On The Range...?

 A couple of the items on The Saturday Sale had a Western-ish theme, so it sent me in search of an appropriate location to take a photo of them. Most of the sims that came up in the search were RP locations, and I've had mixed results visiting those in the past. (Some RP locations have much stricter rules than others, and yeah - I've gotten yelled at before. 😅)

I ended up at an Amaretto Horse auction site that seemed to be empty at the time - hope they don't mind!

Winter Weather

 

We're having a spell of Actual Winter this year, with snow staying on the ground for days and the high temps lurking in the 20s F (negative single digits C). Much as I'd rather be frolicking at a tropical beach, I figured I should show something a little more realistic.

Out With The Old...

 ...which one can see just two posts below this...

And in with the new and updated me!

As mentioned, most (thought not all) of this is from LeLutka's 12 Days of Christmas promotional giveaway, details below the cut.

SL's 13th Birthday at Hairology

Apologies if I'm rushing these posts a bit, but the 13th Birthday event runs through June 26th and I want to show off some of these items while people can still grab them!

Yesterday I hit the Hairology event for its load of freebies and oh my pixels were there some lovelies in the mix!  With only a few exceptions, the hairs come with multiple color options and/or HUDs which make them suitable for most avatars. (Sorry guys, I only saw one vendor there specifically for men's hair - but at least one of the other gifts is unisex.)

With no further ado, here are a few of my favorite scores!

Happy 13th Birthday, Second Life!

SL is having a birthday, and we can all get presents!  There's a list of current shopping events at which some of the designers have put out free gifts for SL members; just look for the tall birthday cake and click on it!

So far I've hit two of the events, and have soooo many other things to try on and take pics of!  For this entry, I'm focusing mostly on items from Whimsical (with a couple from We Love Role-Play thrown in for the second photo.)

Photo One shows a lovely maxi-dress and lots of accessories:

From The Arcade, December 2015

Ah, The Arcade - how I love thee, and how thy machines hate me. *sighs*

To be honest, I would have a much easier time if I weren't so insistent on staying a redhead at all times. Only the Clawtooth machine cooperated and gave me a reds pack (the style didn't quite go with the dress, but I'll have to be sure to feature it soon).  Luckily I was able to trade for another one of the red hairs pretty quickly - thank you, Natalia Corvale! <3

Hair Fair Haul

I fought the lag, and the lag won - the first round, anyway. Then I buckled down and manged to get through the four sims of Hair Fair 2015 collecting a bunch of demos and gifts from the various hair vendors and admiring the items they put up for the event. (Once the crowds die down a little bit I'll make my decisions on which of the demos to buy. There are some lovely styles out there I probably won't purchase just because their reds are too washed out for me, which is a bummer.)

Almost everything I'm wearing in these photos (except for skin, eyes, and a couple of pieces of jewelry) was a Hair Fair gift! The first style is a mesh ponytail from ICONIC - one of several, which made me happy.

More Arcade, and the Advanced or Casual Hunt

A couple of the Arcade trades I was hoping for came through, and I've hit a few stops on another of the Fi's Creations hunts - this one is a dual-path event called The Advanced or Casual Hunt. (There's still 5 days left on the hunt AND the Arcade!)

Damaris is the other hair offered by TRUTH in the current round (same machine as Gilda from my previous post), and it includes the Hibiscus accessory. It made a good match for one of the Casual path dresses from {D.o.R.k.}

The Frozzen Fair Faves

On top of the several excellent SL hunts going on right now, it's also time for "The Frozzen Fair 2014" at which you can find booths with a sampling of wares from 100+ vendors. Many of them have dollarbie or freebie gifts at their booths, too!

The first is another sweaterdress, a lovely little freebie from Sassy! paired with the Tartan sunglasses from Legal Insantiy.

Skin: ~Belleza~ Ellie Gacha 11
Makeup: Flirt "Rawr" Eye Liner
Hair: .MINA "Noor" (Hair Fair 2014)
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Dress:Sassy! "Newport Sweater Dress in Ivory" (The Frozzen Fair 2014)
Sunglasses: Legal Insanity "Tartan Sunglasses"  (The Frozzen Fair 2014)

Next up, the dollarbie coat and scarf set by ArisAris (who also have dollarbie white mesh short boots at their booth).

Skin: .::WoW Skins::.  Paola Tan (Peace on Earth 7 Hunt)
Makeup: Flirt "Rawr" Eye Liner
Hair: .[LaNoir Soliel] "Ally" (Hair Fair 2014)
Eyes: Mayfly, "Liquid Light Mesh Eye" Sapphire Night (w3)
Dress:ArisAris "Houndstooth and Mink" Coat & Scarf (The Frozzen Fair 2014, dollarbie)