Hmm. From the small flurry of concerned e-mails that landed in my in-box this morning, I appear to have mis-communicated my feelings in my entry on stress yesterday.

No, I’m not currently stressed (well, except about the bath thing no longer being relaxing); I’m just sympathising with Kate about her general stressed-ness, because I’ve been there, and been there often. Although I’ve had a nasty sinus headache for three days now, which I am dealing with by taking Excedrin Extra-Strength and using lavender oil; thank you for asking.

Work proceeds apace on the Hallowe’en costume. I dug out the pattern again to create a second layer, kit-bashed a bit more, and came up with an ingenious way to attach it to the first layer. I’m a better sewing engineer than I thought! We took pictures of the costume last night so that I will have a record of how good it looked before I sink my nice shiny shears into it. You know, in case my idea doesn’t work. It will, of course. I’m just covering all my bases.

However, I’m on the verge of running out of thread, which amazes me since I bought two spools at the outset to be extra-sure I’d have enough. This makes me wonder how long I’ve actually spent on the outfit so far, and after calculation I’ve come up with the following:

Eep! And I still have a few to go, including embroidery and those two slashes. I didn’t factor in shopping time (of which Ceri and I invested a few hours) or the anticipated time to be spent tracking down the right colour of hose, embroidery thread, and other little finishing touches. (I can always dye them – hmm.)

Hallowe’en party/due date for costume: 24 days, and counting. Go me!