazines.  or sitting on my fat arse.  but here i am now. making a promise to be more diligent.  and if there is anyone out there reading this please hold me accountable.  oh and if you need anymore proof about my laziness consider this.  i have been sleeping under a snuggie for over a week because i can't be bothered to put my doona cover back on the doona.  woah.  it is surprisingly warm and comfy though.  some might say quite snuggly.  tee hee.

it hasn't all been doom and gloom though.  still loving doing the project, in fact if i weren't going overseas i would do it for a whole year.  as it stands i have 3 months to go and i say BRING IT ON!  broken zips, extra kilos and all.  and it has been surprising the amount of people that have commented on my clothes in particular that i 'have so many looks'.  always great to tell them that i have been wearing the same 3 dresses for 4 months.

ok a lot of writing in this one but have been away for a while so here's a little snap of nicklepuss and his laptop case that i made him for christmas.

totes made that awesome photo montage behind him too.  dagnabbit i'm creative.