I’m a pretty lucky girl. As you know, because I’ve been telling you, it was my birthday yesterday. Yeah. I’m kind of big into my birthday. It’s more of a month long celebration. Oh isn’t April the best? he he he. Mr. S way outdid himself this year to boot. He bought me some chocolate covered raspberries and strawberries and The Jazz Singer. I’ve been wanting this movie for quite awhile, because I’m a real sucker for Neil. Sigh….I’ll tell you flat out, I love the man. I do. I had no idea he had done a movie. No idea until just before Christmas when a coworker lent me her VHS tape of this movie. Can you even believe this? A whole movie devoted entirely to Neil and his singing. It was too much. It is too much! And I ate the whole thing right up. Say what you like, but I love it.
Oh and don’t let me forget that Mr. S took me to dinner at a very expensive restaurant. Gush. And he dressed up in a chocolate pin stripe suit with a cornflower colored shirt. Oh man! I had to give him a kiss for that. Ha. And Mr. S wrote me a letter. He never writes letters. And it was wonderful telling me how much and why he loved me. To. Death. Oh Mr. S, you spoiled me absolutely rotten!
You’re wondering about my Perfect Spring Dress huh? Well, I ruined the first version of it. I’m so mad at myself. So mad. If I had one more of those sheets I could have fixed the mistake of cutting the skirt too little. To little as in there was not enough gathering. It looks atrocious. I was so unhappy. So unhappy that I had to start the whole thing over again with the losing fabric. I’m sorry to disappoint. I did wear my Naughty Secretary outfit though. Fun fun. It still turned out to be a perfect evening even though I wasn’t wearing my Perfect Spring Dress. Oh well! Just goes to show ya.
I hope you all had a Happy Easter weekend!
xoxo,
Sunni
oonaballoona - happy birthday!
i love neil diamond. i love jazz. never knew they went together…
good luck on your dress! if you cut the skirt too small, why not another naughty secretary with the print on bottom this time?
karen - You can’t beat a bit of ND. If it’s any consolation re the dress, I’ve been having sewing disasters, too. Happy birthday!
Angela - Happy Birthday! Sorry about your dress… you look great in the naughty secretary dress. I was looking at my fabric stash to see if I could make one, too.
Good luck with your perfect spring dress!
Jessica - I thought I was the only one who loved that movie! I made my husband watch it, and he was all “You have some bad taste in moves,” which he should have known from the time I made him watch Xanadu… twice.
Happy birthday! Sorry about the dress frustration, but you got to wear your naughty secretary dress, which was awesome (I hadn’t gotten to comment yet, as somehow your blog had deleted itself from my blogroll – now it’s back!)
Tasia - Happy Birthday! Sounds like you had a fantastic time
Sorry that your dress didn’t turn out, you’re not alone in the world of sewing disasters. I like to stash mine in a drawer and never speak of them. That’s the danger of blogging, the whole world knows when it doesn’t go as planned. At least you have back-up fabric! Good luck with Spring Dress Round 2!
The Cupcake Goddess - Now that is a very, very good idea! I do believe I’ll be taking you up on that!
The Cupcake Goddess - Xanadu? I’m definitely going to have to see that now. I’ve never heard of this movie. I’m sure its right up my alley! Thank you! And we have the greatest taste in movies I do think!
The Cupcake Goddess - Isn’t that the truth? Oh boy! That is exactly what I was thinking about this dress and how utterly disappointed I felt not only to have failed, but then to have to tell everyone about it. Aaaaccck.
peter - Happy Birthday! I never saw the Neil Diamond version of that movie, but I HAVE seen the original with Al Jolsen. That’s how old I am!
I have never seen Xanadu — THAT would excite me.
Abby - Happy birthday Deary. I’m sorry about your perfect dress. I could show you a thing or two about atrocious. It has everything to do with zippers for me. Damn them.
Rachel - Happy Birthday! I had two massive sewing disasters this weekend – trousers, and then a dress I didn’t make a muslin for as I thought it would fit, and then didn’t across my rear end. Ah well.
frk.bustad - Happy belated birthday! Sounds like the dinner and letter and man was perfect, but I’m oh so sorry to hear about your dress… move on, girl! There’ll be plenty of dresses!
The Cupcake Goddess - Now that is old! He he he. Just put Xanadu in my netflix!
The Cupcake Goddess - Oh no! They are horrible! Aaaaccckk!
The Cupcake Goddess - This is terrible! Ahhhh! I’m so sorry. I think April is getting off to a rocky start for all of us.
AnaJan - Hey Sunni, happy birthday! What a coincidence, I’m born on the same day as you
I was on a vacation and now I’m catching up with the unread blog posts. Love your naughty secretary dress! The combination of the two fabrics is so unexpected, but so good. Plus, the style really suits you.
Keep up with the great work!
Emilie - Sorry about your dress… Is there really no way to fix it? Without gathering would it be so atrocious? I’m sure it would look different but very pretty. Good luck for the second version!!!Can’t wait to see it!