I haven't written in this blog forever, but I will attempt to be better at it.

With my new job and new found happyness, I don't have much to say in internet land anymore.

There is always so much more to talk about when you are unhappy I guess *L*

My day to day life is pretty boring, so I'll spare all of you that. Instead, I'll talk about the trips I'm planning on taking this year.

The first is Dragon*Con which is defined as such on their website:

Dragon*Con is America's largest, multi-media, popular arts convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film.

Dragon*Con is Labor Day weekend in Atlanta, GA

I've known about Dragon*Con for about 4 or 5 years now (maybe longer), and I've always wanted to go. Luckily, our first Asheville friends go every year, so I have someone to share a hotel with.

The only downside to Dragon*Con is that my husband can't come, because of work But we decided that there was no reason I shouldn't go.

So, I love costumes and cosplaying, so I'm of course planning on wearing costumes for Dragon*Con. I'll be bringing at least one old costume, and making one new costume. I'm not the best sewer in the world, so making costumes is hard for me. I used to be friends with someone who could sew and she'd make my costumes, but since we've had a rather large falling out, so I'm forced to make my own costume.

This is the costume I'm making for Dragon*Con:

It's the girl in the pink frilly dress (oftentimes called the Cupcake Dress).

Since I'm not the best at sewing, I'm starting out with a base dress, and adding th e ruffles and the other bits. My boss (who is also becoming my friend) told me about this really neat thrift store she goes to, and I met her yesterday. I found a dress that could be my base dress (and for 50 cents!), but when I got home, it was a little tight - I couldn't zip it up all the way. Though that could be my arms not being able to reach all the way around.

So, I'm geeked about that. I'll probably post pictures as the process goes along.

The other vacation I'm really excited for is our Disney honeymoon! Though since this post has already gotten long, I post more about that later.