Champagne taste on an unsweetened Kool-Aid budget

As those who know me well will agree, I'm not a very "flouncy" or "girly-girl" person.

Accessories do not play a large part in my life. Most of my clothing is patternless single colour affairs. In my mind, this allows for ease of dressing within the confines of my allotted time for said action: about 3.5 minutes. Others, not seeing the strategic advantage to this, will deem my clothing boring. I wear no make-up on regular days, and minimal make-up ( or as I call it: bondo) even for special occasions. I have, in my later years, developed allergies that make me prone to eye scratching/rubbing. There is nothing worse than thinking you're looking pretty darn good at some event somewhere only to discover during an excursion to the ladies' room that you do infact look more like a raccoon than the picture of the titian goddess you had in your mind's eye. Anyway, I'm a fairly standard un-frou-frou person.

Why is it then, that I can look at jewellery for days on end? Why do I dream of it? Why when no one is looking do I end up on the web auction pages scrolling through the multiple pages of "good buys"? I have, on several occasions, assisted the male half of a couple shop for engagement rings. I actually helped design one quite a few years ago, but since I didn't pay for it, all artistic rights to it went to the purchaser. I would appear that I am a bit of a closet jewellery freak.

My favourite subject for these periods of uncharacteristic behaviour is peridot rings. I have absolutely no idea why. I just love the colour. The chunkier, less dainty the better. Someday I will actually have to purchase one. I'm not sure if this will cease my forays into the land of the girly-girl type escapades, but we can only hope.

Time to get back in the swing...

Well, I guess it's time to get back to this.

It's been too long. As always I have little to say, not being one to carry on about nothing. Who knows if anything I find interesting will interest anyone else. We'll see. My perception of the world may be completely different than anyone else's. I take this to be more of a diary for myself, online, that I can access anywhere.

OK... So like my friend sent me this....

... and it seemed fairly seasonal - no - it's not a self-portrait...Happy Hallowe'en!!

Just another Friday in October....

Wellll.... it's about time for another attempt... I really have nothing to post but I figure I'd better since I'm here. I truly wish my life were more exciting. But then again I do get to change the shower curtain liner tonight...

A Normal Tuesday in August

Well, I finally figured out how to get back into my blog.... which is why it's been so quiet lately. Technical things are a trial for me. Unfortunately not much has changed since the last post. Lost a few lbs, gained a few back, succeeded in doing some more web stuff at work - just the regular ho hum stuff. I did, however, find a recipe for a chocolate rum cheesecake that makes all the rest of the mundane stuff in my life worth while. See - it has been a productive summer.

More later, like sometime in the next few months.

This should work

Ahhh... nice colour...

Dtrini should be satisfied.

I've changed the colour. It's still green but not quite as caustic. I hope you're happy. Please report back in.

Wow! This is an ugly colour.

It's Great!!