nice to meet you anyway

ps: poll: not that anyone reads this s*** I write here but is saying [or typing] “ciao” as a farewell prententious given I’m not Italian, or acceptable given my amazing level of charisma and charm so no one cares? 

As someone who has been known to wear them as a belt, I’m currently lusting after the Easton Pearson belt buckle designed to be attached to a scarf. GENIUS. Unfortunately, I’m not rich enough, so a knot will have to suffice for me. My favourite scarf is a genuine 70s one I dug out of my mums wardrobe [the spread out one in the photo below], if you decide to try this out ask your mum for a nearby source, not to mention cheap. Op shops often have heaps though check the seams and beware of polyester! Not that its bad, just not as good as silk :).

I also enjoy wearing them in my hair, not as a headband because thats just sooo done…ignore that I’m just bitter because it doesn’t suit my face shape. But, I like it rapped around a bun. The prerequisites for this style: an extremely compressable scarf, I personally like square ones. Also a sizable but loose bun, not loosely tied but loosely…bunned if you get me. Then you fold the scarf into triangle and roll/fold it up loosely to tie it. The key to this is that it has to be messy and though it may take you a few ties to get it right, it shouldn’t look like it.

My sister has decided, rather brashly but thats my sister, that she is now a scarf collector, and considering shes only been wearing them for 6 months or a bit longer, her collection is admirable and partly pictured below. Not one to ruin her perfectly coiffed hair with a scarf, she wears them in the flight attendant style but usually with dresses etc [my point being she doesn't look anything like a flight attendant].

A potentially tricky trend thats certainly not for everyone, I find they bring a sophistication to an outfit, provided they look like they belong. Be warned, wearing a head scarf to cover your hair is really only possible with short hair, if you leave the lengths of your hair hanging down you will look like your from That 70’s Show. If you have slim wrists, tie one round your wrist [they do bulk up the arm, I have big hands and not small wrists so this doesnt really work for me], then send me a photo so I can live vicariously through you. However, the easiest way to do scarves is to tie one round the strap of your bag. A vibrant scarf on a tan bag, white with black, contrasting patterns, always looks chic and enables you to show off your fab scarves without any effort!

However, I have a Mr Happy toy and for that, I am grateful. It’s a signature toy thing so thats nice for the memories and all that rot. Fun stuff.

I was wondering, what with all this blog writing bizzo, I’ve discovered that there are countless blogs out there about blogging. As in, people giving other people advice on how to write blogs. I find this ironic, not sure about you. I visited galadarling.com just before and it amazes me, the amount of people who ask a complete stranger advice about anything, and I mean anything, when all she did was start writing a good blog! Which begs the question, all those successful blogs out there, what was on them before they were successful enough for people to ask the writer questions? Gala, for example, seems like a perfectly charming individual with a strong sense of self and a penchant for taking photos of herself [not that theres anything wrong with that]. However, I myself am an at least somewhat charming individual [or so I like to think] with a sense of self stronger than many my age and penchant for taking photos of myself, then deleting them. So why does she have a successful blog? Not that I’m complaining about the lack of success of this blog, because right from the beginning I never actually expected this to go anywhere. This discussion is purely philosophical and just cause I find it interesting and this is my slice of cyberspace, so if you don’t like it, go find one you do, or make your own there is plenty to go round. But it was nice to meet you anyway.