Yup, I’m still going! It’s been a hectic few days – between work, a semblance of a social life (I know right, I’d forgotten what those were like too) and organising stuff for my move to Swansea, I’ve had little time to sit down and chillax! Never fear, I have a few days off now so, with a bit of luck, I can get some sewing time in, as well as some much needed movie time! I’m so behind on my Movie Monday Challenge!
Day four brought not one, but two outfits! First of all, was my workwear (which as you know is black and white), and I wore the little black shift dress that I picked up at a charity shop a while back. Sadly you can’t see the ace topstitching on the front that drew me to the dress in the first place, but what you can see is that I’ve taken the dress in so it fits me and removed the sleeves altogether. At present, I have a second-hand men’s shirt ripped apart to attempt an Ute shirt to go underneath this particular item, watch this space!
Outfit number #2 was in aid of a girl at work’s birthday night out, which was absolutely bloody ace. We danced and danced and danced, it was all very therapeutic of course and not at all due to the fact that I had been drinking Cosmo out of the jug, no siree. The dress itself is second hand, and I felt bad for wearing an outfit which had nothing self-stitched included – to remedy this, I whipped up the little bow tie thing using this tutorial. It only took me about an hour, I may have to make some more. Certainly felt like I was rocking a bit of geek chic!
With every great party however, comes a hangover. Oh dear. Needless to say, Day Five didn’t involve a great deal of activity beyond some grumbling. Sadly had to skip training as well, I hate those kind of days! There are some benefits to not drinking for a while, you don’t waste days feeling awful for one thing. For the grand occasion, I donned my wonderfully comfortable Port Elizabeth top with a skirt kindly donated to me by Gravy some months ago now.
Thankfully, I was suitably recovered for work this morning! This wasn’t actually the top I wore, I had to steal my Mum’s top from Day 3 because of a bra emergency, but got a chance to change when I got back into a top I refashioned from a large men’s t-shirt despite my hungover state. It’s based on the cowl neck top from IchigoGirl on BurdaStyle, which was super easy to whip up. The edges on the sleeves are still raw at the moment, I’m undecided as to whether I should leave them or not. Sewing stretch fabric is still very much a new area for me, so I feel a little like a fish out of water on that front.
I’d like to point out that my bare legs seem to indicate that the weather here in Wales is all sunshine and flowers – it’s not. While most of the weekend was lovely, today has seen Wales revert to its natural state; soaking. You would have thought a Welsh girl would be more prepared for such downpours, but I’m caught without an umbrella wearing shoes which DEFINITELY aren’t weather appropriate with alarming regularity.
I think I’m still in denial. August was so terrible weather-wise, we deserve a sunny September! If I clap my hands and say I BELIEVE IN SUMMER, do you think it’ll come back?
