Weirded out

I really am, too.

Last Sunday we stopped to browse in Best and Less, a discount department store/chain while wandering through the shopping centre. It's a good place to go for cheap singlets, t-shirts, undies etc for the kids, and we thought we'd grab some stuff to pop in WonderBoy's stocking.

Pete wheeled Lola-Frog in the stroller, choosing undies and a couple of pairs of jammies for Wonderboy, and I kept young Mr. W out of the way in the little girls' clothes, looking at the wee skirts and dresses for sale.

And that's when I saw it.

It's still freaking me out to write this, even now.

It was there. Lola's Dress.

The darling wee smock-dress I'd bought the fabric and pattern for, and sewn all by my little lone self.

Same fabric (though a slightly duller version of the colours), similar style (except with unnecessarily naff looking bows on the straps), and buttons on the back in place of press studs.

Now, if I'd been perusing seed, or Pumpkin Patch, or some gloriously overpriced children's clothing boutique in Mosman or Bondi Junction, I'd be okay with finding this crude counterfeit hanging on the rack. But Best and Less?

Now I'm depressed AND weirded out.

Pikapolonica!

Ladybird, Ladybug, Ladybeetle... many names for them ( I just looked it up on Wiki. Some of the lesser-used names for these insects include Ladyclock, Ladycow and Ladyfly - excuse me?) but I think that all round, they're considered to be good luck, either for cultural reasons (especially in Europe, I think) or for the fact that they eat aphids and so keep your roses healthy...


Wonder what the significance of them is when they take up residence on your sewing machine??I hope it means good luck for the current (gasp! Not knitted!) project!