Where? Kinokuniya Bookstore

My daughter has discovered Anime in the last while so I decided we would take a visit to Kinokuniya Bookstore here in the International District, Seattle. Of course they have a membership card like most bookstores of today, and surprise I got one. Anyone who knows me at all knows I am a sucker for bookstores and getting a membership card like this to help support my habit, how could I resist.

Until now I hadn't made it to Kinokuniya, though it had been on my radar for a while. Since my daughter has been watching back to back episodes of Black Butler and I finally got her to watch Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle I decided it was time to check it out. I think she has fallen in love ;) I envision more Anime movies in the near future.

Here she is checking out the Funko POP selection (she is now the proud owner of Sebastion from Black Butler). She's wearing her newly altered suit jacket and pants as I picked her up right from school and it had been recital day. Of course she is also wearing her Sans hat as it seldomly leaves her head.

I was impressed with the wall of ENFU Stickers and bought myself a new one to put on my laptop. I have boughten a few of these stickers since moving to Seattle. Both of us found many things we wanted and I didn't even check out the stationary area. I was kinda of afraid to as I knew I would find an assortment of writing implements that I need. Another bookstore has been officially added to my list of places to frequent.

A little WEAR? blurb

My daughter wearing her new Sans hat as her old one is looking a little worse for wear. The old one is made of fleece and more of a dingy grey then white. I made her new one out of a nice cotton knit which will be much more comfortable this time of year.

Wear? - Favourite Jeans MMMAY17

These are my favourite pair of jeans, a friend gave them to me about 4 years ago. Her sister had given them to her and lucky for me they didn't fit her :). They are from a US company called Royal Unknighted and are made from a 4 way stretch denim. I loved the flare width, the contrast stitching and the fit.

The yoke is as added bonus as it sits so much nicer on my physique then the traditional jean waistband. The top stitching is all done with a high contrast thick yellow thread in three rows. The top stitching up the inseam is also a nice feature.

But my favourite jeans are finally calling it quits, I suspected thay they were getting to the stage of showing wear. And after their last washing.... 

They aren't the type of jeans that really suit a patch and I definitely can't make a hole this size just disappear. So the reason for this blog posting, I am going to clone myself a pair. I have been thinking about doing it for a while as I haven't been able to find another pair of these jeans and I really like them if you haven't realized that yet. The end results won't look exactly like this pair as I am starting with a slightly different fabric but the main goal is the fit.

So making a new pair of jeans from my old favourites is probably my MAIN goal for MMMAY17.