Rabbit Style News

I bought two shirts and new handbag over the weekend, for under $30 total. (Thank you, 8-year-olds in Sri Lanka!) The purse is red and not real leather and the first bag I have purchased in four years. The shirts are both black. One is a button-down in a satiny material with a thin patent belt around the waist, and the other is a short-sleeved sweater with a fake polka-dotted collar shirt attached. So sneaky, making it look like there’s a shirt underneath, when really it’s just shirttails and a collar sewn on. Brilliant!

I wore the second one today with a knee-length flared black skirt and my old office pumps and I felt very preppy and officey. A coworker asked if I had an interview.

“Nope, I’m just dressed nicely today, thank you for noticing,” I said. “I’m going to start dressing up more every day, actually. And then when I have an interview, nobody will know! It will be just another day at the office…”

I watched a couple episodes of “Project Runway” tonight and as usual I feel motivated to work on my own projects.  I don’t have any tiered couture gowns in the works, though.  Next up is a glamorous apron with glittery ruffles and brilliant fabrics.  Then a bbq style apron, the manlier kind that hooks around the neck and says things like “kiss the cook”.

Most exciting, I just planned my next quilt!  This one has a six week deadline, which means smaller and less complicated than previous quilts.  The quilt top will be made with fabrics I already own, and I might even have enough leftover batting to make do; I’ll probably buy new soft flannel for the backing.  It is once again a gift, so I’ll post pictures only after it is completed.

Oliver was born at 11:28 a.m. on December 13, 2007.  He was only a few days old in this picture.

I went to the Phoenix Coyotes vs. San Jose Sharks hockey game tonight and sat 3 rows behind the Sharks bench. They’re real people, not just players I hear about on the radio and watch on television! I yelled things like, “I love you Cheechoo!” and “You’re awesome, Grier!” and if they heard me they pretended they did not.

Coyotes won, 5-3, pulling ahead in the third period. The Sharks goalie, Nabokov, wasn’t in top form and seemed tired and couldn’t get up and stop the shots coming off rebounds like he normally does, if he lets it rebound at all. Most of the other players seemed lethargic a lot of the time. It was weird, like they were hungover or sad or something. Maybe gassy.