Anyone who knows me very well knows I’m not great with money.  I’m not horrible, but I do buy a lot of stupid stuff.  And today I either bought one of the coolest things possible, or one of the stupidest things I possibly could have.  It’s a suit pattern.  Yeah, not a full out suit, but the pattern.  If any of you guys even know what that is.  According to my little analytics tool thing’s estimates, if you’re reading this, chances are you’re living in Utah, so you might, but the fact that you’re also likely 18-24 kinda throws that off a little bit.  Anyways, it’s basically an outline of each piece of the cloth for the suit that has been printed on tissue paper and then you go and make the suit yourself.  Why did I buy it?  No idea.  I was looking at vintage clothing and wanted an older style suit.  And my brother lost the pants from my 40s three piece suit, so I wanted something new.

I’ve been told this is a crazy idea though.  My mom said it’s practically impossible and is definitely not worth it.  Apparently my grandma has only made one suit in her life and she said she’d pay $400 before she’d make one because it’s so hard and she’s extremely frugal and a pretty great seamstress.  Not exactly what I was hoping to hear, but surprisingly, now I just want to make it even more.  If I gave up when things seemed really hard, I wouldn’t be an Eagle Scout(planning and carrying out a project and then writing the full report in only two months has to be some kind of scout record), I probably wouldn’t be in college now (Those application essays were a pain in the butt), and I would be failing organ this semester, but as a matter of fact, I passed off enough stuff today to bring my grade up from an F to a B, and I’m still aiming for an A because I have one more day of class to get stuff done.  Hard doesn’t phase me.  I think being able to say I made my own suit will be well worth it.  Plus the experience would be pretty sweet to have.  I’ve always wished I could sew better.  Plus if I did this I could say I’m a better tailor than my mom haha.  Although I’d never tell her that.  Anyways, if any of you guys have any sewing tips that could possibly help, let me know.  I have a lot to learn haha.  Oh, and if you see any sweet cloth that would look good with that pattern let me know too haha.  And I say haha a lot.  Just so you know.  I really am laughing inside.

Well in addition to this crazy new piece of my life, I declared myself as a Visual Arts minor today.  No, not major.  I’m not that radical.  But I’ve wanted to take some art classes since I got here, and this is the only way I can do that.  A little bit annoying because you’d think they’d let anyone who’s paying tuition take the classes, but no, you’re required to be either a Visual Arts major or minor.  Either way, I’m thinking this could be pretty fun.  Unfortunately I have to take some intro classes first and I think I have the wrong attitude about those, but I can’t wait until I reach the higher levels.  So yeah.  Just figured I’d let you guys know I’m about to become the best minor artist of all time haha.