Shopping success and failure
May. 30th, 2009 10:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blamebramptonFor the first time in many years, it is actually cold enough for a proper winter coat in Sydney. Alas, the last time it was this cold I was slender, now I am stout, and so it was off to find a new one.
You might think this would be easy, but I was determined that it not be black, and I look horrible in orangey-reds. Alas, Sydney retailers believe that everyone should wear only black or orangey-red on the rare cold days in this city.
A few of my friends will now be saying: 'But weren't you in Italy, home of the fine coat, only six months ago?' To which the answer is yes, but it was very toasty and I had every reason to believe that global warming would keep it so. Or, I am very vague and was conscious only that my luggage allowance was already used up in books, which may be a little closer to the truth.
So you can imagine that I was prepared to spend many hours combing through racks looking for something that would suit the stumpy, be not black, and have some aspect of style that appealed to me.
The third coat I picked up was a brown and cream herringbone twill, in wool, a hip-length 1960-style swing coat with a shawl collar and three-quarter sleeves. It fit perfectly and was 30% off.
My easy success filled me with glee and I proceeded on the second part of my shopping mission, which I had thought would be hugely simple. All I wanted was a copy of The Demon's Lexicon, either in my hands today, or pre-ordered in case they really were holding on to them until Tuesday. Five bookshops later, August appears to be the earliest I can buy it locally. August!
I have one possible source left, but even Better Read than Dead has let me down. How is it that the clothing fairies, who never work in my favour, should have been so kind, when my lifelong book-buying genie has taken himself off on a little holiday?
In cat news, Monster the cat has taken to human surfing. This is very amusing when we are dressed and bend down near the cat tower to pick up a book or bag. When we are in the bathroom and bending over to dry our feet, it is only hilarious to the one observing.
ETA 2: Leochi has a scarily accurate depiction of the situation here. And yes, it is funny even when one has the puncture marks ...
ETA: ARGH! and OOPS! Thank you very much toadores_draco for my lovely pink pony. Now I have the entire Live Action My Little Pony trailer running through my head again, which I am not going to link to for those of you who missed it, because I value your sanity even if you don't.
You might think this would be easy, but I was determined that it not be black, and I look horrible in orangey-reds. Alas, Sydney retailers believe that everyone should wear only black or orangey-red on the rare cold days in this city.
A few of my friends will now be saying: 'But weren't you in Italy, home of the fine coat, only six months ago?' To which the answer is yes, but it was very toasty and I had every reason to believe that global warming would keep it so. Or, I am very vague and was conscious only that my luggage allowance was already used up in books, which may be a little closer to the truth.
So you can imagine that I was prepared to spend many hours combing through racks looking for something that would suit the stumpy, be not black, and have some aspect of style that appealed to me.
The third coat I picked up was a brown and cream herringbone twill, in wool, a hip-length 1960-style swing coat with a shawl collar and three-quarter sleeves. It fit perfectly and was 30% off.
My easy success filled me with glee and I proceeded on the second part of my shopping mission, which I had thought would be hugely simple. All I wanted was a copy of The Demon's Lexicon, either in my hands today, or pre-ordered in case they really were holding on to them until Tuesday. Five bookshops later, August appears to be the earliest I can buy it locally. August!
I have one possible source left, but even Better Read than Dead has let me down. How is it that the clothing fairies, who never work in my favour, should have been so kind, when my lifelong book-buying genie has taken himself off on a little holiday?
In cat news, Monster the cat has taken to human surfing. This is very amusing when we are dressed and bend down near the cat tower to pick up a book or bag. When we are in the bathroom and bending over to dry our feet, it is only hilarious to the one observing.
ETA 2: Leochi has a scarily accurate depiction of the situation here. And yes, it is funny even when one has the puncture marks ...
ETA: ARGH! and OOPS! Thank you very much to
adores_draco for my lovely pink pony. Now I have the entire Live Action My Little Pony trailer running through my head again, which I am not going to link to for those of you who missed it, because I value your sanity even if you don't.
