Dress lust

I am overcome by my desire for this dress. So is Miss. Wilfer, although Mrs. G might be willing to fight her for it (how sad is it that my Dickens characters are demanding cloths of me this early in the year?).


Karen Augusta always has such amazing things on her site, but really this one takes the cake. Check out the Ladies Costume section for some other fantastic examples of period clothing. All original, of course, and some of the nicest examples of clothing from the period that I've come across.

Hopefully things at work will be a little less crazy today and I can get to the gym for a bit. I feel all fat and hippo-like. Of course, I haven't gotten to the gym at all this week, so that's to be expected. I'm looking forward to a nice weekend. I'll mostly be sewing but if it stays dry I'm going to try to go for some nice long walks

Last night I got home to a large envelope from one of the law schools I applied to. In my head, I know it's too soon for anything like a decision letter from anyone, but I still had to stare at the envelope as it lay on the counter, poking it gingerly every few minutes, like some of unexploded bomb, until I got up the nerve to open the thing. It was a financial aid application package. Not terribly exciting, but one set of applications that I had forgotten I needed to do. Now as soon as I get all of my W2's from last year I can do my taxes and fill out my FAFSA and be done with that and get back to waiting.