Working on a new layout. Complete overhaul in format both internally and externally (code AND appearance...hopefully).
I got all my new dancewear and spent two afternoons sewing ribbons and elastics and am still not quite done. I got: new ballet slippers, new pointe shoes, lamb's wool to stuff in said pointe shoes, toe spacers to put between toes in the pointe shoes, a stitch kit to sew the pointe shoes and store in my dance bag for repairs, pink ribbons, pink elastic, pink convertible tights, a nude body tight, black convertible tights, and...uh...maybe that was it. :D I am so glad I got three gift certificates for the dancewear store (I still paid about $45 out of pocket on top of them for all the stuff I got). OH, I remember. I also got "foot undeez", which are the barest of bare jazz/modern/lyrical shoes. They look like little underpants covering the balls of the feet. My instructor is not overly fond of them, and honestly, after using them a couple of times, I can totally understand why. Better than doing turns barefoot, yet not as good as doing things in traditional jazz shoes. But they look cute. :D
I think I mentioned my Wreck This Journal. I have been wrecking it for about a week now and it is FAT with wreckedness. Yes, I just made up a new word. I have ripped it up, put a page thru the washing machine and taped back in, drawn tons of tiny circles, made my own page numbers, put 'sticky things' like nail polish and beverages on a page, stuck pins and cords in it, tested art supplies, taped in some pocket lint (!! it asks you to!), added stickers from fruit, stamps from the mail (but only one--since I got it, I have only received two pieces of mail with actual stamps on them, and one was a precious post card, so it didn't make it into the book), spilled wine, port, and tea all over it, burned pages, chewed on pages, cracked the spine, added hidden messages, shopping lists taped in with the tape I used to tape up my toes for dance class, glued in scraps of dance shoe boxes, threads, and elastics, along with stickers from the bottoms of pristine shoes...it has been soooo fun. I still have to drop it from a high place, take it into the shower with me, trace the contents of my purse overlappingly, throw things dipped in paint at the bull's eye page, cover a page using only office supplies, rub a page with dirt, sew a page, and basically destroy it so much that it has to be held together with rubber bands and/or string.
