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In the spirit of lilac just before christmas, I bought this silk dress. It is actually mauve, but I still get almost the same vibration from it. Plus the silky, vintage style of it adds a whole ‘nother dimension. Summer arrived in the last two days so now I can wear it every day - but it is currently at the dry cleaner to remove the oil from the Italian bread and the choc bomb spill. I think there is a reason that I’ve never owned a dress this expensive. You have to protect it with an eagle eye and constant mindfulness. Not my two greatest strengths. As dad put it today “You’re an accident waiting to happen”. He doesn’t realise how seriously that is going to be etched into my gravestone. I am a constant accident. But I reason with this as the nature of my spirit - the reason I think in colour, energy and emotion, not in spatial-awareness, measurement and figures.
2006… Like others have been blogging their resolutions, I’m now going to tell you what it is about for me…
Resolutions:
Be more natural
Be more organic
Be more loving
Be less judgemental
Be less into quick satisfaction
Be more well read
And overall, what I sense about 2006 -
The word is reward. This year is the one for all of us who have been learning and growing so much in previous years, really struggling to work out who we are, what we want to do with our lives and trying to survive all challenges. 2006 is our reward year. Fruition, leverage, the prizes. It is all within sight now, and I know this isn’t just true for me. The projects are going to succeed, the friendships are going to cement, all of our dreaming is going to find solidity.
Lap it all up. Love Nats x
[current mood] Rocky road & Broken Social Scene
Posted by nat at January 7, 2006 12:52 PM
Love love the frock! you can hand wash silk.. you just add a little vinegar to the rinse water, but I think that the luster isn't the same when you wash it. it looks like a party dress that talks when it is in the wardrobe so make sure it doesn't stir the other clothes... :-) Can I make a reading suggestion? I have just finished "Surrender the Pink" by Carrie Fisher, brilliant writing, the way she talks about love, my copy has scribles and turned down pages and post its galore!!!!
X Miss Dot
Posted by: Miss Dot at January 11, 2006 12:38 PM
Hey Miss Dot!
You are absolutely right when it comes to this dress, She has to be separated from the other clothes for fear of turning them into party-clothes. I hang her on her own hook on the wall near my jewellery.
I'll keep my eyes peeled for 'Surrender the Pink'... I love the books where you wish you could remember certain sentances forever! And how often do we go back to the circled passages and heavily underlined phrases that moved us so much?
I feel like my pink phase has come to an end. I'm becoming a little muted it seems. Today I'm wearing blues and greens... this is part of a new era....
Posted by: Natty at January 11, 2006 12:46 PM