Pretty much all the textiles that I purchase are cotton. I have eczema. So there isn’t a lot of room for deviation. I used to find my limited fashion choices more annoying. But since I discovered, gasp, that I can actually sew garments for myself, my choices have expanded.
Cashmere goats by [...]
DD has developed powers of observation. It used to be that I could sort through her toys and clothing and cart off anything too small or neglected – or I just plain didn’t like it. She didn’t ever miss those items.
Now she is poking around in bags and saying, “Hey! Maman! Why is my dress [...]
DD wants new earrings. I want her to sleep in her own room.
She had been sleeping in her own room. But when my current job was new, and she started at a new school she freaked out about sleeping in her room and would wake up screaming several times per night. [...]
Actually, anything that will cover up my body on the beach without being out of place is a beautiful thing.
But the sarong is fabulous. Not finding a cover-up that wasn’t too big, too small, black, ugly, or outrageously expensive, or combination thereof, I resorted to making my own. It was cheap and easy, [...]
A Navy corpsman dressed in BDUs (camouflage) told me that his body expanded to fill the prescribed uniform.
This must also be the mumu effect. Does anybody else remember the mumu dress from the 70s?
