SHOPPING WITH MUM

So I should be sleeping... but I'm going to share the things I got with my mum today... we had a bit of a shopping extravaganza. Those boots up there are some beauties I found thrifting for $14.
I got two black dresses at a little boutique of a store in Glenwood. The first, this one, is the dress I think I'll be wearing to Colleen's wedding next week. You can't see the detail or cut too well, but I included some pics of the crossed straps (excuse the bra straps) and beaded detail along the neckline.


Dress number two from the little boutique. Cut out shoulders, it is made of the most comfortable material... in fact the dress is made by Comfy. It reminds me of ballet.

I found two more thrift items, a super soft striped v neck and a spandex jumpsuit (like those that they sell at American Apparel) which I am madly in love with. It is so comfortable. And perfect for winter time skirt/dress wearing. As well as skiing.

This little baby dress was $4. Prairie style.
Finally I found a square ring with a little book on it. There is a heart inside when you open it.

I'm sleeping in the spandex jumpsuit.

INSTAX

Ian has an Instax camera, basically a Polaroid camera but fujifilm's version. We went to the park today to have lunch and played with it. I want one so bad now. Ian has the super deluxe one, the best one... you can turn the flash off and such... and so now of course I want that one too. They are on the pricey side though. Lorraine managed to get Ian's off ebay for a good deal and I'm trying to recruit her to find one for me... Honestly it is unlikely that there will be two finds for relatively cheap, as of right now none are posted, but I believe in her abilities and have my fingers crossed.


Oh lovely Instax camera, become mine. I still have a billion rolls of film to develop (like six) plus one in my Holga. I wish you could experience the love and glory of film without having to pay for it. I may send my film off to Denver ProPhoto, actually I think I should do that considering that I haven't found a place close by in Boston that actually processes and develops the film, the places I know send it off to labs. I also need to purchase a 35 for my Intro to Photo class, there is a lovely girl in Boston who has offered to sell me one of hers upon our return to Boston. I hope that deal holds up.

BAKED GOODS

I've been baking a ton lately. It was inspired by Evan coming home for a visit I suppose. In the past two days I have made quite a few tasty items and most of them from scratch. First I made pumpkin muffins from a box... everything else I've baked was from scratch. After those came out of the oven I put in the butterscotch brownies, my grandma's old recipe. The following day I made a strawberry rhubarb pie, thanks to K's cookbook and made the crust for the first time. This morning I whipped up a batch of Swedish pancakes, which aren't really baked... and served those up with sliced strawberries, raspberries and powdered sugar. I also watched T this morning. She is a cute one. She came over for dinner the other night (I had her overnight) and we were all dancing. My dad taught her to move her hands like they do in Africa and bob her head. I can't believe she is almost two, I've been watching her since she was a week old. Anyway, my next baked good will be chocolate brownies from scratch. Now I just need to expand my cooking beyond yummy treats. Evan did tell me "Hanna you are getting to be really good at cooking" though after trying my Swedish pancake. He then told me I should open a restaurant but then changed it to bakery when I told him that I don't really cook much else... I actually have always liked the idea of having a bakery, but for some reason I always envision it when I'm a little old lady. My grandma and I used to make pasta which was pretty awesome. I may make some spaghetti sauce or something in the near future, we'll see. Also I happened to find some old but interesting pictures the other day. My hair used to be fantastically curly...


And then there is this... oh memories memories. We were driving everywhere that night, in my little old golden buggy. I like stumbling across old photographs, quite a bit.
And look at Ian. What a fork.

A GREAT LITTLE THING

PAST PHOTOGRAPHS

I decided to post some of the photos from the old shoebox my parents and I found the other day. I probably should have scanned them, but I was lazy and used photobooth, so some aren't quite as wonderful as they are in person. Above is me and my mom after I was born. I really love that photo, the color and the light, the overall aesthetic of it.
My dad.
My step grandma, looking like a straight up model.
My grandma, grandpa, aunt and cousin in Europe.
My parents and I at a party of some sort, my dad is flipping off the camera, very subtlety. Well I'm assuming its the camera.
Me reading at our old house in Costa Rica.
Dad and I swimming in Costa Rica, the lighting in this picture is wonderful.
The back of this photo says: Remember this receptionist boy? It is cut in half.

My dad's friend when he was 13. I guess my dad went over to this kids house for Thanksgiving dinner one year and this kid's sister and her husband showed up high on heroin with their kid. It is a classic crazy dad story. He seriously should write a book.
My mom in 1984.
Mom and Dad in 1984.
Shots.

Dad and I.
Me in Costa Rica.

My old dog, Chester. He looks a lot like the one I have now.

I will leave you with a site that has really interesting pictures of homo sapiens. I asked my dad what he was looking at the other night, there was a photo of a man with a very wrinkled face on his computer and he replied, homo sapiens and emailed me the link. Its worth a look.