1) 'fixed' my favourite green suede autumn/winter coat.
2) fixed my broken brown bag
3) re-sewed and properly aligned the buttons on a 'new' secondhand navy velvet-ish dress.
The suede jacket (in the loveliest shade of green!) that mum bought for me from HK a few years back had pleather accents that had started peeling off in storage. So I aided the process a little since the peeling was really quite annoying (dropping bits of yellow 'dust' everywhere and looking quite ugly), but for the longest time, didn't quite know what to place over the ugly-looking yellow bit beneath the peeled-off-pleather. So today, I cut up a dark gray wool-blend tights that I got for 100yen, but in a size too large such that it can practically slide off my ass when I wear it. So I sawed a strip of the tights onto the jacket and kept the leg parts as legwarmers-cum-armwarmers! The previous crotch area part can even be a neckwarmer methinks! Killed 2-3 birds with one stone - great!
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The strap of my usual brown bag that I bring everywhere, completely broke off whilst I was crossing the road yesterday! The bag's been with me for about a year I guess, since I got it last year in Taiwan with mummy. Such a waste that the strap broke, since every other part was still in very good condition! So today I attempted sewing the strap back on with normal needle and thread - and I actually managed to do it, much to my own surprise. The material was quite thick though, so every stitch was almost a painful struggle and now my poor fingers are now sore and thoroughly-poked. But look at my pretty stitches! Not too sure how well the bag will hold up though heh.
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In other thrifty news, I went back to Shimokitazawa again yesterday with Rachel, since the boots were only 987yen and I couldn't decide which pair to get the other day. Ended up getting a black winter coat too! For all of.... 700yen (10sgd)!! I LOVE SECONDHAND SHOPS! And my, there were tons at Shimokitazawa. I bought a black pair of boots too - very timely because my feet are starting to feel cold. Unrelated, but we were both so hungry at 7ish/8 that we tried a cheese niku (meat) maki (wrapped sushi). And it was DELICIOUS! A ball of rice flavoured with meat juices, wrapped in thin slices of roasted meat, topped with cheese which they blow torch to melt it just when you order one. Served with a leaf of cabbage - gastronimically satisfying!
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