So yeah, up until having to give up my car, I’d been suspicious at how well the move was going, and wondered why more things hadn’t gone wrong!  ^_^;  On Friday, my friend Susan, two coworkers (Deborah and Kellie), and Chris helped me move my first load of boxes and smaller furniture to the new place, which is a room in a house owned by some friends of ours, the Beargies.  Thanks to Kellie’s SUV, we got a LOT more done that night in a very short amount of time than I thought we would, which was awesome.  Then I took everyone out for pizza at Hound Dog’s and we played Cthulu Dice a couple times while we waited.  Deborah got VERY excited about the game and promised to not be too crazy at work for the next week with the promise that we would invite her out to play more nerd games. XD

On Saturday, my friend Justin brought over his truck, which we used to take over my bed, bookshelf, and other leftover furniture.  Susan came by again, as well as another friend, Chad, so we loaded up all the vehicles and got all of that stuff taken over.  It was then decided that we were all hungry, so I took everyone out for pizza in between loads. ^_^  The last load was actually all in Chad’s car, because Justin and Chris decided to take a few last-minute things up to his parents’ house in Worthington.  The Johnsons are nice enough to let me store some of my extra furniture and boxes in their basement until whenever I move somewhere I can use them again. :D

So we got all the really important stuff out of my apartment in two days with a surprising degree of efficiency.  I’m feeling a little self-congratulatory for being so on the ball.

Of course, one of the more annoying issues that lingered on for days is the fact that I had a bunch of furniture that I was neither taking with me nor storing; a couch, a broken lift recliner, a giant console TV, and a glass patio table.  I spent days posting ads to Craigslist and to my Facebook friends, but none of it really moved until the very last minute.  It was pretty frustrating.

And on top of all THAT, our neighbors kept using our building’s dumpster for their moving trash, too.  It was pretty fucking ridiculous: by Saturday afternoon the thing was packed to capacity with trash and mattresses and shit like that, so for the rest of the weekend everyone else just piled things all around the dumpster.  I mean, what else could we really do?  It didn’t even get emptied until Tuesday, either.

But right now, I’ve got all my stuff moved over to the new place.  It’s all still in boxes and tubs, and I’ve got a LOT of work to do this coming weekend… Since I’m without my vehicle, I’m essentially staying with Chris since it’s so close to work, so I haven’t even spent a night in my bed since last Thursday.  I’m so regretting that I didn’t ask for these last few days off work, since having to close at Tarjay has been a real pain in the ass amongst all this other moving drama.

But I do have Friday and Saturday off, which I’m really looking forward to.  The dust will all settle here very soon.

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This blog is where I post my personal work.  These days, I’m doing a lot of fashion illustration in my free time.

Here are come comics for you to read!

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Dress: Target.com sz. 3
Shoes: Crocs sz. 10
Jewelry: Premiere Designs (bracelet), @ttract (necklace, earrings).
(not pictured: Assets high-waisted body shaper, sz. 5)

Wore this ensemble to my parents’ annual Martini Party.  I spent about three months planning this outfit, right down to the shapewear and jewelry.  You could say that the beginning of this year was when I really started getting into fatshion, and this dress was my first big jump into it. ^_^

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Marker and chalk pencil.  Finished it up last weekend during Matsuricon. ^_^

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This is an outfit from a few years ago, when I was slightly smaller.  It’s also when I was wearing a lot more clothes that were too small for me, as the sweater and camisole were.  Still, I was pretty impressed with myself for coming up with this outfit.  And it was an adorable cardigan.

Cardigan: Mossimo Supply Co. sz XL
Camisole: Unknown brand, I think it was a size L.
Skirt: DEB, size unknown, probably 1X or 2X
Shoes: Merona sz. 10

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A little blast from the past with an outfit I wore during ConnectiCon last month.  Though it was 90 degrees in Hartford all weekend, the sweater was necessary inside the convention center for much of the time. o_o

Shirt: Pure Energy sz. 3
Cardigan: Merona sz. 3
Skirt: Mossimo Black sz. 3
Shoes: Crocs sz. 10

So much of my clothing comes from Target these days. ^_^;

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I made this pose in the mirror when I was trying on this tank and I knew I had to draw it for an OOTD.  I love the crocheted back to this tank.

Tank: Pure Energy sz. 2
Bra: Lane Bryant
Shorts: Avenue sz. 20
Shoes: You know the drill.

I was off out of town this weekend, and I got a lot of drawing and doodling done.  I’ll have some OOTDs of outfits past coming up, as opposed to what I’m actually wearing nowadays.  Though I really ought to do a drawing with the cute sandals I bought…

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I love these.  They’re so quick!

Shirt: Pure Energy sz. 2
Jeans: Merona sz. 22W
Shoes: Crocs sz. 10

I raided the clearance section at Target the other day, since a bunch of the good late-summer stuff was marked down.  These jeans were 50% off, so I got two pairs.  I’ve never worn Merona’s jeans before, but if they hold up as well as their khakis, I probably wont be disappointed.  And it was a good deal anyway. ^_^

This shirt was returned to me at the service desk yesterday.  That’ll happen from time to time; someone returns something cute in my size while I’m working, and this was also marked down on clearance, so I think it was meant to be!  I set it aside until my break, when I bought it up. :D

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A quickie I did in my brown sketchbook of some recent purchases.  Much looser than my previous OOTD artwork, since I didn’t use references, and sketched it directly in ink.  I like it!  I might do more fatshion art like this from now on.

Shirt: Lane Bryant sz. 18/20
Leggings: Lane Bryant sz. C/D
Shoes: Crocs sz. 10

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Shirt: LOL Vintage (Target) sz. 2
Shorts: Avenue sz. 20
Shoes: Crocs sz. 10

Finally got this one done!  I loved my expression in the picture that I based this on.

The t-shirt (which I got on clearance!) actually has a peace sign on it, which you can see when you’re far away, but up close, it’s harder to parse as being a deliberate shape.  In a nutshell, Chris teases me for having cream cheese on my shirt whenever I wear it. ^_^;;

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