You Guessed It! The Corset Is HERE!!!

The very first day I announced I was going to make a Mad Hatter costume, I talked about getting a corset. Well, now I have. I ordered it from Damsel in this Dress at the beginning of the month, and I actually didn't tell anyone when I had officially ordered it because I was afraid something would go wrong and it would never show up. :P So I told people I was going to order it, but I never told them when. Anyway, take a look at the website (www.damseldress.com or clicky the hyperlink above). They have TONS of amazing stuff, and also take a look at their blog, which is absolutely amazing and funny and interesting, but especially look at their Alice and Red Queen/Harley Quinn costumes. Such fun! It arrived early this week. I was so excited! I actually stopped slaving away at homework to go try it on. Silly, I know, but still! I have learned a couple things, though:

1. You can't unlace a corset like you unlace your shoes. The corset has to be completely unlaced.
2. When ordering, its a good idea to let them know if your hips are extra wide or something. 
3. Your...uh...front accouterments get an immediate lift, so tighten the straps!
4. As long as the top isn't tighter than the bottom, you can breathe just fine.
5. If the top is tighter than the bottom...you're gonna DIE. Or at least get light headed. No idea why.
6. Elisa's new iPhone hasn't showed yet. She's getting the 4S, lucky skunk.

The corset is a ton of fun--I can't wait to wear it with my Mad Hatter costume. I will probably be wearing the unfinished costume as a trial run at my college Halloween party. I'll be sure to take pictures, and post them. Oh, yeah, and I'm currently researching temporary hair coloring kits. Yes, I'm going ginger!

Next up on the Hatter front is yet another hat...and its awesome. And I promise to post a more detailed post about the corset later, and give it and the company a proper review and blah blah blah. You might see that next summer, if you're lucky. You'll probably see better pictures of the corset first, when I'm not struggling to take the picture with my phone on my own (I'm going to see if I can bribe Rose with food to get her to take some for me in full costume). The corset looks a lot better (like the pictures on their website) when I'm not holding my arms out above me like a zombie while doing the turtle head thing with my head and shoulders. 

Finally, for those of you who want to see the fabrics, the green one is the outer fabric and the gold is the inner:

 

Time For A (Mad Hatter) Jubilee!!

...I received a mysterious package today. :D I've been waiting for this since the beginning of the month, and it is finally here!!!! As soon as I have time to take pictures of it, I'll write about it and post it. Curious as to what it is?

Hint: It has something to do with my Mad Hatter costume.
Hint: I have already posted a picture of it on the blog.

The Curse of the Black Spot

You know it was bound to happen.....

Why Shoes Are Evul

Today is the day where I am again reminded why I really hate close-toed shoes. After walking for eleven minutes, my left foot is all discombobulated. Enough time for three blisters to form and one to break. My right foot is only a little better.

I envy those of you who can wear those little footie-socks  that hide inside your flats. Me? I wear a shoe size eleven, and I've yet to find a place that sells those little socks in that size. Which reminds me of ANOTHER pet peeve of mine. Why don't sock sizes and shoe sizes correspond? A size eleven sock is not made to fit in a size eleven shoe. I think it fits for a size nine or something. It's not like it's based off of the European system or something (I'm a size 42, for those of you who aren't U.S. Shod). That would at least make sense. This only makes sense if you think of some sadistic person who ran the fashion industry a lot of decades ago. This sadistic person went "Ha ha! I'll make all the world confused by using a different sizing chart from our overseas neighbors AND I'll make sure the sock size is impossible to remember!!! BWAHhahahahahHahahHhaha!!!!!!!!!"

.......I have to start my next eleven minute walk. My next class starts soon, and I'm still over here at the coffee shop!

Someday If I Have Kids....

...I am totally stealing this and doing it myself. Blogger Ricochet Dreamer recently posted a letter she wrote to her two-year old son. She explained to her readers that she had decided to write a letter to her children on each of their birthdays and on Christmas. When they grow up, she plans to compile the letters and bind them into a book, so that each child has a specialized book from their Mom about them.

I think this is a wonderful idea. You can read Ricochet Dreamer's post here.

Bad Idea, But Funny

...for the rest of us, that is!

The Mad Hatter's Sweater Dress: Or, What Rosie Misses On Facebook

For those people who have facebooks (which would be, pretty much, everyone but Rosie), you have a very good summary of what happened to me today. You don't need me to blog it all, because you already saw the awesome sweater, heard me rave over it, and agreed that it is the PERFECT mad hatter sweater. Not that the mad hatter wears sweaters, but hey. Somebody does. And its nearly winter.

Please, then, bear with us as Rosie gets a little taste of my day:

Status Update #1: Somehow, my breakfast disappeared from my bag so I am starved. Now I have visions of stuffed butter croissants dancing in my head.
Status Update #2: I'm in love. Anyone up for giving me donations???? That's what I should add to my blog...a donations box......
Status Update #3: I have just decided I am going to quit school and run away to join the circus. Or something.

 The third status got eaten up by Doctor Who, inevitably ending with the stroppy homicidal mermaid. The second, though, had a link. To the sweater. This sweater is one that would be right up my alley. In fact, it is, except for the price. If it didn't cost quite as much ($155!) I would have ordered this in a heartbeat. The sweater is called Paris, but it really fits with Underworld much better. The uneven hem style, the varying colors, the crazy swirls all scream perfection at me. Their description runs as follows:

Long below knee length knit retro jacket with fur collar, embellished floral designs and unique swirls on side hem. It is definately a jacket that your friends will not have.

How right! I could see myself wearing this one foggy morning while I force myself to leave the warm comforts of my car to find my room in the gulag for the morning. It would be cheery, a nice statement against all the gloom! It would make me smile, and it would keep me warm. It is stylish and unique and fuzzy and all sorts of other very, very good things. Also, a huge plus is that it is long. The only long things that look good are usually full coats, and it doesn't get cold enough to really merit those around here.

* sigh * I'm in LOVE.