Addicted

I'm completely addicted to the colours and patterns of the fabric here! I just can't help myself anymore. Jackie and I took ourselves to the market on Saturday afternoon to get the weekly allotment of tomatoes, pineapples, eggs, onions, bananas and limes. And of course, we had to walk down the fabric "aisle". And my addiction proved to be too strong - I just couldn't leave without buying something. In fact, I ended up with two somethings. That new shirt I got made for my birthday is just too amazing - as my fashion-conscious housemate said, it's not at all frumpy, but yet still loose enough to let the air blow through. So I'm all about having another one made! Of course, I've also realized that most of my skirts are patterned, so I don't actually have anything except trousers to wear with my new shirts (and I just don't like wearing trousers on "work" days - skirts are still considered much more appropriate office attire here, even if you wear a skirt with a t-shirt, you're dressed "properly" for the office). So, I had to procure a bit of plain fabric to get a new skirt made up to wear with my new non-frumpy tops.

I'm planning to take it all to the tailor tomorrow or Tuesday and see how he works his magic with it :)

It's funny, because fabric is just about the only thing that's cheaper here than anywhere else in East Africa (maybe it's cheaper in Tanzania, which is where a lot of this stuff comes from in the first place). So as far as addictions go, I guess fabric isn't such a bad one...

And hey, you never know when I'm going to be on TV again, so I gotta put my best foot forward at all times :)