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  1. Viola

    hair quandary poll

    Thanks so much for the help, everyone! I really do appreciate it. Lizzie, does deep brown with red mean the auburns like Hadley posted, or more like: this lady, whoever she is I like both, and was just wondering. Lolly, I love tight retro bobs like that on everyone who has the hair texture...
  2. Viola

    Husband accidently chucks out $50,000 worth of jewellery!

    I knew a woman who said her grandmother succeeded in having her heirs NOT sell the family homestead by virtue of hiding fairly hefty amounts of money and assorted goodies everywhere. Gold coins in the drapes, to make them hang right. Bills behind the wainscoting in the front parlour. Things sewn...
  3. Viola

    *Updated* Grandpa Update!

    Thinking good thoughts. Keep us posted!
  4. Viola

    Childhood, Today's Kids...and The Goonies

    I was very pleased with myself, when I was 12 and able to go downtown via a bus, then transferring to the El train, then transferring to the subway. During the day only, though. Was frosty at my dad for not letting me take the subway after dark. Argued up and down a male friend of mine was...
  5. Viola

    Dita Von Teese

    My mom doesn't hate it and even admits that I'm usually fairly tasteful, but thinks its mostly a silly interest. She's of the school of thought that your "beauty regime" should be brush your teeth and if you feel like going crazy, use some cold cream. She can see even clear nailpolish or clear...
  7. Viola

    hair quandary poll

    Please help me pick a colour for my hair. I have very light skin, fairly pinky. I do not tan, I burn and then go back to being light pink. I have green eyes. This is me with coppery red hair. I think my natural pallor makes it more convincing. ;) This sort of auburn-ish light...
  8. Viola

    Dita Von Teese

    Haha, thanks for that video, Stray Cat. I find things like that fascinating.
  9. Viola

    Dita Von Teese

    I chew gum while wearing lipstick but it makes my mom terribly sad that I do, so I don't in front of her. I have to go to the bathroom to do lipstick/powder though. I'm secretly afraid of what everyone thinks otherwise. And it smears. It just doesn't work. Somehow I suspect "Dita says its...
  10. Viola

    Jewelry Wardrobe Essentials

    Those look pretty, Lolly. Still would be interested to see someone wearing them, to make sure the look I'm picturing is right. Are those yours, or internet inspiration? Lovely either way. It seems like charm bracelets have come back. I wish I could wear them, but they just don't look right on...
  11. Viola

    Jewelry Wardrobe Essentials

    What are dress clips? Is it like a decorative pin, but designed not to put holes in fabric? Like the ones they have that are magnets? Or am I going down the wrong track entirely?
  13. Viola

    Jewelry Wardrobe Essentials

    I cannot find Miss Manners' list online, but I know I've seen it before. I know there's older lists as well and I would dearly love to see any if someone has one. Basically, this is NOT a list of every cool vintage piece of jewelry you might want. And you don't have to wear all of these every...
  14. Viola

    Excessive posting? ... Interesting.....

    Nothing very fancy. I have a list of what I want and it won't set too many hearts a-flutter, aside from mine... my husband and I have an agreement I won't spend more on guns than he does on an entertainment system (which is a flatscreen and stuff, *siiiigh,* not a tube radio to be seen...) and...
  15. Viola

    Excessive posting? ... Interesting.....

    Well I was from a big East Coast city (so not those sorts of prices at all, even for tear downs) and I still can't get over Australian real estate prices. However, the upside is, if we sell this not-fancy 2-bedroom apartment for what we paid... we can get a real house in most of the US, even my...
  16. Viola

    Excessive posting? ... Interesting.....

    I have a foot that plays up in the cold. Old fracture, arthritis, etc. Like, just cold hurts like heck and it locks up and doesn't play nicely. Actually slipping on ice is a great way to ruin a whole day. I would consider snow for living near my family (in Philadelphia, which isn't...
  17. Viola

    Excessive posting? ... Interesting.....

    Well played, HoosierDaddy. Well played, indeed. Well, we definitely can't move to the US for at least a couple years. Austin's still staying on the possibility list, though. I blame AtomicEraTom for his heartbreaking pictures of Wisconsin real estate for having me even THINK about a place as...
  19. Viola

    What do you like the most about The Golden Era?

    Not at all restricted. Gotta say, I don't know if its just this particular area, but the locals seems to take "dressing casually" VERY seriously. Like, compared to my American hometown even. Of course, there might be other, practical reasons you don't walk around barefoot in Philadelphia. ;)...
  20. Viola

    Excessive posting? ... Interesting.....

    I can take weird. I can even take hipsters if it means I won't have to listen to any more young, white, suburban Australians rapping... oh it is every bit as bad as it sounds.
  21. Viola

    Excessive posting? ... Interesting.....

    What are your thoughts on Austin? I think that's the only city I could swing...? I would settle for any American state's gun laws at the moment. But I'd be fond of Texas for that and the weather. Unlike, say, Montana.
  22. Viola

    Do you think you're drawn here because of past life memories....

    I go back and forth on how vintage my family is. My parents were and are fairly resolutely '70s in terms of aesthetic, but in the back-to-the-land way that was both fashionable and old-fashioned back then. My mom loves organic gardening. My dad DIY's pine furniture. They both have huge respect...
  23. Viola

    Excessive posting? ... Interesting.....

    Man, the gun laws, you guys are just teasing me now. Poor, pitable me.

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