the classic punk skirt
So I have been looking for a red plaid skirt like I used to ear in high school (yes, I am going thru a midlife crisis...)
I looked on line and found the nice ones were anywhere from $20-$50, used with shipping. Not worth it. So I check out all the local shops that have punk-like attire and am told that that style went out last year. (It was so hard not to say, "hmmm, I guess I was waaaay out of style when I wore one in 1985, then, huh?") So I go to the fabric shop thinking I wil just make one. Well the pattern alone is $13. Again, not worth it.
So I drop off a load of stuff at goodwill and go in to look for stuff for the kids. And lo and behold, I find a nice, thick, waaay too big red plaid skirt. I buy it for $4 and take it home, take out about 3 inches from the waist and about 12 inches from the length. Add some studs and grommets I have anyway and presto!
Wish I had a "before" Pic so you could see the extreme make-over this skirt went thru...
The skirt I have been looking for! Whooopeee! Makes me happy!
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Down to the little looks-like-steeltoe shoes. Awwwww....
Sunflower
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Sunflower the unflower
mia!
how adorable is that! owen's drooling!
The only way it could have been better is if you'd found it in a dumpster.
Here's my song lyric du jour:
Yeh, I remember you
Mohawk and big tatoo
Walking stick and purple Docs
The ones your mommy bought
Lookin' down your nose at me
Cuz I was livin' in poverty
Said I wasn't punk enough
Cuz I couldn't buy all that stuff
You told a fuckin' lie
What counts is what's inside
Now I know that you sold out
And it makes me wanna shout--
Well, I'm still PUNK (oh-oh-oh-oh)
And you still SUCK (oh-oh-oh-oh)
"the quickest way to end a political movement is to turn it into a mainstream fad"--www.placentamusic.com
Is that from one of your songs too?
I could never afford the fancy punk clothes either, but I could cut and put safety pins on about anything!!
Oh! And I heart army navy surplus. Used paratrooper boots were so much cheaper than new docs.
Sunflower
Lactivist Intactivist Don't take no flaktivist
I can so tell you grew up near berkeley! I don't know how many times I saw this person! Also it was always interesting how many "homless" kids seemed to dissappear at the end of summer...
I am so gald I made the skirt myself, It was wierd to think of buying one in a store. Somethign seemed so fundamentaly wrong about that...
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oh good work. so cool. now i am gonna make one too.
* I'm all fight and no flight *
you are so talented! can i bring my clothes over for a make-over?
You're cute...
What's your sign???
*WINK*
"Fundamentally the markswoman aims at herself" DT Suzuki
pisces, and yours? 
And you can't even see my face! Now I know the skirt is good!
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Good job 5ive! You totally rock!
----When I Die, I Want To Sail Off On A Friendship----
and your figure... man. great knees. i so wich i could sew.
"I've done a lot of things in my life I ain't too proud of, and the things I am proud of are disgusting." - Mo Szyslak
"I've done a lot of things in my life I ain't too proud of, and the things I am proud of are disgusting." - Mo Szyslak
Also, major props for knowing what a grommet is!
***Hurricanes, animal corpses and your potential new tattoo have a lot in common. Think about it. From: http://www.msxnet.org/humour/terror_alert
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Now if you can egt her to say "piss off" you'll be all set!
she is so cute!
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