Only 7+ months to go!

[auntiemeesh]

I've decided that now is the perfect time to start working on this year's Dragon Con costume(s). I'm doing a fem 5th Doctor, which means altering the outfit a little bit. Although it isn't exactly the right style (or even close, really) I might get something like this sweater, add the color stripe around the neck and then wear it over a short-sleeve fitted white button down. If I can find a short, pleated skirt (and lose weight again so I can wear a short pleated skirt) it will be ridiculously schoolgirl, but I think that might work for Five. I suspect I'll probably end up making my own jacket, though, since I have an idea how I want it, but I'm not sure I'll be able to find what I want on a rack anywhere. The hat and shoes are still TBD.

This is the first year that I pre-registered for the next year before leaving D*C, so now I get to stress out about making sure I actually get the time off work. The days around Labor Day weekend are always black out days. It's super early but I already talked to one of our subs (well, our only sub, truthfully) to see if she thought she'd still be subbing/actually available that week. She'll let me know tomorrow, but that would be so helpful because then I could go to my boss and say 'look, I have coverage, see?'

And yes, stressing out about an event that isn't for another eight or nine months is totally a way of avoiding stressing out about all the things that I'm tired of thinking about/stressing about right now. I know that, but I'm running with it in the hopes that it will keep me sane.

Comments

[whtmtnwmn.livejournal.com]

Very nice to have something cool to look forward to!
=D

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

It's crucial, this time of year!

[penwiper337.livejournal.com]

Aw, you'll make the CUTEST femme-five!

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I hope I can do the idea justice.

[ani-no-mouse.livejournal.com]

Enjoy thinking about, and stressing about, those things that are way in the distance!

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It's the only way to do it, in my opinion. :)

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

Oh, I really want to find some 5th Doctor video to watch at some point. I got hooked on this Doctor while watching him play Tristan in All Creatures Great and Small and am now very interested in seeing him as the Doctor.

Good luck with your time off request and the costume.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Do you have Netflix? A good number of fifth doctor episodes are available for instant streaming and most of the rest are on dvd there. That's where I've been watching 'em.

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

Yes, I get Netflix. I'll search for them and put them on my queue. Thanks!

[antbee362.livejournal.com]

Planning ahead is good. Hope there is no problem with the time off.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Well, who knows, but it's good to be thinking ahead, regardless.

[wbkbb.livejournal.com]

Could you look for a tennis sweater at a thrift shop or Goodwill or something? They do still make them, although you probably wouldn't want to pay for a new one.

Thinking about it months in advance sounds perfect to me - hopefully too early to be stressed about :)

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

I probably could, but since I'm going Fem, I'm trying to go a little more specifically girly in the outfit. Thus the little mini sweater.

[wbkbb.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, duh, I'm just a little slow on the uptake :)

[eve11]

I will have to practice my Fem Turlough scowl.

And also make a good outfit, and lose weight.

And probably book a hotel room pretty soon too!

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Well, that gives you a few things to add to your to-do list, then. That 'lose weight' item seems like the trickiest to me. Every day I set my mind to eat healthier/less, and then by evening I forget, eat a huge supper and/or have more chocolate than is good for me. I guess I'll start again tomorrow.

[eve11]

maybe we should start hauling ourselves out of bed for the gym in the morning...

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.