In the dime stores and bus stations

[lizblackdog]

aah! went charity-shop pillaging with mum today in addition to grocery shopping. i now own two perfectly glorious purple tops, one in a sort of lushy plushy velourish fabric with white poppies printed on it and one in a silky slithery knitty glittery drapey fabric, with a V-neck practically down to the navel and a nice billowy drape over the bits I'm not so keen to show off.

generally, I do not own nice clothes. the last lot of decent clothes I acquired happened when my sister lost a lot of weight and gave me all the stuff that was too big for her now; and while she always looks good we're not built the same and don't like the same colours either (i'm allergic to all blues except jeans, and navy in particular; plus she has a thing for bile-green and mustard-coloured. It works for her, but.) so while i was glad to have the stuff there was nothing there that made my soul glad.

Well, except for these jeans.

anyway she got fat again after she had Maya, so that won't happen again for a while if ever. but today i have nice things and i am girlishly joyous.

I also have a new coffee machine - well, also second-hand, but I'd rather have an old classy thing than a cheap new one. They last longer. it has a nylon-mesh filtery thing so I won't have to get anxiety attacks over running out of filter papers. YAY.

it's the little things that make you happy.

Comments

[missfoxie.livejournal.com]

Hurrah for nice clothes! They make me happy too.

And ahahahaha 'The Happy Sausage' XD

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

i love that pic. wychwood took it and that's ulva standing in the background there; it;s just about my favourite pic of me ever.

i'm not much into clothes and i don't have many occasions when it even makes sense to wear anything nice. but it does make me happy to know I can.

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

omg, i LOVE those plastic filters for coffee machines. i can't believe i ever used a paper one!!

i think we need pics of liz in her new tops!

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

I'll post pics somerime, but not tonight. need another pair of hands and to wash hair first :D

[rozae.livejournal.com]

Yay! The blouses sound lovely. I love purple!

Perhaps some day you shall model these new clothes for us? I am always up for Liz photos! :D

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

yes, yes I will - the moment I have clean hair and a human being that isn't me to work the camera. I don't much like pointing the camera at myself from arm's length if I can help it. XD

[rozae.livejournal.com]

I don't like doing that either. XD