maximalist minimalist

Is it okay to customize a gift?  Today I altered a set of red printed harem pants.  I let out the waistband and took in the ankles.  It is so convenient to be one's own tailor.  I adjusted them to my specifications.

I remember grimacing at tapered legs in my teen years.  Now I can predict the fashion future.  Whatever it is that we wouldn't be caught dead in now is what we will be wearing in the near future.

The pants are bohemian, bordering on piratey.  I think that it is safe to say that I won't be noted as wearing the latest trend.  In my own mind, I'm always one step ahead.  In other people's minds... well, other people are probably worried about their own problems and not thinking about my red pants.  Until now!

I've been reading Jennifer L. Scott's Madam Chic books and thinking about her ten item wardrobe concept.  All of this purging of possessions has gotten me almost to the point of having a ten-item wardrobe.  I love the idea of a uniform,  maybe not the same one every day, but just a few outfits.  I don't need fifty different ways of mixing and matching.  I know what to wear; I know who I am.

If I only have ten articles of clothing and these pants constitutes one item that means I'll be wearing them often.  People are going to think...  whatever it is they usually think about.

new business

I'm not taking on any new projects. I'm finishing all of the old ones, one at a time. When I'm finished I will be purified.

Help!

I'm an heiress.

the quilt

I've been so sick since boxing day.  Some kind of laryngitis with a nagging cough.  I haven't been able to do much, but I was able to finish my quilt.  I sat on the couch and sewed the last stitch.

I made it for free.  All the fabric and thread were given to me by family and friends and I borrowed the tools that I didn't have.  Here you have it.  My first (and likely last) quilt!

above freezing

I placed the toddler on the snow then picked up the shovel.  I pushed the shovel through the snow then pulled up the carrots.  Then we made stock.

can't shop, must compost

There is so much abundance without spending money. We just have to take the time to plant, water, pick, wash, peel, and bake it into exsistance.  The plentitude hits at the end of all the hard work, like a pumpkin pie in the face.

Holing up at home we've managed to avoid another Black Friday.  Before the sales frenzy hopped the border we used to observe Buy Nothing Day.  In the past I wasn't aware that Black Friday was a thing.  Now I have to resist opening another tab on my browser to avoid the shopping impulse.  I used to be able to just steer clear of downtown and the mall to avoid draining the bank account.

Instead of shopping I will... (insert things you love to do here)

When baby naps I'd rather practice writing, take photos, or design a haircut that shows the world how beautiful you are.  Scrolling isn't relaxing and when was the last time we read an article to the end?

Squirrelling

We harvested Russian and Ukrainian garlic.