Burns, a Skirt, and a Drink

Posted by hairyshoefairy on Thursday Jul 15, 2010 Under Cool Stuff, Crap

After posting about my sunburned legs last night I got ready for bed and as I took off my shirt I felt some tenderness on my arms and back.  I got sunburned there, too.  Apparently I need some adult supervision when applying sunscreen to myself.  Most of it isn’t too bad but a few spots are pretty bright red.  Still no blisters, though, so I can’t complain too much.  Also, just in case you were wondering, it’s hard to get a good nights rest when the top of your legs are burned and you sleep on your stomach.

I made a skirt yesterday morning while Wingnut was napping.  I found some fabric with an embroidered border that I fell in love with and just had to make into a skirt.  Even better, it was on clearance.  I wanted it to be sort of a full, gathered skirt.  To save myself some time I just went with an easy elastic waist so I didn’t have to fiddle with zippers and a fitted waistband.  I’m really happy with it.

new skirt

While eating at Tiburon a few weeks ago I fell in love with their pretty bottles of house mint lemonade.  I’ve made fresh pressed lemonade with mint for a couple of years now after trying it at Ti Couz.  It’s a favorite at our house.  Then at the farmer’s market a couple of Saturdays ago I saw a stand selling mint LIMEade.  I’m a sucker for pretty much anything lime so I decided to give it a try at home today.  I made it the same way I make fresh pressed lemonade with mint but with limes instead of lemons and this time I used mint picked from my very own garden.  Isn’t it pretty?  It’s such a great summer drink.

limeade with mint

6 Responses to “Burns, a Skirt, and a Drink”

  1. em Says:

    You crafty devil you…. it all looks wonderful!

  2. teeny Says:

    Cute skirt! Also, I LOVE the shoes! So cute!

  3. kris Says:

    CUTE skirt!!! I got fried today, too, coulda sworn I applied sunscreen, but apparently I can’t trust myself either. LOL

  4. tia Says:

    Love the skirt! That limeade looks too good, I’m a sucker for anything lime.

  5. mom Says:

    LOVE the skirt!!! So cute! I want to try that limeade, by the way…

  6. hairyshoefairy » Blog Archive » Citrus Drinks Says:

    [...] went through that entire bottle of my fresh pressed limeade with mint all by myself  in only one day so, naturally, I had to make more.  While I was at it I pulled out [...]

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