Every year at this time we
present our Dickens Dinners, a full scale, costume epic at our little
pub-style restaurant. We hold them on the last three Sundays in
December. I always think that the seven-course dinner, formal
tables, wines, costumes, sound system, staff, crackers, folding
fans, musicians, carolers and all the other minutia will not make me
sleepless and crazy this year.
How could I be so wrong?
I am long gone, around the bend to Crazytown.
And in addition to the
crazy, it all feels really weird because it has gone from 52 degrees
to near 70 degrees the next day, and back to the mid-40s the
following day with a low in the 20s that night. The outfit photo
below is from day before yesterday. It was warmish when I planned
what to wear, and at least 15 degrees cooler when we took the
picture.
That's the reason my
shoulders are up around my ears. Good thing this shot looked okay,
because it was the last one I could manage as I was nearing
hypothermia. Photo editing removed the blue from my lips.
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You can learn a lot from
photos of yourself. The goal was to add a little edge to the sweet
Bisou-Bisou blouse and Peter Pan collar by adding faux leather pants.
I chose the little Aldo leather pumps as a classic, lady-like
grounding. The idea worked alright, but the peach camisole that I
chose to wear under the sheer fabric makes my torso look blocky and
thick. Perhaps a navy-blue or dark pink cami underneath would show
through better, and be more flattering.
Photos really can point
out elements you miss in the mirror, can't they?
I might not be able to
come out and play again on Visible Monday until January. But if I
can't, I'll be watching you all in your holiday splendor!
