Stop making pretty things, dammit!

[teylaminh]

In furthering my shopaholicism, I have bought the following all this week:

From Asda:  one hat, flat-cap shaped, black and furry, with a beaded butterfly embroidered on one side; some gloves, black and white stripey, nearly elbow-length, with buttons up the side.

From H&M today: one jacket, black with red lining, short at the front, with tails at the back.  It looks fantastic with my black-corset-red-mesh-skirt dress, but it needs either a cloche hat or a top hat...  Any ideas where I can get a black satin cloche hat from?  Question specifically directed at tengirlsago, but if anyone else can suggest anywhere, it'd be helpful...

I love buying things that can be used for costumes. :D  They make me want to be teH uber Victoriana goth all the time...

And while I'm here, a to-do list for tomorrow:

~ go to West Bromwich with my mother for her eyetest, so we can pick out glasses.
~ whilst there, take Phantom mask tattoo design (sans music curve for the moment) to the tattoo shop to see if they can do it either then or next week at some point, and how much it woud cost
~ change LJ layout to version something-point-something, "Wrong, But Pretty", to reflect new re-addiction to Derek/Yvette (oy...)
~ possibly make some more icons
~ make thefleshfailure a Chiana-based Friends Only banner for her new DJ layout
~ copy Adiemus: Cantata Mundi (x2) and Catrin Finch/Karl Jenkins' Crossing The Stone (x1), as well as Catatonia's Way Beyond Blue plus extras for Katie and something resembling a mix-CD for Aisha.
~ make comments, etc. on Eni's fic
~ finish, or at least get some more of the way through, chapter 5 of Come Forward
~ work on Sweet Intoxication
~ change MP3-er's playlist
~ seriously think about some things that need seriously thinking about, preferably without the influence of alcohol
~ entertain David while my mother hosts an Anne Summers party for someone who is essentially my manager...
~ listen to some stuff

Dammit, I could really do with not having to go to my father's on Sunday...

Comments

[pandorasblog]

Good luck with the to-do list. :) And I know the feeling, about the shopping. I'm all about the dismaying discovery that I've spent twice what I intended to because there was a bargain jacket or -groan- a 3-for-2 booksale, or... you get the idea.

"Black satin cloche hat" turns up quite a few results on Google, but when I tried going UK-specific on Yahoo UK's search (term: "cloche hat"; the full thing didn't have any results), it was over-run with pages to do with a restaurant of that name. :\

[teylaminh.livejournal.com]

And herein we discover why it sucks being British. You can't buy anything.

On the other hand, it's likely to be cheaper if I have to get it from America, even with the shipping added on.

[pandorasblog]

Yeah, the prices for clothing there are amazing once you do the conversion.

[tengirlsago.livejournal.com]

They usually have dozens of cloche hats on ebay, but the ones in the Per Una section of Marks and Spencers that I babbled about the other day are just beautiful! The black one there was wool made sadly, and it had a little black and white tweed flower on the side, although I'm sure that's easy to take off. I've found it hard up to now to find decent ones that aren't horribly expensive, but that's mostly because I don't have a credit card that works on international sites.. so I'm sure if you're up for buying from overseas then you'll find some alot easier.. I've always found that the best hats can be found on ebay though. Good luck sweets! :)

[teylaminh.livejournal.com]

Ooh, eBay. I may have to succumb to its evil charms and sign up.

Marks and Sparks is a thought, though. Might have a look in there.

And we do have the Oasis Market here in Brummigan, which might be randomly helpful, if I could manage to go in there to a stall that isn't my regular one without getting horrendously lost amongst its five floors.

Ta muchly. :)