I tell you what. If they can put a man on the moon for any reason other than checking out the atmosphere or collecting some rocks, then they can make a self-tanner that sticks to your legs and not to your heels.
Just last night while eating bad sushi in an old haunt of ours and recalling stories of the sushi chef I'd
practice speaking Japanese with, HWWV interrupts me. "Hey, that Mystic Tan: Haven't you been going?"
Yes, I say.
"Well, you don't look all that tan."
He's right. I've gone once or twice a week for a spray and although there's a bit of color, it certainly isn't what I expected. I've been wondering how it is that I go and stand in that booth a couple times a week and nothing happens.
Well, friends, while knitting a bit a little while ago, I figured it all out. Seems my heels are so dry, they've sucked up all the dye. (And listen: I wear these little booties in that booth. I don't for the life of me know how that color got there.)
But color. These socks are so color-FULL. I love this turquoise, and although I don't think this particular colorway is available right now, All Things Heather has this new sock yarn that just debuted at kpixie and it has 560 yards a hank! (Is that enough for a shawl?) I'm hankering after the Bananas Foster colorway, myself. If you want some, I say go get it quickly. I just looked back at kpixie and I'm thinking there are fewer colors available than there were, say, 30 minutes ago.
(And if you are wondering. Yes, I have guests. Too bad that Mystic Tan has let me down. I was thinking it would give me confidence. You know, a Power Tan.)
i hope things with the guests are going pleasantly.
i have feet like those. it's because i wear slippers all the time. so shame...but it's a great excuse to knit socks to wear with the slippers.
Posted by: keohinani | June 02, 2006 at 05:51 PM
That All Things Heather yarn is gorgeous!
And about the guests, stay strong, hide liquor artfully around the house, hide knitting projects around the house, pretend that you can't hear, develop "vapors" that will require a little lay down. There's the sum knowledge and coping skills I've developed in my 8 years with my inlaws.
Posted by: Jennifer | June 02, 2006 at 05:57 PM
Yen garden has some wonderful colors too!!! Check it out!
I just bought THREE!!!
WEE!!!!
Posted by: Miz Booshay | June 02, 2006 at 06:08 PM
Those are some beautiful yarns. Too bad I am on a diet right now.
Posted by: Kris | June 02, 2006 at 06:43 PM
That's funny about the Mystic Tan...I was reading sunless.com yesterday and that is their major complaint with it, not a dark enough color.
Posted by: Janet | June 02, 2006 at 06:43 PM
Never tried the mystic tan, I'm a bottle girl myself. The heel thing is funny though!
Good luck with your guests. Remember, they're just visiting......
Posted by: heather | June 02, 2006 at 06:59 PM
Years ago, someone gave me some very funny advice regarding "guests"...set up some of those child safety gates strategically around the house. "Guests" wouldn't dare fiddle with them (how the ?!@# do these things work??), and they'll keep certain parts of your house all to yourself and serve the additional benefit of just generally messing with their heads!!
Also, I thought pale is the new tan..no?
Posted by: Monica | June 02, 2006 at 07:23 PM
The All Things Heather is beautiful. For self tanner try L'Oreal Sublime Glow. I use the medium and it works on my blinding pale skin. It doesn't streak and is easy to apply.
Posted by: Dawn | June 02, 2006 at 07:39 PM
They're using the #1 version on you. Have them step it up to #2. (there are 3 levels). I use Mystic Tan, too, and the last time they used #2. Now I look nicely roasted. Knew something was different when I walked into a friend's house and she said, Wow, your eyes are really green today! heh. fake tan is good. good luck with the guests.
Posted by: caroline | June 02, 2006 at 09:01 PM
Caroline, I use #2!!!!
Posted by: Wendy | June 02, 2006 at 09:40 PM
I have no advice on the faux tanning front, nor do I have a magic solution for rendering She Who Shall Remain Nameless impotent of the ability to perturb and disturb you.
Some help I am, eh?
I do, however, have sympathy to offer on your current state of guesthood.
I was recently told by a good friend that I have the power to make others lose all track of time. I hope that I can bequeath this to you by proxy, so that you awake one fine sunny California morning to discover that SWSRNless has magically disappeared in a puff of pork-scented smoke, leaving you lying in a lounge chair by a clear cool pool sipping something crisp and tonicy.
Posted by: Lizbon | June 03, 2006 at 12:07 AM
Ahhhh, time for PORK stories! On the one hand, good luck with the guests... On the other, bring on the hilarious horror stories.
Posted by: Tricia | June 03, 2006 at 07:21 AM
Good luck with the house guests, Wendy. I feel your pain. Going to visit the MIL myself today. Luckily only for the weekend. But that's enough! Oh the agony!
That yarn is gorgeous! I've been dyeing some yarn that's a little finer than fingering, which is what kpixie says the All Things Heather is. What size needles are you using? I've found that my US1's are too big. . .
Posted by: Kirsten | June 03, 2006 at 07:37 AM
LOL at "Ah, time for PORK stories". Or will we be denied until the guests depart?
Posted by: Dusa | June 03, 2006 at 08:22 AM
For sunless tanning try L'Oreal Sublime Bronze (or something like that) tanning towelettes. I love them. Put a little lotion on dry spots before applying sunless tanner. I have to use two towelettes at a time to cover everything, but it's worth it.
Posted by: Holly | June 03, 2006 at 08:28 AM
Is it possible that the tan is affected hormonally? Sunless peeps have told me that...
I'm telling you, mix some airbrush solution with lotion, apply over a few days, and good color and no color on heels!!!!
Argh, more yarn to go covet. :-)
Posted by: Aura | June 03, 2006 at 08:42 AM
Ah, I was wondering if the guests had arrived. Hang in there. Remember, no matter how hard they are to deal with, they DID give the world HWWV, and that's a VERY good thing, worth a whole lot of hassle.
Finish that shawl and DON'T agree to make anything else for her for another five years or so!
Posted by: Erica | June 03, 2006 at 11:01 AM
Guests? Bring on the pork products!
Posted by: Gina | June 03, 2006 at 12:26 PM
The Mystic Tan did the samething to my heels and left me with nothing but streaks down my legs. The Sunless Tan Towelttes by Estee Lauder are nice and easy to use.
Posted by: KnitPastis | June 03, 2006 at 04:57 PM
Wendy, has she asked for her carnival shawl yet?
Posted by: elizabeth | June 03, 2006 at 05:20 PM
nope
Posted by: Wendy | June 03, 2006 at 05:27 PM
So, my sis did the mystic tan thing for her prom, in all honesty...I didn't work for her either!
Posted by: Ariane | June 03, 2006 at 10:31 PM
THat is one amazing colorway! Love the way it pools! YUM!
Posted by: Julia | June 05, 2006 at 12:53 AM
oooh pretty! you should do the summer of socks: http://zarzuelaknitsandcrochets.com/summerofsocks/
Posted by: JJo | June 05, 2006 at 04:44 PM