urchic.

at the moment, i am rocking a look that can best be described as 'urchin couture;' the situation is becoming dire--somewhere along the line i lost the inclination to replace items of clothing that are falling apart, and it has finally hit the point where enough of my clothing is in poor repair in one way or another that it basically looks like i fell off the back of the salvation army van. (well, not entirely--i like to think that i manage to camouflage the disintegrating state of my wardrobe fairly well). as dom's old roommate once said, you pay for every 'fuck it;'

here is what i'm probably going to be paying for (in the literal sense) soon, if i'm to have any hope of looking respectable ever again:

1. a haircut: i am in desperate need of a haircut--in the last 24 hours, my current shag 'do has hopped the turnstile out of 'pleasantly messy' and hopped the train to 'overgrown and potentially ornery.' i had been entertaining the notion of growing it out again, but really. hell with it. i lack the patience to recultivate the mane at this particular point in time.
2. pants: i am also in desperate need of some new pants, as at the moment i only own one pair that fits. being a girl, this secretly delights me; however, having one's clothes constantly falling off is not really de rigeur anywhere but the bedroom, and now that i no longer work out of my apartment it is leaving me constantly out of context. not owning clothes that fit, especially in winter: bad on many levels.
3. coat repairs: i own two winter coats; on one, the lining and pockets are so shredded that the garment's ability to maintain heat is compromised. the other is missing a vital button or two (it only buttons about halfway), paving the road for some marvelous updrafts on the walk to the subway. i feel like in the interests of health and safety, one of the other of them needs to be repaired in the extremely near future. freezing to death while wearing your winter vestments? questionable.
4. boot repairs: my favorite boots have holes in both soles, and the heels are ground down to the point where i walk as if i am constantly at sea. damp, sloping feet, while sexy if you're a penguin, are decidedly not de rigeur for the mammalian set. i should probably look into getting those resoled.
5. socks: every pair of socks that i own have holes in them; i have taken to wearing dom's socks because mine no longer actually encase the feet (hi, baby!). wearing men's socks: while it makes me feel closer to my transcontinental sweetheart, it does rather make me feel a little less feminine. again, should probably look into sorting that out.

basically, i am a shaggy girl with baggy pants, holes in her socks, coat and shoes. my mother would be horrified.