thifty thrifting

It bears repeating: Kansas City is an awesome place for thrifting. You may have heard me say something of the sort here and there. Understanding that sharing the numbers may border upon bragging, I would like to drop some recent examples, to explain explicitly exactly how much so… Weekend finds: seemingly new brown leather briefcase, […]

crazy as a bunny in april

Oops! That isn’t right, is it…? So, my local watering hole hosted a Looking glass party for Halloween last night. The manager, as the Hatter, hosted a tea party. I had a excellent time. So, the thing with me about Halloween, or costumes in general, is that I love making the costume but I dislike […]

giggle

I call it Glen Squared. LOL When I found the shirt and realized I had the tie for some time, I *squeeee*d a bit. Seriously. When I got dressed last Saturday evening, I tingled some; my nipples got hard. For real. On my way home, when I realized I had to dig out the Waverly […]

at the valet, hey…

A new addition for the dressing room: an old men’s dressing valet, acquired from a friend condensing down in order to move into a lovely little church. She is the host of the local Dr. Sketchy’s branch, and I have coveted the valet since my first time in her previous space. Now, it is mine! […]

teleport into my dressing room…

I am at the coffee house; I need to go home and to bed. I have posted about the changes to my closet/dressing room what with the move and all. I decided to pass on the State of the Union parody being all of two months late for it. Apologies for that. *smooch*

the single cuff conversion project

I have begun a new sartorial project in the second bedroom dressing room. I have decided that I need more opportunity to wear cufflinks. French cuffs are so formal, so few and far between in the thrift stores, and they are most likely to be the shirts that require a trip to the professional laundry […]

the long pauses in-between and another lost friend

So, these long-ass pauses… I am moved into the new place, the unpacking will be slow, since each room needs work and my budgets are tight as ever. I do not yet have wifi in the house, so internet activity is only when I can bare the packing up and trip to a coffeehouse or […]

on proper valeting

I acquired a 1940 edition, fourth printing copy of Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage by Emily Post. Fun yet silly stuff, but a few thoughts hold some weight for me. For instance, proper valeting. I have made bad habits and allow heaps of clothes to pile up in my moments of decisions and […]

call me mellow yellow

So here it goes, every time I set my mind to altering how I shop and spend, I find the perfect jacket. Although I have a couple tight houndstooth jackets, even in an earthy color range, none of them are this golden, none of them so warm to the eyes… For me, it was pricey, […]

clothes and value and other anniversary type ramblings

I forgot to mention my LJ anniversary at the start of October, six years, but really, I am closer to a better date to mark: three years ago this week, I made my first Sunday Style entry. I think they lasted for about a year and a half before most everything of what I posted […]