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Meanwhile I Will Run Off With Zevran
Feb. 1st, 2012 08:53 pmI've been busy this week getting ready to start the new job, which mostly means paperwork and shopping. SO MUCH SHOPPING. The office dress code is smart casual+jeans, so it's not like I needed a whole new wardrobe, but most of the clothes I got last spring are either a little too dressy (more for job interviews than day-to-day) or more summery (sleeveless dresses, mostly, and it gets way too cold here for sleeveless dresses in February). So Monday and today my aunt and I did a tour of all the near-by thrift shops, which, trust me, is a lot of thrift shops. Especially when shopping with my aunt, the pushy and endlessly opinionated.
But, even though my aunt was very slightly exasperating, it was pretty productive. I spent about $30 and got four office shirts, a pair of slacks, a pair of jeans, a skirt, a t-shirt I just liked, and 3 books (shut up). Not bad at all! I am also, slowly and painfully, starting to shape my complete lack of natural dress instincts into something resembling a personal style. It's still in its infancy - actually, maybe still in the fetal stage - and given a choice I am pretty much always happy in jeans and shirts-that-say-stupid-things. I still have no eye for color or making things match. But I have discovered I like a kind of faux-layered effect - knit shirts with a camisole under them, sweaters over a button-down shirt, that kind of thing - and managed to shop accordingly. Mixed with my standard knee-high socks and combat boots, it creates a look I'm thinking of as punk librarian.
My other goal for the week is to finish my first playthrough of Dragon Age before I start work. I'm almost there! Last night I did the Landsmeet, and got Alistair married off to Anora so they could rule together. I wasn't expecting him to be quite so mad at me about it, but he'll get over it, and I really do think it was the best of all options. My City Elf Warden knows that Alistair doesn't have enough sense to rule on his own, but after seeing his family sold into slavery, he doesn't really trust anyone else on the throne to care about the alienage. Hard to forgive Loghain for that bit of viciousness. Although I still kind of teared up when he died. Not so much for him - although there is something admirable in his willingness to die with honor - but just because I felt so terrible for Anora. Apparently the fandom doesn't like her? IDK, I really kind of adore her, and I just want her to have something in her life that doesn't end horribly for once. And maybe a hug.
But, even though my aunt was very slightly exasperating, it was pretty productive. I spent about $30 and got four office shirts, a pair of slacks, a pair of jeans, a skirt, a t-shirt I just liked, and 3 books (shut up). Not bad at all! I am also, slowly and painfully, starting to shape my complete lack of natural dress instincts into something resembling a personal style. It's still in its infancy - actually, maybe still in the fetal stage - and given a choice I am pretty much always happy in jeans and shirts-that-say-stupid-things. I still have no eye for color or making things match. But I have discovered I like a kind of faux-layered effect - knit shirts with a camisole under them, sweaters over a button-down shirt, that kind of thing - and managed to shop accordingly. Mixed with my standard knee-high socks and combat boots, it creates a look I'm thinking of as punk librarian.
My other goal for the week is to finish my first playthrough of Dragon Age before I start work. I'm almost there! Last night I did the Landsmeet, and got Alistair married off to Anora so they could rule together. I wasn't expecting him to be quite so mad at me about it, but he'll get over it, and I really do think it was the best of all options. My City Elf Warden knows that Alistair doesn't have enough sense to rule on his own, but after seeing his family sold into slavery, he doesn't really trust anyone else on the throne to care about the alienage. Hard to forgive Loghain for that bit of viciousness. Although I still kind of teared up when he died. Not so much for him - although there is something admirable in his willingness to die with honor - but just because I felt so terrible for Anora. Apparently the fandom doesn't like her? IDK, I really kind of adore her, and I just want her to have something in her life that doesn't end horribly for once. And maybe a hug.