So! This past Saturday night, we were in the Stake Talent Show! My husband told a little story about getting "help" from the Verizon "help" line! And I played the piano! First I did a little bit of juggling! Then I sang the "Me, me, me, me" scales -- two by myself, and 3 scales with the audience! It was fun! I wish I could have been in the audience to see it! We were going to have it video-taped, but that didn't work out. That's OK. Stuff happens like that sometimes.
I planned my outfit WEEKS in advance! And I was constantly getting inspiration about what do and get -- all the way up to the end, before my performance! I didn't check what I wrote about it previously, so maybe I should check and see. I'll be right back! Oh! That's right! I didn't say much, since I wanted it to be a surprise! : ) Ha!
So -- I found my black blouse and my blue pants at the Goodwill store! The blouse is what determined the rest of my outfit! At first, I wanted a blouse with those long dangly ends at the end of the sleeves. But the FIRST blouse that I found was the black one that I ended up wearing. And I liked it, but I thought that if I kept looking, that I might find one with dangly sleeves! So I kept looking, and I found a couple of blouses with the dangly sleeves, but I really didn't like the designs or colors of the blouses, and they didn't really fit anyway. So I kept looking.
Then, since I couldn't find anything, I decided to go ahead and buy the black blouse. I'm glad I did, because even though it didn't have the dangly sleeves, it was the best choice! And it laid the ground-work for the rest of the whole outfit! As always, Heavenly Father knew what He was doing when He didn't let me find a "dangly sleeve" blouse!!!
This is a LONG story!! I'm only at the blouse part, and I've got so much more to tell!!!
So -- on a different day, I went back and found the blue pants! I was pretty excited about finding them! I thought they'd give a "fun" look to my outfit! So after I bought them, I took them to the dry cleaners and had them cleaned! : )
Then, I got the inspiration for a long sash! I thought that would be PERFECT!!!! I didn't go shopping around at various stores for one that was already made, because I knew that it might take FOREVER to find JUST what I was looking for!
So I went to JoAnn's fabric store to find some material, because I KNEW that there would be SOMETHING there that I could use! Well -- first, I found a black bolt and a blue bolt of material, and put them in my cart so that I could use them to check and see if the material I found would go with it. At first, I had planned to get a very multi-colored material -- something bright, with lots of colors. But I didn't find anything that fit exactly right.
So I went over to the "reject" section! And I found a BEAUTIFUL, shimmery light-green material, and I LOVED it!!!!! It wouldn't go with my blue pants, but it would go GREAT with a black blouse and black pants! So I stuck it in my basket! It was only $3.00 per yard!!! YES!
Then, I found a YELLOW material, and it was PERFECT!!!! But then, I looked at the price per yard, and my excitement diminished. : ( It was NINE dollars a yard! : ( Hmmmmmm. What was I going to DO?!!!! But then, like a light from above, I looked a the sign above the material rack, and it said, "50% off!". WOW! Cool! I can get it then!!!! : ) YAY!!!!!! And that's the one I decided to use for my outfit.
A few days later, when I felt like it, I decided to finally make the first cut into the yellow material. But it took FOREVER for me to decide exactly how to cut it! I drew a few pictures, I pinned it up. I puzzled and puzzled and puzzled! And finally, I decided what I wanted to do, and I cut it and then tied it around my waist! PERFECT!
I didn't want to have to sew the edges, but the yellow fuzz was too much! It was getting all over my blue pants when I was "rehearsing" my skit and song! So -- I had to resort to sewing both sides! But I left the bottom un-touched, because if I would have sewn it, it wouldn't have looked as flowy as I wanted it to! : )
I really don't think I have the time to tell EVERY SINGLE story that goes with every single item that I got for my outfit!!!
But I'll try to condense it here! I found the necklace at Target, and the earrings and colorful hair-piece thing at Claire's, at Cedar Hill Crossing! I was going to use yellow eye shadow, but it didn't look right. I was going to use brushes to brush on the make-up, but it made the color go "bye-bye"! I'm guessing that brushes work best with cream eye make-up, or if you want a very powdery look! So I used my regular applicators!
I did a "dress-rehearsal" with make-up and my outfit on Thursday. I'm glad I did that! It gave me an idea of how long it would take to do everything! And it helped me decide what I didn't want to do! It helped me decide to sew up the sash, put on MORE blue make-up, and more black, and extra lines! It also helped me decide that I DIDN'T want to wear my hair down in a ponytail, and that I wanted it UP in a bun! : )
I was nervous and worried about stuff that week and that morning, but I did a lot of praying and reflecting on why I was feeling certain feelings, and I was inspired with lots of helpful positive thoughts. I realized that if I only think positive thoughts, that the negative thoughts have no where to stay. They leave. I also had to remember to breathe slowly, and not to hold my breath!
It went well, and I'm glad I did it! I'm also glad it's over!!
My favorite performance that night was a young teenage girl who danced a ballet/free-style dance. It was beautiful! Very impressive and elegant. I loved it! She did such a great job!
Well -- the play is this Saturday! I think it will be fun! : ) Practice is tonight! And then just a few more practices and we're on! : ) I'm the prompter. : )
More later! : ) Have a good day!
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