Our friend, the moth.

I mentioned in a previous post that I have a strong dislike for butterfly imagery (the dreaded butterfly--dun, dun, duunnn!)... yeah, don't like it at all. It's lame and prissy. Nothing against the actual insect--just the imagery... Barf.

Now, to clarify... I do like moths. Moths are gorgeous with just the right amount of creepy mixed in...

And some look like rabbits... another plus....

I have yet to find moth jewelry when I go to antique stores... so I'm not sure what's out there as far as moth-paraphernalia... the few I found online don't fit in my "don't buy anything" budget. Bummer.

Here's a few things I found online...

These two fall in the "bunny-moth" category.


The gold-dipped moth should be a bunny-moth, but isn't for some reason. Not cute enough?


Mothman Prophecy anyone? Too creepy.

The shoulder-percher is from the etsy shop: BlueTerracotta (very nice!)

What is this blog???

I keep going back and forth with this lovely, albeit slow, blog. Originally it was to show off any great thrift finds and perhaps showcase some pairings--so a fashion blog? Unfortunately, I am not ready to take the plunge as a fashion-style-a-day blog which I think is the best type of fashion blog (where you can actually see their charming faces). Yeah... I prefer some anonymity... or perhaps I'm worried about representing myself as a fashion-person, when I am far, far from one...

To bury that one in the deep blue shiny sea (wait... bury?) I forced myself to admit that I need to try to squelch the urge to buy more things (seriously, I'm drowning in clothes and accessories) no matter how inexpensive they are.

**A real economic "triumph" for me was shopping in a fabulous antique store and bypassing not one, not two, but THREE items of jewelry each under $4. Wowzas**

Of course, the above triumph might have been because I wasn't in the mood to shop. I think you have to be in the right frame of mind to go thrifting and to spend money on things you don't need... so my willpower shouldn't get all the credit... heh... ahem.

So yeah... it seemed that a fashion/new things blog seemed destined for failure.

THEN I thought I could try my hand at an uber-amateur sewing blog--as I am currently trying for a "no-new-clothes" year.... although apparently that doesn't stretch to shoes. :\

I have a hand-me-down Singer sewing machine and am determined to figure out how to alter the clothes that I already have (for better fit/new styles) if I feel a desperate need for something new/better fitting. BUT... that seems to have also fallen to the wayside... just a pile of projects on our dining room table. So that doesn't appear to be my blog-calling either.... (even though I love reading the sewing blogs! Amazing! Male Pattern Boldness is my current favorite... Gertie's Guide is wonderful too).

So yeah... I think the best thing for me to do is to ignore any semblance of rhyme or reason and just post whatever the h I want to post.

So if you are reading this--welcome... and how in the world did you stumble here? For now, I am going to pretend that I have some invisible readers. Hi, babies!

New Camera...Hooray!

After my brick of a digital camera kicked the bucket I purchased a new digital camera off of Woot.com. I still need to buy a memory card, but I've been able to take a few photos on the internal memory (approx. 10-12 photos). B keeps yelling at me to go out and buy a memory card... but this makes me be a little more careful of the photos I do take.


If anyone ends up reading this blog--remember when we couldn't just erase and re-record photos? Fun-saver cameras were my favorite. You had to make sure you didn't advance the roll until you were ready to take a photo... otherwise you inevitably get photos of the interior of pockets or backpacks. I also remember a great photo of the side of my foot after I dropped the fun-saver and it took the picture when it hit the floor.

Anyway, here are a few shots I took of the leaves around my and B's place.







My goal is that mid-February I can look at these pictures and remind myself that it WILL GET BETTER!!!







I'm really not looking forward to the middle-o-winter blahs. Here are some earlier, more-summery pictures from B's camera (I think mine is waaay better!).