It has been awhile

It has been quite awhile since I posted.  I told myself that I was going to be really good about writing regularly, but then there is this list of things that I do.

Remodeling my home: Right now we are working on the basement.  Heat ducting this weekend.
Working for an advertising startup.
Training monkeys.  Cool, right?
Getting my garden ready for Spring between rain showers.

I have been pretty good about living brand free because I don't have time to do much shopping.  However, I have to admit that I did a little brand whoring.  I purchased a pair of 7 for all mankind jeans from the Nordstrom Rack.

So here is my string of excuses:
They are made in the USA, so the $100 I spent, is really not that much.
I am too poor for a lot of the indie brands which are $200 or more.
They look good and fit well which is good for my self esteem.
Cheap jeans come from countries where I don't approve of the manufacturing processes.

I could come up with more excuses, but it doesn't really matter.  In the next few months I am going to be posting products that are made (or mostly made) in the USA.  I am not really wholly on that bandwagon, but it is my belief that companies who do manufacturing here tend to be smaller.  I think that smaller companies are probably less corrupt because they have less hands in the pot.  Also, smaller companies that I have not heard of yet, are not doing a very good job brainwashing me for their brand, so I will seek them out.

Besides that, I have a few handmade goods to post.  I am finishing the purse that I started ages ago, and I am sewing two dresses.  Also, I just finished a lovely pair of gloves for a friend of mine.