The Pack-Rat's Lament

Just when you thought you needed one more gown like a hole-in-the-head-with-a-great-big-arrow-sticking-out-of-it-that-just-happens-to-be-on-fire ... umm - where was I?  

Anyway, I've gone totally off clothing, but still drag my arsvatar to The White Armory to see what prim nightmare they have on offer as a group gift that will add another forty-leven items to my inventory.  Oh, sheesh - lookit this.   Yet another gorgeous gown, this time based on one of my favorite artists, designed to look terrific on a model standing around and gently sifting poses, but causing an ice-nine of lag on a dance floor, which is where my avs usually hang out.  Now what?  Put it on, take a picture (or twelve), and sort it into the Siberia of sorting folders (Clothes>gowns>blue gowns ... or would it be black? multi-colored? GAH!), leaving it to take up room like all the rest of them (one a week for how long?)?

Monet's water lily inspired gown from The White Armory

My avs wear these outfits once and then they are forgotten.  Who has the virtual social schedule to wear a hundred gowns?  Not me!   I'm still working up the nerve to go through the White Armory dresses, look over the POS* texture thoughtfully included (thankyouthankyou) and delete, delete, delete. ... But I caaaaaan't!  I can't delete these creations any more than I can leave the group.  I spent a couple of hours this morning blue penciling stuff in my inventory I figured I didn't really need and when I emptied the trash, it turned out to be less than 400 pieces, leaving my inventory still over 40,000.  How many times have I said, "I need to keep my inventory below 40,000/38,000/36,000/30,000/25,000," etc.?

This year I avoided the Ivalde Advent extravaganza for the sake of my inventory.  I did relent today and went to see what the last one was (because it was right in the box and you didn't have to search for it).  Oh, noooooo.  [head-desk, head-desk]  Oh, wait!  Look at that system skirt stretch!  This dress will never dance!  /me's finger lingers over the delete ...

Last advent gift from Ivalde

I didn't even make it out of the building without picking up something else.  They would put the Peace On Earth hunt thingie right out in the open where anyone could find it.  Oh great, this should be easy to get rid of.  I don't have any shoes to go with this ... Oh, wait.

Ivalde POE hunt gift

Arrrrrrgh!  However, the search for "emerald" in my inventory pulled up three hairs that I'm pretty sure I'll never need.  I can delete those.  I should probably go through all those hairs that came with all the colors of the rainbow in them and delete all but white and black ... and maybe some chestnut or warm browns or ... GAH!

Oh woe is Kathy!

You know what the worst part was?  I was cycling through the poses and this skirt, a normal un-meshy one, can take anything you dish out.  I have a leaping splits pose and it went all culotte on me instead of shreddy system skirt.  Oh, pook.  I guess I'll have to keep this one too.

Brilliant skirt action!

*That's "Point of Sale," not the other one.

Gowns Galore

Gift from Leezu

In order to qualify for "unslutty" this gift from Leezu had to have modesty undies added. Other avatars might not mind going around in the cold with their whole midsection hanging out, but, as we all know, that isn't Lludmila's thing.  And, yes, that is a lighted candle on top of that hat.

"Who's Queen?"

We've been picking up the weekly gift gowns from The White Armory for longer than my inventory cares to remember.  In fact, I think deleting them would probably solve all my inventory problems.  But then they put this gown out and I remember how much I love the gorgeous fairy-taleness of it all.  This is a great gown if you want to take up as much room as possible.  The prim skirt really fans out.  It took up the whole photo-box and stuck out the back! Ossummmm!

Just one of the Vintage Apparel Emporium
Advent gifts 

If you've been to the Vintage Apparel Emporium every day in December, you will have picked up the pieces of so far three vintage gowns and there's a fourth showing up!  Unlike most shop's Advent gifts, you can still get the earlier gifts ... for the price of the day!  Day One is 1L, Day Two is 2L, etc.

Northern Lights captured in Vintage Apparel Advent gift

Kathy's hair is from that great sale at Dark Mouse again ... in fact I think this color was a freebie!

Freebie Christmas Pudding earrings from Reasonable Desires.
Mysterious floating chair courtesy of Prime by way of Cool Viewer. :(

Sinterklaas earrings from Bliensen + MaiTai -
alternating 12 Days of Christmas prezzies with La Flat.

Artful Donning

Comes another exhibit at the Paris Metro Gallery, comes another selection in the Artist Series couture.  Lludmila loves going to exhibits, and this one was particularly good.  And you also get free dresses made from the art textures.  Upstairs has the Rorschach images of Reezy Frequency.  One of the more interesting was made into this gown:

Reezy Frequency - Back

Reezy Frequency - Front

The downstairs exhibit displays representational work in different media by Xirana.   Lludmila just loves those frills over the breasts.  We were particularly fond of the drawings of autumn trees, but this black and white makes a stunning dress.

Xirana gown

Xirana - showing off the awesome Nardcotix shoooooes
that look like they were made for this outfit.

The pictures that follow are just because I took so many pictures and I hate for them to go to waste.

Gowns by Paris Metro found outside the Gallery.
Hair from the fabulous sale at Dark Mouse. [25L for color packs on all hairs and 3 free packs]
Absinthe shoooooes from Nardcotix (an old hunt prize).

I just love the movement of the flexis.

Oh, so Lludmila does wear false eyelashes. Who knew?

Hairy Christmas!

The dark version of this style is free.

Dark Mouse has a huge hair sale going. Color packs are only 25L and there are are few totally free ones.

Showing Off

Is that a Phlogisiten Lever or are you just happy to see me?

Dress ensemble from [BELLE]issima, 10L. Whatta bargain! This comes with cute ballet flats I ordinarily would wear but I am currently enamored of the
Shoooooes from Nardcotix, 10L hunt gift and worth every penny.
Freebie AO available at Grimalkin's Workshop.
Jubilie hair, an old freebie [modded blonde by me], but available for 179L in many colors on the SL Marketplace.  I just love this hair - it's soooo ... happy!
Bachelor Ice Maker/Phlogistigen Pump at the skating pond on Awen, where the Bookstackers hang out. Maybe you'll have better luck with him than Lludmila did.

Awww, Pluie!

Many apologies for being away. There have been nice things floating about for free, but I just didn't think my avs needed more clothes.  Then Paris Metro sent me this lovely Christmas gift today, just because je suis magnifique! 

Gift from Paris Metro: La Pluie, Red Rain

The Red Rain dress is slightly slutty (what with the bare midriff and all - although in my youth I was not above wearing a similar sheer empire waisted peasant dress over matching bikini panties and consequently being sent to the Vice Principal's office for "indecent exposure"), so Lludmila opted out. Also, the skirt was a bit too long, even after modding the root prim to be invisible (it was poking through her chest).  And look how nicely it flows!

Advent Calendar gift jeans from Isis

Isis has an Advent Calendar going that hands out items as varied as this nicely detailed black jeans (prim cuffs removed because I prefer the pegged leg look), sexy little dresses, tippy-toe socks, skins-n-shapes, etc.

Hunt Prize from Nardcotix

Sorry, I can't show off these shoes from Nardcotix enough. I've been wearing red for two weeks now just so I can put them on.  Hmm, I wonder if I should get Lludmila her own pair and tint them her skin color.  I always drooled over the Nardcotix shoes, but tightwad that I am, couldn't bring myself to pay that much for them.  This is the second pair of freebies from them (okay, 10L) and I'm so grateful I'll just grovel right now: grovel grovel grovel please do this again grovel grovel.

Santa Kilt, only 99L

 Kilts: not just for men anymore!  There's nothing like a really, really nice kilt to make an unusual fancy outfit.  This one is reduced for a short time at [Belle]issima.  There's also a women's outfit, but - meh! Who needs another dress?

Group Gift from [Belle]issima

 This cute set of jammies, scarf, and mix-n-match slippers is the group gift.  I had to really zoom in to see what the "steam" was coming out of the right-hand slipper and it turns out to be The Star shining on a Nativity Scene.  Sooo cute!

Kathy's skin is from Heartsick.  Normally, I would call this make-up "Raccoon Eyes" but it seems to work here.  The hair is from Vignette.  Kathy's shape is thanks to my fiddling with the sliders and I'm beginning to think she needs to eat cookies.

Sorry there are no links. I've got a really busy RL right now and, ohforheavenssake, use the Search thingie!

Kathy Puts the Dark in Dark Fae

"Me? I was just going to get a late-night snack ..."

Train with caboose.

It's that time again - Sunday brings out the latest group gift from The White Armory.  These elegant gowns don't always look as good on someone as short as Lludmila, so Kathy gets them.  And look!, she's found the perfect accessories to go with this Dark Fae gown!
Serenity Dark Shines Skin from Heartsick, Ash hair from Analog Dog, dagger from that Macbeth sim - remember the Macbeth sim?  Remember when people created interesting environments or artistic experiences and not just pretty clothes? Not that I'm belittling the nice togs - they just keep getting more beautiful and the tsotchkes are getting more realistic and clever.  Macbeth is still there, but some really interesting and beautiful places have gone.

Going Medieval

Handsome is as handsome does ...

The White Armory has a new men's group freebie out, the Tyrian Renegade Tunic Set - and look who's turned up!  We haven't seen Kris in ages!  I can't imagine why not.  What's that?  Oh, right: Cal came into my life.  Oh, don't give me that hurt puppy look!  I got you a nice new medieval outfit, didn't I?  Look at the detail!  Even some nice bloody slashes for that lived-in look!

Other items in Kris's look are past their Sale Date but are:

Isadore hair by Bryce Designs, the place to go for men's hair.
Alexander skin by Glamorize, in their dollar store!
Frock You boots - so old I can't trace them.

Rat Race

Grendel's Children Halloween Hunt prizes.  Run the maze as a rat (free at start of the hunt) and find all sorts of great avs!  Don't waste time reading about it!

White on White

Woman with Attitude (and cleavage).

The Calliope gown is this week's group gift from The White Armory.  Kathy is wearing the Love Like Winter skin in Aether from Heartsick and borrowed Lludmila's casual updo, Adena, from Amacci.  Yikes, I need a hot cocoa just looking at this outfit.

Tired of Halloween?

Pretty Chinese dress comes with typing AO.

Lludmila loves Halloween - must be the zombie thing - but Kathy's sick and tired of Halloween, Fall, and fall colors.  Luckily, this very pretty Chinese dress came up at Frost Pavilion on their 60L weekend offering.  It also comes in a light blue.  Both colors include shoes and a typing AO that looks like you're fanning yourself.  Charming!

Add the witch's hat and it's Halloween again!

We couldn't even get Kathy to put this on without the witch's hat.  Cilian'gel has a "Got Brew?" dress for a very few Llindens that easily makes a transition to just an everyday party dress.  And what a bargain for 10L (we think)!

Cruise season?

There's a mini-hunt to find three clams to give you this very cute, very un-Halloweenie outfit at Tree & Ocean SL.  The clams aren't hidden fiendishly, but you'll have to roam around quite a bit to run into them.  Be sure to add a bikini bottom to this outfit or the Anti-Slut Fairy, erm, Zombie will wag what's left of her finger at you.  She might also have to do that if you go for the single bewbie banana-cup option.

Not Creepy At All

Our favorite zombie Lludmila is busy running her little undead legs off at Octoberville (and muttering "I Hate Octoberville ... I Hate Octoberville ..." over and over although she doesn't seem able to quit), so Kathy has stepped up to the plate to show off this week's free and unslutty offerings:

Morganna Mage, not to be confused w/ Madge the Manicurist.

This week The White Armory ensures that you are not only gorgeous, but your bits and pieces are protected in this creation in bronze and pewter blue.

"Lookit that purty woman, Willy-Dill - she's not wearin' a slip!"

Kiss of the Spider Woman from Paris Metro.  Unslutty tip: Either wear a slip or don't stand in front of a light source.

A casual do in autumn color.

Falling Slowly hair for the Autumn Hunt (look for the pumpkin!) from [Shag].  Also pick up the free pose at the front of the store (which is somewhat slutty, so not shown here ... besides, it requires, hemm-hemm, two avs).  Included is a no-bangs version.  

Thhhufferin' Thhhucotash!

Revenge of the Über-cute.  Looking for something cute to wear for Halloween? How about an adorable little pumpkin costume from Boof?  This comes with the black tee and capris.  It's only 30L. And unslutty.

Cute pumpkin costume from Boof!

Where'thhh that delithhhithhhouthhh birdie?

Did you know that Costume Creations has a 50L Room?  This cute cat costume is only one of many items (many of which cannot be considered unslutty but enough can) for 50L or less.  The cat costume was only 10L and there is a companion yellow birdie costume available as well.  Also available are a cat and mouse set.  There are also some Halloween costumes downstairs reduced temporarily to 99L.

Making a Spectre of Herself

Ghost Bride in Action

Ohhhh, this is too good.  I think Llud is going to have to move on from being merely Undead.  Go now, and hurry, to XC to get the Ghost Bride and Ghost Groom avs.  If you can't wait for the lucky letter (and you'd have to be really impatient because there are two chairs for each), they're also for sale just above for a mere 99L.  The details in this av are delightful.  You can see the little toes, the garter, the lacings up the back of the bodice.  And she's so light on her feet!
Bravo!

No Shinola, Sherlock!

Ubercute Sherlock Holmes Costume from Boof

Shoes, pipe, magnifying glass and all!

The game's afoot, Watson!  Hurry over to Boof to hunt for the On The Hunt gift - male and female versions of a Sherlock Holmes costume.  It's no mystery why Boof is so much fun!

New note: Boof has moved and the new landmark is added to this post.

Unslutty & Undead Seal of Approval

This is just full of Win.

Tired of showing too much of your bits in those skimpy virtual outfits?  Here's the solution: the Anti Slut Wear. They are on the tattoo layer so they can be worn under anything to avoid offending the uptight zombie next to you hounding freebies.

Anti Slut Wear at Penned.

Hot Diggity!

"Sorry We're OPEN" sign is a nice touch!

Just in time for Lludmila to find a new job, one of the Boof satellite shops had this hot dog stand for only 5L.  Watch out for the squirting mustard and ketchup, though.

"Oh, darn - and on my new shirt 'n' ev'rything!"

 Cute shirts and stains from Bottle Bird for only $75.  They show up at the same time as the hot dog stand ... coincidence?  I don't think so!

Nothing will get that mustard out.

The cotton candy pink shirt from Bottle Bird can be dressed up with red, yellow, or blue splashes.  Included is the other shirt with a hot dog print on it.  That's like, two shirts with four possible permutations each ... aw, man!  That's math!  And you can use the stain layers on anything below a jacket.  This just reminds me of the time my parents went away and my mom told me (at age 40+) "No mustard in the living room," because you can never get that turmeric stain out.  Sniff, I miss my mum!  Thanks, Bottle Bird.


Cotton Candy shirt with optional mustard splash (75L - but also has ketchup, etc.)  from Bottle Bird
      You Say Tomato Hair from Clawtooth
      Heart Flat Shoes in pink from G. Fields
Hot Dog stand from Boof - Poster was outside the shop.  Hurry, 'cause the sale will be over at midnight!