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trickybiscuits
Jan 13, 2008

yospos
I got my biggest tax return ever a few weeks ago and, in addition to getting new front wheels on my car and eating a shitload of fast food, I'm buying some things I've been wanting to get for quite a while. Things like two beaver pelts, and a white ermine, and a mink, and some deerskin leather that was cheap because it was sort of discolored, and a bunch of rabbit furs for kid to play with. I've got the furs piled up, along with my raccoon skin, in one big pile of fur. If I have two or three hundred dollars left I'd like to get a bearskin so I won't freeze at overnight events. Having a pile of fur might sound weird, but believe me, it feels awesome. Also feels soft.

eta- should have also said that I do living history so I am not just some fur-obsessed weirdo.

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trickybiscuits
Jan 13, 2008

yospos

Dick Trauma posted:

When I was a little kid back in England in the early seventies my parents had a friend who was 6'7".

He drove a Mini. :smithicide:

He'd fold himself into that little thing and there would be barely enough room for anyone else. Being tiny I could fit alright. Then he'd go tearing around through traffic, including the horrid "Spaghetti Junction" of motorways around Birmingham. It was like being on a skateboard, and that's with the original wimpy engine. I can't imagine one with real power.
That sounds like some dreams I've had that were not bad enough to be nightmares, but were certainly not good.

I ordered the following:
in pink
in green
in navy
the brown one

Recently I replaced one of my two part-time jobs with another, better one (why am I so depressed typing that sentence?) and I need real grown-up clothes because people at this new job don't wear jeans. Unfortunately these clothes are not going to look the same way on me as they do on the models because I am the size of two models glued together.

trickybiscuits
Jan 13, 2008

yospos
Found this book at a thrift store for about two dollars. https://www.amazon.com/Fabric-Socie...L40_&dpSrc=srch

I'm a historical costumer and this is one of the books that got me interested in historical clothing 20+ years ago so it's pretty amazing.

I'm also drooling over that car! Two weeks ago I started a new job that means a hundred-mile round trip 3-4 times a week and the gas bill is considerable. My next car will definitely be a hybrid.

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