Bitch be Late wit the Update

Aw shit. Late update.

I will unabashedly blame this failing on the fact that my "permanent boyfriend" and I decided on a wedding date.... a few days after my last post, actually.

So- why almost a month late on the update?
Because I'm going to DIY this bitch. I've always known it- I'm gonna plan the whole muthafuckin' wedding.

the look on my face says it all.

Just typing it gives me the tremors. Just realising that I would be married in about a year's time effectively launched me through kubler-ross model of grieving/tragedy, progressing quickly through denial, anger, bargaining, depression and then finally acceptance-- in about a week. Every so often I have a quick relapse. However, letting someone else take charge would bother me more than having a mental breakdown from stress. Us creative control type freaks wouldn't have it any other way. It will definately be a learning experience in delegating tasks, however- if I don't, I will definately die.
Things to be DIY'ed include the invitations, favors, and um... basically all of the decorations. (Fabricville, Michael's and Loomis will be my second homes, the desktop printer and gluegun my very best friends.)
Things NOT to be attempted are my dress (NO- I never considered making my dress... although buying a plain one and then beading and embroidering the whole thing- yes), food, furniture and dishes.

I don't want to go on too much as it makes me icky to my stomach. That seems to bode ill for this celebratory union but really- it's a happy-and-excited-but-trying-not-to-obsess-too-much kind of sick. Don't worry about this being turned into some kind of wedding blog (sick and wrong)- I will treat it as any other DIY project- and update here about any significant progress.

Meanwhile, there is this hat.

A hat-and-scarf combination hat! Pure mastery of design in cold and windy/rainy Halifax weather.
The scarf secures the hat to your head and protects your ears, neck, and chest all at once! Not even a ski mask does that so well- and this is even much nicer and less detrimental to your hair. And of course, it can be used as a scarf only- the hat portion becoming a cute sort of hood at the back of your neck.
And yes, it is as insanely warm as it looks.

There is a distinctly middle-eastern look about it when it is worn all wrapped up- but those arabs really know what they're about when it comes to wind protection. Myself, I started out disliking the extremely textured pattern I knitted the hat with, until I realized its resemblance to the knot-like hairstyle depicted on certain enlightened prophets.

Ethnic crossovers abound- all for the sake of staying warm during Canadian winter.