236: The Utilikilt has landed……

236: The Utilikilt has landed……

well, if you follow me on Twitter, you know that I have been thinking and plotting to get this unique garment from a Seattle-based company…..and because Linda saw them demonstrated at a conference awhile back and has repeatedly told me that she wanted to get me into one…..

so she won…..I think that most of these pictures are actually horrendous, and that 5o pounds that I really wanted to lose has now turned to 70…but neither figure is probably super realistic…..and it requires more conviction than I presently possess….which I say because I just polished off a couple 3-4 larger scoops of vanilla ice cream

          

Some of my Twitter pals had alternate views on me getting it, but most were for it, okay most who said anything directly regarding this purchase—-there is no accounting for those who followed their mother’s advice about things “nice to say” and silence, etc……and Monica told me I must show them SOON….so I am doing so right now….fresh back from the trip to Seattle.  So there  you have it….and don’t call it a skirt, okay, or something like this may happen to you…..I’m just warning you that’s all…

But just so you know we did a little more in Seattle than this (though not much I must admit)  We happened upon a couple treasures I’m going to share with you.

Found these wonderful books for sale in an antique “paper” store…really neat shop, side street…I did not write down the name….sorry kindly shopowner…

  

I got them mainly for their covers and the inside art…and just their overall look…even the lovely old book smell…

  

I love Joe’s outfit on this cover….I think would need to lose half of me to pull it off though…and about 25 years…  🙂

 

I liked the title of this one, and it reminded me of what I am trying to do in the world of textiles and quilting….the swim part of course is  the actual goal…

  

I liked all the bindings, but this one in particular caught my eye….

   

And earlier at the toy store, along with bacon lip balm and bacon soap for the boy’s Christmas stockings, I got this little guy….

  and his box    

and here’s this sad little guy’s story…I looked at the display model, and saw it work all wound up and all….and didn’t take this guy out of his box til I got home….when I did, his arm promptly fell off, and though we got him back together his arms don’t move, and I am pretty sure they did on the model, and he doesn’t really walk too good either….so goes the phrase buyer beware….

That’s it for today’s 2nd post…..(haven’t done two posts in one day in awhile!)

Oh, and I might even read those books……….eventually……..maybe…….