Current Status: Temporarily Retired

It's been almost 5 months since I quit my job.  Totally loving this new life but I have trouble filling out forms for the "Occupation" section.  I'm obviously not a Housewife and it's not nice to use the word Unemployed.  A young woman who sat next to me in a restaurant today is in a similar situation.  I shamelessly eavesdropped on her conversation with the 2 men who sat next to her on the other side.  Apparently, she's quit her job a few months ago and has been traveling around Asia with an open end ticket.  She called herself retired and I should use this status as well.  Unfortunately, I can't afford to be retired for much longer so it will have to be temporary!

Unemployed Day 60 - Sewing Project #4

It's been almost 2 months and I'm still loving it.  Lots of things to do around the apartment and plenty of research to do for my upcoming travel plans.  I'm even behind on my Italian class homework!
Took down my old living room curtain months ago.  Had the idea of using the old (thick) fabric to make a spare travel bag.  Finally got around to doing it and it's done within 24 hours!  It's not the best bag in the world, but I'm proud to have made it from scratch.  Mr. A said I'm very talented.  :D

A bundle of old curtain fabric.

 

 Cut the fabric to the size I want.

 Sewing machine in action - Sew on the zipper.  It was quite tricky because the zipper is made in a closed loop.

 

 Close the side and bottom and there you get the first shape of a bag.

 Make 2 handles with the same fabric.  I rolled up an old sock to the shape of a sausage and stuffed it in the center of each handle.  That makes two small pillows for the comfort of my shoulders.

 Now, the bag is done on the outside.

 The bag looks better than expected.

 Mr. A suggested I add lining for a better bag.  I found just the perfect piece of fabric from a long shirt I mutilated before.  Not the easiest thing to do, but the bag does look so much better with lining!  It simply covered up all the ugly bits inside the bag.  :P  Thanks, Mr. A!

Now, I'm ready to travel and buy more souvenirs!!  :D

Unemployed Day 37

Time flies!  It's been over a month since I stopped working.  Lots of people thought I'd be bored by now.  Surprisingly, I don't feel bored in the slightest.  Some days I'm actually quite busy and wonder how quickly a day goes by.  I think I am a perfect candidate for early retirement.  Unfortunately, my retirement fund is light years away from being enough.  Oh well...