bikerbraid Hee hee. I agree with you- paper hankies scratch and irritate skin.

It seems that the each day since mid-week has brought different misery with it.

On Thursday, was the "Nazi Party" meeting. Yesterday, I got fuming mad because of certain news and also ended up spending a great amount of time emailing with those people and my faith in inherent goodness of humanity hit the bottom once again. However, when humanity fails, Rabbithood still goes strong. Pyry kindly spent a long time snoozing happily in my lap while I read Harry Potter and petted his super soft fur (rabbit-owners who read this probably know that normal rabbits aren't creatures you can have sitting in your lap for a long time and read a book at the same time...Pyry is really special that way! ).
   Today, I woke up with a massively sore throat and with a husband who informed that he is really ill. The Flu pt. Infinite is here again. We decided to do our planned shopping, but to cancel the housewarming party. So, instead of socializing with friends I haven't seen in Ages, I spend my evening in my sofa fortress, pouring hot drinks and pills that anesthesize (sp.?) the throat in. Swell.

Hair: So no nice styles for me today. I just did a Mennonite bun in the morning, put a cap on it and that's all. I'm actually still wearing the whole ensemble, cap and everything. It may not be the prettiest style on Earth, but it is very sturdy and comfortable and that's all I need today. In fact, if I were smart, I would do Mennonite buns more often on days when I wear a headcovering. They start low and stress different part of my hair than normal buns, and since they are very flat, they make any headcovering sit perfectly.

Crafts: I mentioned that we managed to complete today's scheduled shopping, didn't I? Well, I finally visited the Big Fabric Store. With the help of a very friendly salesperson, I spent two hours looking for fabrics. They eventually filled four plastic bags and earned me curious looks from both other customers and personnel. Especially when the saleslady told the total price. But I've now got two winter coats, a wrap dress, remaining slipper fabrics, fabric for making placemats and some other cute stuff, and of course notions for everything abovementioned. I couldn't resist purchasing expensive wools for my coats), but my shopping round still cost less than I paid for just one winter coat a couple of winters ago. A good, really expensive coat, I admit. But still. If I had wanted to buy so many ready-made clothes this year, I couldn't have afforded the kind of quality I was now able to. Now I just need to not screw up with cutting and sewing. I plan to be extra careful though. I'm very excited!
No need to go fabric shopping during the whole winter (probably) and no need to ponder how to use my spare time for a long while.

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I'm still not feeling better. I've slept a lot, and it seems that my throat is getting more sore again. Blah. T called me late last evening from Sweden, and he sounded really bad as well- much worse than he was when he left, and he said that he's now having an awful throat ache. Sounds familiar. He had managed to give his presentation though. Looks like we're going to spend our anniversary watching new Pirates of the Caribbean from DVD and drinking hot drinks.

Hair: I'm still wearing the scarf bun I made a couple of days ago. It just stays like rock, through sleeping and everything. Hair is slightly dirty, but as long as my ears keep clicking and humming, shower may not be such a good idea. Maybe tomorrow will be a better day.
    To my delight, my Gudrun Sjöden shipment arrived today. I had ordered some solid color scarves since they carried them in nice jewel tones. When I opened the package, my jaw dropped- the scarves look really gorgeous, the pictures on the website didn't do any justice to them. The material is fantastic, and the colors are awesome. I'm so glad I didn't content with just one!
I have now practiced tying scarves in bun style. Tznius.com had instructions for making bun style from a square scarf, and I modified it a little because my scarves are rectangular. My creation seems to stay well and looks very nice combined with a dress of contrasting color and spirally ear jewelry. Again, I wish I could share a picture!
The scarves are light enough to be worn indoors, but they also make nice light winter headcoverings. A good buy!

Hair trimmed this morning. It reaches now just above waist, and the hemline looks really good. And now, I'm done with maintaining. Really done! Hooray!  Now I'm returning to my normal trimming schedule, which puts the next small trim to somewhere mid-March. When I reach tailbone, I may have another maintaining phase. We'll see. Right now, I just want to see some growth for a change.

Crafts: Short winter jacket is READY! It wasn't nearly as bad as I had feared. It had many stages, but none of them was that difficult. The result is good. The jacket is perhaps a tad too big from lower part, but the top sits perfectly and the general appearance is quite pro. I give myself 9 out of 10.

A period of patient maintaining really helps.

I've been LHC enabled again, and yes, you all need to know about it.
This time, it's bento- japanese lunch boxes. Well, I'm not in need of packed lunches since I usually have the privilege of eating at home. But T has to eat at work, and so far he has been at mercy of an expensive staff restaurant that produces bland, bad food. He has complained about it at home every now and then, and I've been looking for a way to help him. From what I can tell, bento lunches every now and then (I'm not going to able to serve them every day) will go a long way. So, as a Christmas present, I ordered him a bento box and a heap of accessories from eBay. Ok, I admit, the accessories are probably more for me. Since I'm going to feed him, I might as well make it fun. Probably bento stuff will pay itself back anyway.

I also decided that I need a Christmas present too: two pairs of plugs from Glasswear Studios.

Hair: Washed this morning, now in a knot bun with silver Ficcare Max.

Yes, I think I saw soup bowls on eBay as well.

I think I will shamelessly practice my bento packing skills on T, and if he seems to like his lunches -I'm planning to base them on leftovers-, I may consider buying myself a box as well. I don't eat away from home often, but when I do visit Helsinki, it is always difficult to find healthy lunches that are not ridiculously expensive. But we'll see!
    I also love all the cute little accessories available for bento boxes: animal sauce bottles, egg molds, cups and dividers. I'm in luck since T also likes cute and fun stuff in moderate amounts (I showed him bento boxes for men and he promptly told me that they look boring and he would prefer something with brighter coloring and rabbits). I think he will like what I found. It's a little smaller than the really manly bentos, but then, he is a small guy and doesn't eat huge portions anyway.

I also received a nice bunch of BPALS from a swap. Haven't tried any of them yet, just sniffed Christmas Rose straight from the bottle. It smells very promising!

Waiting also: plugs, pajama pattern in right size (turned out that the one I had was a very generous unisex pattern and instead of size XL, I'm size M), and my Secret Santa gift

Hair today: clean and up with a violet Lotus Ficcare.