In which there are clothes now that didn’t exist before because I made them. Plus photography and food because I’m a woman of leisure with many hobbies. Many!

I found an orange cloud filter on eBay last Friday, which made me think that I should buy some Polaroid film for my classic Land camera.

Well, it turns out that Polaroid stopped making instant film last December and I have no idea which Fuji films will fit in my 103! So I posted my question here and the nice photography geeks assured me that most of the Fuji instant films will fit. Whew. Now I want another classic Polaroid camera… maybe this one.

Friday night Teh BF took me to the PnE, where I drank FAR too much. I drunkenly made plans to hang out with Lannie for Saturday, so I actually had to get out of bed on Saturday morning and act like a real human being in spite of The Curseâ„¢ and the hangover and everything.

Lannie came over somewhere in the neighborhood of ten in the morning, and somehow I produced mugs of tea and hash browns and veggie sausages and eggs over easy and we had brunch together. Then I got the sewing machine set up, and we got to sewing… or we were going to get to sewing, but I’d somehow managed to purchase carpet thread and there was no way I was going to sew lightweight rayon knit with freakin’ carpet thread.

So we all went to JoAnne’s – even G’ma, who needed some flower stuff for the porch – and I bought thread. And I also grabbed 1.5 yards of green rayon knit and matching thread and made Lannie a dress out of it because she’s a poor starving college student with no money and the stuff was only thirteen bucks.

When we got back to the house I poured myself a glass of Coke and whipped up a tube top dress for Lannie. She’s in love with it. My pattern needs 2 yards of fabric but I’d forgotten that and only bought her 1.5 yards, so instead of a 4-panel skirt she got a 2-panel skirt with kick pleats. It worked out well, though, and she was totally involved in the design process and we used damn near every inch of the fabric we bought.

Then I made myself a dress. In fact, I made myself THE dress! It’s the coolest thing ever! Totally custom and awesome! It’s brown, of course, and floor length and long-sleeved and has this big cowl thing that can be worn loose or as a capelet or up as a hood and I absolutely love it. (The only reason I’m not wearing it today was that I was trying to exercise a little restraint since I’ve basically been wearing it since it came off the machine Saturday afternoon. Yeah.)

Saturday night Kaje and I went out for Mexican food and then went back to his place and stayed in. I think we watched about three chick flicks this weekend because he’s indulgent and I had The Curseâ„¢.

When we went to Petco on Sunday, the clerk asked me where I’d gotten my dress and told me she really liked it. I got to say, “Uh, I made it. Yesterday! It isn’t even hemmed yet!” It was really gratifying. I felt like a sewing rockstar!

My next sewing project will be a wrap. Something out of the purple cotton knit I have. Something that’s sleeveless and about knee-length with a button hole in the side and long ties that wrap around the waist. I haven’t designed the pattern yet, but knit’s very forgiving so hopefully it’ll turn out as well as The Dress did!

This morning I made spicy potato curry for my bento. Since there was enough, I packed a bento for my bro as well and he said “nom nom nom” and eated it right up. I’m like the Easter Bunny of bento or something!

Teh BF’s birthday is next month. He likes to golf for some reason, so he’ll probably be spending a weekend at Wildhorse and he said I can come too. While he and Caddie are out smacking little balls around with expensive metal sticks, I intend to soak in the hot tub until I turn into a prune.