I’m a cat.

Behold! My latest purchase from Wish!

Yes, it actually fits! In Asian sizes, I’m a 3X… possibly a 4X if I want more room.

Also, I must admit that this hoodie makes me think of the Kitty Cat Dance.

(Thanks to the Know Your Meme link above, I now know what he’s saying in the lines that aren’t “Cat, I’m a kitty cat, and I dance dance dance and I dance dance dance”)

McCall’s 2950: Nightshirt

One of my first goals for 2019 was to make a garment from a commercial pattern. For some reason, I was developing a mental block against actually digging into the stash of easy patterns I’ve purchased from Goodwill and garage sales. I’ve made clothes for my son from PDF patterns online, and I’ve drafted my own patterns (with guidance from Melly), but I hadn’t yet taken my scissors to the antique tissue paper that is ’80’s-era sewing patterns.

As I suspected, I really had nothing to fear.

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Status: One of Those Days

Icy roads means no school today, so my son is in all-day care. After shenanigans at home and slow traffic, I got to work 45 minutes late.

The topper? I totally bit it on the ice crossing the street downtown. Knocked my hat off… but somehow I didn’t spill my coffee.

The day can only get better, right?

Edit to add: Oh, right. I get nausea when I spin around — or, apparently, when I go quickly from vertical to horizontal.