This is the wire. I am down to it.

[clevermanka]

Last night when I was going up to bed, I fell on the stairs--pretty hard. My foot slipped out from under me and I landed with all my weight on the Mound of Venus on my right hand--right on the edge of a stair. Ouch. It hurt so bad that I couldn't fall asleep because of the throbbing. I went back down to get my Hello Kitty Cold Pack and fell asleep with my hand resting on that. It's still very sore today. I can't stretch my hand all the way open, or make a tight fist. Luckily, I got a lot done on the costume before I retired for the evening.

The garment pieces of the costume are done. Meaning: I could wear it in public without being arrested for indecent exposure. I know. Several of you will be disappointed about that. Too bad.

bestill was an angel and dyed some shortie gloves for me, so now I have something to wear on my hands.

I'm still trying to figure out how to (securely) fasten the guns to my person. I have the frilliest, most girly-girl "holster" (and when you see it, you'll know why I couldn't not put that in quotation marks) imaginable for the western-looking gun, but I'm not sure how I'm going to secure the space-age-looking ray gun. It's difficult to make a holder for an item that you don't want to cover up. I should be looking at this as a design challenge, but at this point in the game, it's just an annoyance.

If my ribbon for the corset lacing doesn't arrive in time (I ordered it May Sixth) I shall be Very Pissed Off.

I'm leaving work today at noon and will probably take all of tomorrow off. Lucky me, this is a super-slow time at work. As long as there is somebody here to keep the offices open, nobody really cares when I show up or don't.

Oh, and I went to bed at 11:00 last night. Woke up at 5:57 this morning.