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elizabeth_mn) wrote2007-09-19 11:16 am
elizabeth_mn) wrote2007-09-19 11:16 am
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Back From Dallas
Hi all. I'm home form Dallas! We had a really nice visit with the family (well, the husband's family, technically). I gave my brother-in-law the koi quilt and he seemed to like it, and so did everyone else. (Yay!)
We got all dressed up and went to the Victorian Elegance show on Saturday. Got to meet the Dallas/Fort Worth Costumer's Guild, although I am always so shy that I barely said hello to most of them (I think the conversation may have ended when I said I was from Minnesota and therefore could not be recruited). They all looked fabulous, though. I wore this linen dress (the one in my icon) and my straw hat.
We went to the tea tasting which was fun, and I did a little shopping. There were some really lovely bustle gowns for sale, but I'm on a budget, so I bought some fantastic orange feathers that I want to put on a tall 1880s hat, and some shell buttons and a shell buckle. I was looking for fancy ribbons, but I didn't find quite what I wanted. I also looked at fans, but they were all insanely expensive. Ditto hatpins.
Driving there and back was fun, and it was nice to be gone for a while, and nice to see my husband's brother, sister, and mom again (I miss them!), but I'm glad we're home now. I never realize how picky I am about things like non-stinky soap and good tasting water (Dallas water is seriously nasty) until I leave home.
I'm going to catch up on my F-list a bit and then post pictures of the koi quilt and my new knitted hat, which I finished on the trip.
We got all dressed up and went to the Victorian Elegance show on Saturday. Got to meet the Dallas/Fort Worth Costumer's Guild, although I am always so shy that I barely said hello to most of them (I think the conversation may have ended when I said I was from Minnesota and therefore could not be recruited). They all looked fabulous, though. I wore this linen dress (the one in my icon) and my straw hat.
We went to the tea tasting which was fun, and I did a little shopping. There were some really lovely bustle gowns for sale, but I'm on a budget, so I bought some fantastic orange feathers that I want to put on a tall 1880s hat, and some shell buttons and a shell buckle. I was looking for fancy ribbons, but I didn't find quite what I wanted. I also looked at fans, but they were all insanely expensive. Ditto hatpins.
Driving there and back was fun, and it was nice to be gone for a while, and nice to see my husband's brother, sister, and mom again (I miss them!), but I'm glad we're home now. I never realize how picky I am about things like non-stinky soap and good tasting water (Dallas water is seriously nasty) until I leave home.
I'm going to catch up on my F-list a bit and then post pictures of the koi quilt and my new knitted hat, which I finished on the trip.