Belly Dance Pretties

Woodland Arts Fair is tomorrow, and that means today was dress rehearsal! In honor of that, here's a bunch of (blurry) pix of all my lovely wraps and costumy whatnot. :)

This is my favorite of the newest ones - I love how it reminds me of the moon.

This is one is technically Caitlin's, and also "our" first wrap. :)

This one is my first wrap, and I love it so.

Some of you may recognize the headscarf from last year.

This coin belt... man, the things it does for my butt... yeah...

Another new one for this year. The red designs are subtle, but I kinda like that.

And this little lovely is for the ladies this year- ALL THE SHOULDER SHIMMIES!!!! 

I love this pashmina- I think it's just as pretty backwards...

...as it is forwards.

This was last year's base hip scarf...

...and this is this year's.

Last but not least, my good and faithful head wrap base. This is the secret to not getting sweaty all over my makeup.

Woodland is TOMORROW!!!!!! XD

First Solo Bake!

I'm a little over halfway through my baker training at Panera, and I worked my first shift by myself this morning. I'm REALLY happy with how all my bread turned out.

Country Miche

That one in the middle is pretty much perfect.

French Miche

These are both lovely. They might be my favorite out of the whole bake.

Three Cheese Miche

These smell SOOO good when they're baking, and I love the way the little bits of cheese brown up.

Sesame Semolina Miche

This is probably my favorite to eat. I love the nutty taste and the light texture.

Rye Miche

These are my favorite to score- I think they look like happy little owls!

Whole Grain Miche

These guys always seem too dark to me- which means I got them exactly right. I'm always baking too light.

Tomato Basil Xtra Large Loaf

These guys also smell lovely, and they turn the most lovely shade of orangey brown.

These guys are a little light though. But still tasty, and the crumb on top always browns up nicely so they're still looking pretty good. :)

All-Natural White Miche

I love how shiny these guys are! And they have a bad habit of bubbling, so I'm really happy mine didn't.

Pan Breads: Cinnamon Raisin, Honey Wheat and All-Natural White

My scores on these are AWESOME! IMHO. You have no idea how it is for me to score bread right.

Iced Shortbread Cookies, Flip-flop shaped

And I've always been insanely proud of my flip-flop cookies from the beginning. Piping skills for the win!

LABYRINTH HOMAHGOD

So that one scene in Labyrinth, with the two doors and the "one of us always lies" bit?

Yeah, that one.

I'd always thought they were both lying, but aside from that, I just realized something tonight:

She was walking into Certain Death.

She chose wrong, and Jareth saved her from herself by dropping her in the Oubliette. That's why he looks so upset in the cut away scene- she'd made it further than he'd been ready for, and he hadn't gotten the Labyrinth ready for her. He was saving her life.

Same with the Cleaners in the next scene - he can't just out and out help her, so he sicks the Cleaners after her, knowing the ladder is right there. And if he has to drop her down below again? Now the under passages have been cleaned out.

JARETH LOVES HER.

And, on top of that, something my lovely girlfriend caught:

When Hoggle is letting her out of the Oubliette and opens the door to the broom closet, he opens righ tot left and says "Can't be right all the time" - as in, you can't always choose right over left, because the door out appears when he opens it left to right. Also, to tie it all in - she chose the right hand door.