shirt and random other things

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My cricut certainly isn't the most economical way to make things, but I have used it a fair amount and it is super fun. My most recent was this shirt, which also caused me to finally at least dabble with artscape. I really don't want to spend $100 on a heat press for my shirts, but it is proving to be very hard to get good results with an iron, though I'm getting by.





I got to be an examiner for the black belt test again. Everyone, including me, was much less prepared, but I was also much more relaxed, since I had done it before. My suit pants were a little tight for what I had to do during the test, so I went to K&G and lucked out and got two pantsuits from the clearance rack, one for $22, one for $30. Both jackets aren't quite right for the context, but the $22 looks so awesome on me and both pairs of pants are roomy enough to allow me to squat, so now I at least have a choice for May if I'm a tester then. Plus they are both machine washable suits! I need to price out getting the old pants dry cleaned or decided if I'm hand washing them. Last year I bought boys dress shoes just in case I ever wanted to wear the suit as a Loki suit and they came in handy, since my fancy dress boots were both peeling AND didn't quite fit anymore (might have fit with stocking socks instead of sock socks.)

It was very reassuring that K&G had suits that were WAY too big for me. I was worried I had maxed out their size selection (since the pants I owned were the biggest they had in that style when I bought them,) but apparently only in the brand of my existing suit (which I'm not sure they even carry that brand any more. Being able to shop in a store, especially for formal wear, is a privilege.