Current favorites and why I have been absent!

Well I had a lovely Halloween and my costume was Alex Delarge from A ClockWork Orange. I made my very first punk vest. Think lots of safety pins and patches. I was going to upload pictures but for some reason I cannot upload any I took via my phone. This has given me much frustration. For a whole day I tried to upload pictures to no avail. I even had some pictures of recent thrift finds. But nooooo...ah well.

I won a Halloween contest started by The Gothic Optician who has a Facebook here. I won with this picture!

I have never won a contest before so....I am so very happy! I also discovered a local specialty store called Mineral Way. They specialize in hand crafted mineral makeup. Also they can create custom colors and they perfectly matched a shade to match me. Which is amazing! I am so pale with yellow undertones so makeup searching is a pain in the buns. During the warmer weather I found a wonderful trench coat and have been wearing it nonstop. And lately since Christmas is nearing stores are selling scents in the holiday theme...which means...Vanilla all the things! I love that I can make the house smell like a giant sugar cookie...but my man despises it. *shrugs* How can there be too much vanilla?! Also since making the punk vest I have been interested in adding crustpunk elements into my wardrobe. Which reminds me..I need to invest in good quality combat boots. My favorite pair is already falling apart after only three months. So do you have any recommendations for a good brand of combats?