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Cake Wrecks features the good, bad and fugly of cake decoration. While icing eyesores roam free and wide in most of its posts, there are also occassional awe-worthy cakes. and I do mean that in a good way.

Observe.

a cake to make Jim Henson proud. Read and see more sides of this cake here.

Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night on a cupcake base. Oh yes, those are all separate cupcakes underneath.

... and a tier cake to rival.

Hello, everyone. It's a Monday, and my body hasn't been a very good friend today. Most people say Vertigo gets triggered by stress and too much MSG. In my case, it's stress and exhaustion. (Oh, shame, shame on me.) I'm feeding myself hot tamarind soup stew with pork and veggies (or simply put, Sinigang in Filipino), and keeping the little portions I eat down. ( Y'hear me, tummy? I mean it!)

Hot soup always makes me feel better, no matter what ails me.

Anyway! on to funnier circumstances. Well... Remember the denim pencil skirt? The one that got stolen? Well, let's just say that I have a lot to thank Ate Diding, our weekly housekeep. She's saved me through a lot of pinches and near-fatal accidents, and has proved once more how she is the awesome Alfred to my Batman.

She found the skirt in the dryer. Where I had given it a second spin, and promptly forgot about it.

*major facepalm*

Here's the skirt. I do so love it.

Things I've learned:
1) Never leave things in the middle of a process when you're tired and/or distracted. 'Nuff said.

2) Aside from making skirts on ladies a lot more interesting, slits are there for a very good reason. The higher they go, the better they let a girl move her legs, speacially when boarding vehicles and other modes of transportation. I had the horrifying experience of hearing a very nasty vrrrrrip from the back of the denim skirt while boarding a Tamarraw FX from behind. (Too-tall vehicles and stairs are the bane of pencil skirts.) Thankfully, the rip wasn't obscene and James was there with me. Once it's washed, all I need to do is to reinforce the "new" slit and give it a much more tailored look.

3) Pencil skirts with heels? Yes, yes, oh yes. Specially on an hourglass figure. While the look can work on weekends, it sizzles best in a work environment. Just keep your Maggie Gyllenhall Secretary tendencies in check, and feel it in your bones that you. are. hot. ;)

“My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing.” -- Jessica Alba

And all I really came for were brass=y buttons.

This Saturday afternoon, James had to head home rather early to meet up with a friend who'd help him transfer files out of a sputtering hard drive to safety. I saw it as a perfect opportunity to get out and grab a few brass buttons for another project that was dancing around in my head. I was hoping I'd be able to do some sewing tonight, and maybe finish up a new pencil skirt.

But with a display like this, I guess not. :)

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As seen on A Dress A Day: A simple list of why skirts are better than pants:

1. Drawing your pants legs back from someone in disgust as you pass them is insufficiently scornful.

2. Studies have shown that wearing skirts is 90% effective in preventing VPL (visible panty line).

3. Ditto for "plumber's butt," "whale tail," and "camel toe."

4. Ruffles on a skirt can be over-the-top glamorous. Ruffles on pants are only acceptable if your name is Mary, and a little lamb follows you everywhere you go.

5. It is impossible to smuggle someone in -- or out -- of prison, a masked ball, a hotel room, etc. by hiding them under your pants. (Plus, there is no such thing as "hooppants."

6. When you strap a gun to your thigh in pants, you lose the element of surprise.

7. You don't have to have skirts hemmed differently for flats or heels.

8. Twirling in a pair of pants results in 87% less happiness.

9. The word "skirt" has both a singular and a plural form, usable by all ("I am wearing a skirt today." "Instantly Mrs. Bagnet put some pins into her mouth, and began pinning up her skirts all round, a little higher than the level of her grey cloak.") The word "pants" has a singular than can only be used by fashion-industry people ("Designers are showing a high-waisted, wide-legged pant for fall").

10. Skirt blowing up, revealing underthings? Sexy. Pants falling down, revealing underthings? Humiliating.