Originally Posted By SuzieQ Pixie, I'm taking deep breathes! I've been slaving over the heritage albums I'm making. I wake up thinking pictures, I dream pictures..... LOL
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Well I do declare all my favorite ladies are here tonight. I think I'll sit for a spot and watch. Good thing for the divorce mmaus Ashley was such a pansy. Melodie you are not!! I'll take a tall glass of sweet tea (gag) and few gingersnaps.
Originally Posted By mmaus1962 So, I'm wondering...have any of you ever wanted to dress up in Scarlett-type outfit for fun? There are two dresses that Vivian Leigh wore in GWTW that I'd love to wear. One is the green and white dress she wears at the beginning. The other is the red dress Rhett insists she wear to Ashley's birthday party. I'd just love to have a reason to wear something like that. <sigh>
Originally Posted By Lisann22 ^^^God yes! I love those dresses. Once on my many trips to Atlanta, I went to Stone Mountain Park (where they forgot they lost the war) and they had the dresses displayed, you could try on some, the backs were open so you could just slip them on. I was much thinner than. I was in heaven! I'll have to dig those pictures out.
Originally Posted By mmaus1962 >>I went to Stone Mountain Park (where they forgot they lost the war)<< LOL!!! That's so cool that you got to try on those dresses! They have one of those Old Time Studios here; I should just go and try something on and get my picture taken just for fun. When you say they had the dresses displayed, do you mean the dresses from the movie? Or what I was talking about above?
Originally Posted By FaMulan But to have to wear those clothes all day. Sure, they're beautiful, but you have to wear your bloomers, a chemise, a corset, a hoop-skirt, then the dress itself which can be all of like 10 yards worth of fabric, most of that in the skirt! Those antebellum dresses are fairly akin to the clothes Noble Ladies of the Renaissance wore and I know for a fact that those ensembles can weigh 60 lbs or more.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I know what you're saying FaMulan. I'd never wear those dresses all day but it was fun to see what I looked like in one, with the huge hat and umbrella. mmaus - they had in glass display cases the dresses and other clothing from the movie, but the ones we tried on were replicas.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 They also had a corset of Vivien Leigh's and her horrible 19" waist. That sucker only fit around one side of me. LOL!
Originally Posted By mmaus1962 Oh, absolutely, Fa! I'd have hated to have to wear that stuff all day! Ugh! I still think it would be fun to try on and wear for a little bit. And don't get me started on the 19" waist thing...this is the mellow haven. Waist sizes are irrelevant!
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka <<The other is the red dress Rhett insists she wear to Ashley's birthday party. I'd just love to have a reason to wear something like that.>> OOOHHHH!!! I LOVE THE RED DRESS! :-D I could probably only wear that dress on my leg. LOL Simplicity has the "Curtain" dress pattern! There is also a website that sells different GWTW dress patterns. Me "wantsa". I wanted to watch GWTW so badly this weekend but my daughter isn't quite old enough to appreciate it. She loves the outfits, but doesn't really understand the rest. I'd also love to guzzle some bourbon, too. Rough week. Friday is my son's "Psych" evaluation :-( I think I'm going to have to go back on Prozac. But for now, it's juleps! LOL
Originally Posted By SuzieQ >>I went to Stone Mountain Park (where they forgot they lost the war)<< ROFL! I felt the same way when I went to Stone Mountain. Funny story.... One of my co-workers took his boys to Stone Mtn. when they were little. They were looking at the huge carving of the Confederate Generals and Daddy was trying to explain about the civil war. An elderly, dignified woman was standing next to them. She just about passed out when one of the boys innocently asked, "Daddy, where's Mr. Lincoln?" Well, thank you for the juleps last night. I slept like a baby. No heritage album dreams or anything. Today I get to wait for my new washing machine to be delivered. The old one just up and died on Tuesday. It just kind of sighed and started leaking water out the bottom So, a mellow day is anticipated.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 ^^^LOL! Remind me to one day tell you the story about me walking into a Civil War reenactment. I had no idea they were SO serious (meaning - they really think they are still fighting the war). Holy cow, I thought I was going to be hung from a tree. I thought the tents with the clothing and supplies was for us to look through, so we were trying on the hats, etc. No clue this was the general supplie for the "troops" Aye yi yi - I was a "Damn Yankee" for sure.
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 lol Lisann22! Hey I brought cheesecake today, oreo cookie cheesecake. Who wants some?
Originally Posted By LVBelle Ooooo, any of that cheesecake left? Sounds like an excellent breakfast to me! And I've earned it after the week I've had!
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter <----dons rubber gloves, removes the moldy cheesecake, and opens the windows to air out the thread.
