Look What I Did!

I'm currently learning a choreography that is danced with a veil. Since I haven't done much veil work, I was borrowing one from my teacher at class. We decided that I really should get one since she sometimes forgets to bring an extra, and dancing with an imaginary veil looks pretty strange. So I looked online and found them ranging in price from $30-45. Ouch. Needless to say, I can't afford to spend that on three yards of silk. Being the clever gal that I am, I decided to see how much an undyed piece of silk in the proper size would be. Dharma Trading had what I needed for a measly $13 and change including shipping. I busted out a little tie dye kit I had bought last year, and ended up with this:


Woo hoo! Great job, Raina! You can't see it, but I'm giving myself a hearty pat on the back.

Now all I have to do is practice the choreography until my arms feel like they're going to fall off from flinging that veil around, and I might just start to lose some of the extra baby weight I'm carrying around. Which is exactly what I aim to do since Shawna, Amy and I are going to have a "friendly" little competition to see who can lose the most poundage (in a healthful way) in 6 weeks. I added those quotation marks in the previous sentence because I know those bitches are ruthless. I'm using "bitch" as a term of endearment here, but really, you gotta watch out for those two! So wish me luck- I'm going to need it.