So by the time you all read this, it will be a couple days later than I would have liked to have posted this, but I didn't have wireless internet access in my grandparents apartment.
I finally made a thorough trip to New York's famous garment district today! For me, it marks a couple milestones - first is that it was the first time I got to actually explore the garment district and go to all the stores I wanted to. A couple weeks before my trip, I followed the advice of a very informative garment district blog and made a google map of all the stores they suggested which I later followed in order to find some of the coolest stores. The second landmark is that I navigated the city of New York all by myself. Surprisingly, I have never had the guts to travel to the city and walk around it all by myself, so this was a very exciting trip for me. I managed to get myself on a train from my grandparents apartment and walk from Grand Central Terminal to 39th street at 7th ave with minimal interference (especially considering the streets were packed with too many St. Pattys day celebrators). Step one to adulthood is now in gear!
Anyway, I made this trip to the district because I was looking for fabric for a couple projects I've been considering for a while (a cinderella costume, a summer shirtwaist dress, a summery skirt, and a bathing suit). I only managed to purchase some fabric for my cinderella costume, even though I highly considered a blue polka dot spandex for a new swimsuit (and am still considering ordering when I arrive home).
