Shakespeare: Draping Tips

Shakespeare asked: How does one tie a sari?

Well, I've never tied a sari, so this one could have been a stumper, but for two things. First, my wonderful readers, who provided a quick answer:

Courtesy of The Mother: As a connoisseur and owner of many saris (I spent many years dressing in rectangles, since I never knew what size I would actually be), I found "Saris: An Illustrated Guide to the Indian Art of Draping" incredibly useful. It contains many, many styles of draping anything 5 to 9 yards long. Lots of gorgeous photos. One caveat: real women use safety pins, judiciously. You can get the book here: http://www.devi.net/buy.html#Barjons

Secondly, I have the internet. And I found this cool site (Exotic India)where you can take a look at a great deal of gorgeous saris (for reasonable to OMG prices), accessories and also links for (a) how to tie a sari and (b) links for patterns for different blouses. Fun stuff.

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Roxy Is a Character

OK, we know she's beautiful. And today was a tough day for my little darling.

*Shots*

:(

But she did get ice cream, which is appropriate when anyone has been punctured.

She's also quite the little character. She's picked up the unpleasant trait of dumpster diving to obtain an example of what she wants. Pulling a plastic bottle or aluminum can from the recycle bin if she's thirsty. If she has access to her room (which we often leave closed), she'll pull out clothes from her cabinet and bring them to me. She loves to dress up. If Lee had his way, she'd run around in just a diaper or her nightie all day, but she WANTS to wear girl clothes.

Unfortunately, she'll dig a wet diaper out of the trash if she can't get to her clothes, but the story is the same.

This morning, I let her pick out her own clothes. She picked out a pink/purple top and pink shorts. It was so cute.

She also loves shoes. She will grab one of our shoes and cart it all over the house. Which is cute, but irksome when we're trying to find a pair of matching shoes later. But, clearly, she's going to love shoes.

I love having a little girlie girl.

Also, I'm out of questions. :)

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