superior ass

that's a joke between BBB and me. in 2004 he gave me a pair of Levi's 927 type 1 jeans. (you see, i am a levi's girl, and when we met, he was working for levi's headquarters in brussels)


the type 1 series is not your standard levi's jeans. and my 927 is super low in front (two-button fly, no zip) and tight in the thigh, and properly flared, with the exaggerated stitches of the type 1 series. i loved that pair, and a lot of people noticed it too. even staff at levi's shops would ask me where i got them. 


the inside joke is embroidered on the outside. the word "superior" is embroidered in gothic script using golden yellow thread--across the bum area. did levi's mean superior jeans, coz BBB and i always say perhaps it means i have a superior bum. 


to cut a long story short (and to disallow more of my levi's geekiness from showing through), those 927 were and still are my favorite jeans. i was wearing them til i was about 3 months pregnant. and the best part of all this is, i tried them on today and they fit. 


they don't fit well yet (uhm, can i say muffin top?) but having mysteriously lost 4 pounds in the 3 weeks we were in the UK for the holidays, i had the guts to try them on this morning (there was a bit of mold on it from hanging in this climate unused for sooooo long--is it really nearly two years?). 


yes, they fit. this is good news.  

score: black kimono dress

i was questing for a pair of shoes to go with my butter yellow organza dress which i am to wear as a bridesmaid for the kiwi wedding at taal lake (more gripes on shoe hunting later). 


tired and not having any luck with the shoe-shopping, i ducked into one of my old ukay haunts and braved the "new arrivals" section. i generally do not buy from new arrivals because i find that spending Php 180 for an ukay dress is not as good a bargain as spending Php50 instead. unless it is something truly exceptional, designer made, or something i have been actively seeking. 


i have been actively seeking a kimono-type dress robe. not one of these corny psuedo-japanese printed things with the Y-cut front and back. i meant styled like a bathrobe or a wrap-around dress. the last one i found in the same place was about 2 sizes too small and certainly not a good. 


i scored today. stretchy jersey material bordered with what looks like proper washed silk. all in black. knee lenght. and what looks like the right size. now, i am not a wrap-dress person. i just had it in my head that i wanted one of these things. and if i put it on and decided its not fit to be seen in, well, i could always use another nice bathrobe.


cost: Php 180   

somewhere in the middle of

~ moving houses. from this one to an even bigger one around the corner & down a rocky lane


~ choosing tiles. and kitchen sinks. and faucets. and toilets. and all that


~ archiving files and photos into my 500gig external drive


~ and trying not to get stalled by nostalgia and the compulsion to re-organize and re-label


~ trying to write for a job i think i need but not sure i want
battling with the current but soon to be ex-landlady who wants to pile her repairs on us 


~ hunting for shoes to match my custom designer dress for a kiwi wedding by taal lake


~ and deciding if we should book the previous night in manila or at the lake
wanting to write for the hobie challenge again and thinking i shouldn't be away for that long


~ packing up belongings and trying to let go of as many personal things possible


~ a cold at the end of jet lag and what was probably fatigue-induced flu


~ finding myself in the middle of all this and not quite sure where i am.