Saturday, October 12, 2024

More Shop & Hop

 Hiya everyone! Tonight we're headed to the Gilded region of Halloween Shop & Hop, which is one of 20 regions packed with talented designers offering discounted sales and free gifts. As always I must share the extremely helpful FabFree spreadsheet with all the details about the gifts we can find, and I thank them for their hard work. I look forward so eagerly to each round of Shop & Hop, as the offerings are always incredible and I manage to find affordable ways to treat myself each time :) It is a mix of old familiar brands and some new-to-me (or new to the whole grid) stores that I am always happy to learn about. The fun continues into early next month, so you have a few weeks left to visit and enjoy. 


My first look of the evening is the flirty RosenRot - Selena Halloween Gift. It looks like two pieces but they are linked together and worn as one, in sizes for Belleza Classic, Belleza Curvy, Erika, Kupra, Legacy, Maitreya, Petite, and Reborn mesh bodies. the jack o' lantern face on the top is such a fun addition, and plaid looks great in black and orange :) The rear view is a bit cheeky, so you may need to add some undies to wear this to some locations.


I can never resist a gift from Kaithleen's, for example this gorgeous Amy Dress - Plum. The silky slip dress is provided in Gen X Classic, Gen X Curvy, Kupra, Legacy, Perky, Maitreya, Petite, Reborn, and Juicy Boobs sizes, with a HUD that offers 20 colors each for the lining and wiring. On the right I've tinted the lining dark blue and the wiring a lighter blue, so you can tell that it's the edge vs. the straps on the top :) The opening on the left hip is particularly revealing, and with the texturing it gives the impression of flowing satin in motion.


Our gift box from Candy Kitten gives us 2 dresses and one cute snuggle buddy, all for free! Be sure to give that a click then :) I am wearing the *CK* Deep night dress HALLOWEEN on the left, with *CK* Deep night dress SKELLETON on the right. Each of these come in sizing for eBody, Juicy, Legacy, Perky, Maitreya, Petite, Gen X Classic, and Gen X Curvy, plus a HUD with 3 colors for the lace trim. The decorations on the bottom of the Halloween version are adorable, and the ribbons on the skeleton say Pretty Mind, Pretty Heart, Pretty Soul which made me smile. Speaking of smiles, the *CK* Here kitty kitty monster toy will probably help you bring lots of those when you add it to your outfit :) It's got a built in hold pose as seen, and is really nicely designed.


Next I changed into the SNS FRANKIE TOP S&H HALLOWEEN GIFT from SUGAR & SPICE. This fun tube top has a HUD that lets us pick from 10 textures each for bra and band portions, and we can adjust the opacity of each too. There are 4 solid colors as well as some seasonal patterns like you see above. The gift includes Erika, Gen X Classic, Gen X Curvy, Legacy, Perky, Maitreya, Petite, Lara X, Petite X, Reborn, and Waifu mesh body sizes.


My final look is an intriguing gift for a few reasons. TheMuses - Embroidered Gown is provided in two colors, orange and noir, each of which are included in shape 1 and shape 2 versions along with an alpha layer that must be worn to hide most of your mesh body. This way the long sleeved, high necked, full length dress is the star of the show :) It is suitable for various roleplay (Victorian era?) and has embossing that shows up beautifully with the ambient lighting wherever you wear it. For that reason I rezzed out a small light to really bring out the materials. Isn't it stunning?

Some people lead rather quiet lives, so when they say their day was an adventure it is probably not a very good thing. It's me, I am some people, LOL. I did make it to my doctor visit, and we decided to switch medication which I agree with so that is not a bad thing. The difficulty arose when I mentioned my inability to get to the lab to get the blood drawn, and she offered to have a nurse draw it there. I was hoping for this honestly, since I was already there somehow and 'might as well'. The problem was that they don't draw blood very often so the nurses there are not as experienced, and my deep tiny veins did not want to play nicely. Two attempts, two nurses, one blown vein, but we finally got the one lousy tube of blood to do a single lab test. Sigh. My right elbow crease looks like someone jammed a plum under the skin, both color and size, so that's fun...yes I've iced it, yes it is sore, and yes, being online and using a mouse with that arm/hand is probably a bad idea. But yes, Dawn is a stubborn magpie :P  So now it's all about waiting, for the arm to heal and the meds to do their thing. I hope you all have a fantastic weekend ahead, many magical magpie hugs to everyone!!

Credits:
All Gifts from Shop & Hop - Gilded Region:

Photo 1:
Dress: RosenRot - Selena Halloween Gift $0L Shop&Hop Gift

Photo 2:
Dress: Kaithleen's Amy Dress - Plum $0L Shop&Hop Gift

Photo 3:
Dress Left: Candy Kitten *CK* Deep night dress HALLOWEEN $0L Shop&Hop Gift
Dress Right: *CK* Deep night dress SKELLETON $0L Shop&Hop Gift
Handheld: *CK* Here kitty kitty monster toy $0L Shop&Hop Gift

Photo 4:
Top: SUGAR & SPICE SNS FRANKIE TOP S&H HALLOWEEN GIFT $0L Shop&Hop Gift
Pants: Delizio - Jeans + Applier for Maitreya + Omega (shown in Blue) $0L Marketplace

Photo 5:
Dress: TheMuses - Embroidered Gown $0L Shop&Hop Gift

Head: LeLUTKA Fleur Head 4.0
Hair: TRUTH Collective / Audacious - Essential
Skin: .::WoW Skins::. Almond LILLY SKIN
Ring: {Carter} Wedding Zoe (Marketplace)
Body/Hands/Feet: Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara 5.3
All Poses: Verocity  (Various Sets)

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