Birthday wishes!

Happy birthday, emilymorgan !  May it be full of good things. 

Skating competion -> stimulating the economy

 be holding an ISI Open Competition in October, and Huz and I are dipping our competitive toes in the water, as it were, by signing up to compete in Dutch Waltz (the first 'real' dance you learn).  Clearly, it would be inappropriate to compete in my usual skatewear (ripped jeans and old sweatjacket), which means that I've spent the last two days looking for a reasonable ice-dance dress.

I looked around online first to get a feel for what was out there.  Most skating outfits are designed for females with a maximum age of sixteen - enough sequins and sparkles to blind the viewer, and skirts that would be illegally short in any other venue.  I had seen a couple of longer, more flowing skirts at ISI Worlds, so I knew they had to exist.  They do; they're just a little hard to find.  More on that in a moment.

( I ended up ordering something online. Details behind the cut. )