Ophélie Lechat

Decided I need some work clothes and a Myriade latté.  Got the latté, the first since December 22nd, the night before I went to Mexico.

(Oh yeah, I just came back from Mexico. Gorgeous weather, great hotel, the food was delicious, I didn’t tan, I only brought back one bottle of Tequila and no, you can’t have it.)

So I was walking around downtown, and while many of the clothes were dirt-cheap discounted for post-Christmas madness, I didn’t like any of them.  Nothing fit right, the fabrics were all cheap, the seams were crooked.   Then I realized that I loved what I was currently wearing, and that it was all vintage.  I trekked down the hill to ERA Vintagewear, where I spent a lovely afternoon trying on suits and walking around in high-heeled sandals.  Wonderful.

Since getting back from Mexico, my evenings have been spent sitting in our living room (J. re-did it while I was gone, our books are finally on shelves, which reminds me that I don’t need to buy any new ones.) drinking tea (or Hendrick’s and tonic!) and reading The Joy of Cooking as if it were a novel.  Sometimes I’ll watch a TV show while knitting the beautiful Skara Brae sweater, and once in awhile I’ll get hungry and cook something from the book — on the 31st it was Mushrooms on Toast, which is much more decadent than it sounds.