Friday is casual day here and in support of people with disabilities, our company has purchased the stickers and is hosting a dress up day. We've been encouraged to dress as pirates, captains, sailors, etc etc. I have no clue what a sailor wears, but apparently bandannas are involved, because our department each got one and we're to wear it as a sailor would. This should be interesting.
The event I'm most excited about though, is happening on Sunday. The Neigh-Bours Magical Medieval Market. Golden Gecko has booked to run a stall on the day, and Dragonfly, being her totally awesome self, has made me a proper Elizabethan corset which will be worn under an absolutely amazing dress. Which she is also altering so it fits me without looking slightly ridiculous.
To say I'm excited is an understatement. I have never been to a Faire like this, having always been busy or unable to get there when there was one. I have been charging my camera batteries for the last few days, making sure they have enough juice to take tons of photos, and making sure all my memory cards have plenty of space. Expect a picture overload sometime next week. :)
We had our first Spring thunderstorm last night which left the world feeling fresh and clean again after all the dust kicked up by a dry winter. Since I've been hoping for cooler weather on Sunday (the fashion of medieval times was clearly designed for English weather and not South African), I'm begging Mother Nature to let the cool air stick around long enough that it's cool on Sunday but not rainy. Fingers crossed she hears my plea.
By the by, women have a tendency to say that bras were designed by men, since they really aren't all that comfortable, especially for those of us who tend to need support more than, well, cleavage. After having fitted my corset; which is impossible to get into by yourself due to the fact that the boning makes it pretty much inflexible; I have concluded that women designed them. Because: 1 - It is impossible to get into by yourself. Which means that you HAVE to have one or more other women around you to help you which in turn requires parties and sleepovers. 2 - Once on, it is nearly impossible to lace up properly by yourself. Which requires one or more other women to help, which leads to laughing and giggling as you try to breathe out enough air to lace it up, while still leaving enough in your lungs so you don't pass out. 3 - It hugs your figure, hides all the lumps and bumps and does a much better job than those ridiculous elasticated outfits that take hours to squeeze into and then nothing happens anyway because, hello! Elastic STRETCHES. And 4 - Once it's on and you've figured out how to breathe without ripping a seam, it's actually really comfortable. It supports without those nasty underwires digging in everywhere, you can pretty much twist and turn in any way you want and there's no fear of it slipping or a strap getting twisted or bursting out of it. And bonus! It corrects the terrible couch potato postures modern people have developed since the only place you can bend from, is the waist.
Now, if I could just figure out a way to get into it on my own, and lace it up in under five minutes, I would totally replace my bras with corsets. No, really.
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