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This is the dawning of the age of asparagus, age of asparagus, asparagussssss.... I've had my eye on this fragrance since the early 70's, but only recently got round to purchasing a bottle. I won it for three dollars on ebay, which was quite the deal given the crazy amounts of cash people will part with for this not terribly exciting fragrance. Never underestimate the power of nostalgia, I guess. Aquarius launched in the 60's, as did I! And I'm an Aquarius. Obviously, I needed it. I'm sort of amazed no one bought me a bottle when it was current, as I pretty much drove every member of my family mad playing the soundtrack from Hair, over and over. "Hey baby, what's your sign?" "No loitering, so piss off." I have so much astrology crap  from my youth, the strangest being a gigantic glass bearing my zodiac sign. Somewhere, I still have a 60's beach towel with the water bearer on it. It was never my thing, but that didn't stop people buyin...

Hello everyone! We've got through the first week of 2018-well done, all of you! I see the Eastern US is getting clobbered with the cold we had earlier, but soon it will all blow offshore and there's even a bit of a warming trend on the horizon. Surely we can be happy about that, even if the warmth is short-lived. Well, you're not here for a weather report, so how about some clothes and  perfume? Outfit Particulars: Vintage acrylic twinset (60's or early 70's)-Hand-Me-Ups Russian wool scarf-Hand-Me-Ups 70's knit acrylic skirt-Goodwill (I think) Barely visible carved plastic earrings-Goodwill Fragrance-The always lovely Vent Vert. Sorry for all the stairs photos-it was kinda cold outside?? Outfit Particulars: 1970's wool suit by Picket-N-Post-Goodwill Vintage yellow cashmere polo neck-Marshall Field's, 80's Vintage Monet medallion necklace-Goodwill Vintage beads-Et Cetera, Seward NE Kenneth Jay Lane brooch-Sarpy County Museum annual sale Ah, the lovely...

Like Shackleton, except I got home in better shape, and didn't lose all my booze on an ice floe. You can see all the ducks and geese gathered at the only open spot of water in the ice for miles. Twas cold, but I brought provisions. I hope everyone had a nice New Year's. Ours was lovely, if a bit on the cold side. I had been complaining that most years, I never get to wear my heavy sweaters. Ooops. Do you know the expression, "From my mouth to god's ears?" That's okay, a good old fashioned freeze gives the kids something to talk about in old age. This sweater is a Dale of Norway that was made for the Olympics at Lake Placid. It has a wind-blocking lining that works rather well, and was enough to wear without a coat in -10 degree cold with only an acrylic polo neck beneath. They're great sweaters, Expensive, yes-but durable, well made, and ultimately like buying a coat. The investment seems less dramatic if you think of it as outerwear. I own three, because ...

...and the night is young-we're expecting lows between -21-24 degrees F. Fun times. I hope your New Year's Eve is warmer than mine! See you in 2018.

Thank you all for your kind words for Danny. He's very excited and relieved to start a new chapter in his life. Coming at his 13th birthday, and the new year, the timing was perfect. I've been blogging so long (since 2004) many of you have watched him grow up. As far as I'm concerned, you're family.  Thank you again for being such a great group of people. What have we here? An outfit post? My goodness, I nearly forgot how to do one. sorry about that-got hectic around here in December. I've worn these Star Wars leggings on the blog before. For some reason, I always pair them with a sequin mini dress. I don't know what that says about me that I own several sequined mini dresses, but eh, at least I'm not hard to find in a crowd. This was last year. The leggings are too big/baggy, but I don't care-I love them.  This time around I wore a gold and silver flapper-like dress and an oversized 80's jacket. We had a flock of starlings visit our feeders this wee...

Danny finished his last nut challenge at the allergist today and is officially not allergic to peanuts or tree nuts. We celebrated by taking him out for ice cream, which is something he hasn't been able to do for 10 years due to cross-contamination fears. He was incredibly lucky. Given the severity of his initial reaction, and the subsequent positive scratch tests, we never imagined he wouldn't be allergic to nuts. His former allergist didn't want to do a challenge, but when we switched doctors last year, it was brought up immediately. We didn't expect much, but here we are. That's not to say all scratch tests are false positives-I know for certain cashews and pistachios are deadly for me, but I have had reactions where I knew exactly what I had ingested-with Danny it was always uncertain. We'll never know what it was, but we now know what it wasn't. We haven't eaten in a restaurant in ten years. I grew up seeing enough kitchens to know that the only nut...

Only about 90 days to go until Opening Day! So, we had a little snow for Christmas??. It was great. The cold freeze that followed has been less fun, but you don't live in Nebraska if you can't take a little cold. Our snow is so dry you can't make a proper snowball out of it. The jacket I'm wearing is a fun vintage piece by Nolan Miller part of his Dynasty Collection. He designed the clothes for the show, and I could just see Joan Collins wearing this as she throws around a baseball in the snow. "Here Krystal-CATCH you bitch!" Anyway, I adore the jacket big sequin trimmed shoulders and all. Santa brought our Cubs fan some new attire. He also brought him a peanut allergy challenge that was negative, which was the best gift of all. So no peanut allergy at all, and we need to go back and do the almond one, but then he's clear. We'll never know for certain what he reacted to in the tahini all those years ago, but it wasn't sesame or peanut (mould? Pesti...