Month: November 2011

Frocktober Wrap-Up

Frocktober Wrap-Up
Frocktober has come to an end for 2011, and I’m happy to report that the initiative has raised over $112,000 so far. As for me, I managed to wear dresses or skirts on 22 days out of the month. I had no idea I had so many non-pants clothing options in my closet! Here’s a recap of some of the different outfits I rocked this month:

Black wrap dress, orange tightsDenim skirt, T-shirt, clogsWool skirt, T-shirt, cardigan, blue tightsLinen skirt, henley, boots
GAP puffy skirt, T-shirt, cardiganGAP khaki skirt, blouse, cardigan, pink tightsJolene dress from HeartbreakerDenim maxi skirt, T-shirt, clogs
Self-made paisley corduroy skirt, T-shirt, cardigan, sneakersSuper Spy dress from Heartbreaker, blue tights, bootsAstro dress from HeartbreakerSelf-made skirt WITH ROBOTS, blouse
Coral dress from Target, sneakersDiner dress from HeartbreakerGAP sundress, thongsSelf-made skirt, henley
Black pencil skirt, Liza Minelli concert T-shirt, cardigan, orange tightsDress from Apple Pie FashionsSelf-made Wonder Woman skirt with rented Halloween costumeVintage pink party dress, fascinator

One interesting side effect of this experiment has been the number of times people have commented about me “losing weight.” I actually haven’t. It’s just that the vintage styles are more fitted than my modern clothes, and they show off my existing shape better. I guess there’s a lesson there, and I should be in 50’s drag all the time!

Google Reader D-Day

Google Reader D-Day
Well, Google has finally pulled the pin on their promised Reader changes. IT SUCKS. They have completely removed the existing sharing and commenting. Now you’re meant to share to Google+ and comment there. I hate it. I seriously considering changing RSS readers altogether, but I can’t find a web-based one I really like. So I was moaning on Twitter when gilmae responded: “There’s always your blog…” Huh! That’s right; I used to share links here all the time. So I quickly modded my existing post-to-blog form so that I could invoke it from Reader’s “share to” menu. Seems to be working fine. This means that you’re going to start seeing a lot more individual linky-posts here. I hope that’s okay!