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October 9, 2006
pretrip neurosis 
So I have this trip to Las Vegas coming up in, well, minutes, it seems. Usually, I spend the week before the trip trying to deny my need to go shopping for a whole new wardrobe, which takes up a lot of energy.
This time, I decided to go resaling, and see how things go. Just embrace the neurosis. I haven't been terribly happy with my clothes lately, which I think is more about my self-image than anything else. But I've been noticing that alot of the work clothes have stains that aren't coming out. It's time to just set them free.
So I drove down to the Dig in Milwaukie. I've still got this stoopid flu bug so I decided not to tempt fate by scootering. Like any thrifting, I ended trying on about 5x more than I actually got, because clothes had the sizing ripped out, or just the total lack of sizing continuity.
Anyways, I came away happy. I got two wool skirts, both relatively lightweight, one grey, one black. Both have pockets! I got a pair of jeans that's a size or two too big, so I can layer on the long-underwear and wools when winter scootering. And I got three tops, all work worthy, with two of them really Mom-worthy. $15
Next stop was Savvy Plus, a plus sized consignment shop. Again, I brought in a pile to try on, and came out with some winners. The real score was a lined cocktail dress in a gorgeous pattern. I also got two blouses and two tops, all Mom-worthy. This was quite a bit more expensive than the Dig, but well worth the money.
On the way into SP, I decided I would stop into the bicycle shop next door. Outside, I saw a lovely 8-speed Raleigh that looked so very sweet. I wonder who in town sells Raleighs? Then I stopped into the store to say hi to my potential future bike, the Breezer, and I ran into Hollie and her sweetie. I got to check out her very sweet project bike, which was cleaned up, repainted and absolutely gorgeous with its new Brooks saddle. We chatted bikes for a little bit--it was so nice to see Hollie!
In the evening, we got together with some of the Texiles and had dinner and some theatre. Dinner was great, theatre, not so much. The theatre actually could have been really funny, but the actors seemed so earnest and overacting that it would have been cruel to laugh.
I was reminded, too, that community theatre seating means unforgiving, tiny seats. Yikes.
Posted at October 9, 2006
Comments
Its great to see you back blogging! I've missed you. Hope you have a good visit with your mom.
Posted by: neca at October 12, 2006 6:17 AM