I Feel Pretty and Witty

My house looks flippin' gorgeous right now.  New roof, new siding, and the last piece of the puzzle, new garage doors!  I should take pictures.  And soon, the interior!

Lately, I've been thinking a bit more about my appearance.  I've got loads of pretty necklaces, several nice colors of nail polish, and my hairdresser has often claimed jealousy over my natural hair color.  What do I do with these elements?  The necklaces are stored in pretty boxes, I lose the nail polishes, and I just tie my hair back.  This should change.

So, I'm going to make more of an effort.  I've been wearing a few of the necklaces to work, and as soon as I find the nail color I intend to take with me to London, I'll start painting.  Maybe even my toes.  The hair?  No, I won't cut it.  Well, maybe get it trimmed, but I really like being able to ponytail it!  My new glasses are ordered, as well as prescription sunglasses.  (I could do pretty much an entire blog post about the good service I've gotten from the eye place, and the shoe repair shop a little further on down the street.)

Michael liked it when I dressed up.  He was so happy when I found a neat corset for wearing at conventions.  We both loved to point out that I got my wedding gown at Hot Topic, and it looked awesome as well!  He wanted my hair to be long, but this stuff tangles if you look at it funny.  I would bet that soon after my big trip, I'll lose patience with it and get it cut short.  I'll try not, but gaaaah!  It already frustrates me to try keeping it looking its best already!

The whole "coordinating wardrobe for travel" has paid off in regular clothes as well.  When I actually steel my nerves and go looking for clothes, I consciously seek out ones that go with most of the rest, rather than "ooh, that looks cool (but clashes with everything else I own)!"

 And here's the "witty" part!  I'm rapidly finishing the Shapeshifter Shrug, and it looks brilliant if I do say so myself.  The colors are matching perfectly, even to the buttonholes!  Speaking of which, I just ordered twenty lovely little (okay, not so little) buttons for it.  It'll take forever to attach them.  See the little bundle of yarn?  That's all that's left of the first skein for this half.  As long as I do a decent color-match when I attach the next, this project will be as close to perfect as I could ask.

After that, I'll have to figure out what to do with this...