12/11/2025
Earrings - 7xsets in total for $5 on special… Only using 2 of the 7 tonight obvi…Bracelet $6Necklace $6 (Saw both at Kmart weeks ago and hoped they would still be there when I went back to buy my accessories for Metallica)Glitters- $2.50- 8x little bottles of “specials” (only using 2 of the 8)$2.50- 10x fine litters (only using 2 of the 10 colours today)$2 black nail polishBlack guitar pic necklast - Free (birthday gift)Metallica belt- Free (Christmas gift)Boots- Had for years mate!Sketchers sneakers had for ages- Got em’ from the “oppy” for $15 bucks mate- Now that’s a bargain!Bracelets-Anniversary gift for “Musband” and “mife”“Candy”- Memorabilia from the Logan loud and Proud - Pride Festival- Because we are both loudly and proudly free to be who we want to be as we celebrate Metallica in QLD Australia and our anniversary and the wrap up of the release of Free by Jaylee, “That’s me!”- That’s him too- Jaylee is Jaymee-Lee and Scotty!…Clothes-Scotty wears his clothes right, he already has them!Jaylee- we’ll that’s a story, y’all know I love a good yarn…I went to op shop back when we got the tickets just looking in advance you know while getting other stuff for kids blah blah blah… Anyways- I found this dress I loved- At the time I was 20kg heavier than my “usual” as I’d been going through a “moment” and put the weight on being a vegetable basically… So in my unsure state of “Will I fit this by then”, I took this dress I so badly wanted to wear to Metallica up to the counter- The shop lady was folding and chatting while she processed as I sorted what I truly needed from what I just wanted… Because we are a thrifty family who also live by the law of the land here in Australia, that you only take what you need! So I didn’t need the dress, Metallica was 394 days away at that point still… I was just excited I’d found a dress that was perfect (Coz FYI- I don’t generally wear dresses unless I’m struggling with my weight in summer and it’s too hot to wear anything else, even then I prefer a surong and there’s nothing surong with that 🙊🙉🙈 /or it’s for a “costume”)—— Anyways—- Yarn on——- As I made the decision the dress was a want and not a need at the time- The shop lady says to me, “This dress is beautiful”- So I said, “yeah but I don’t need it for over a year and it’s a size too small coz I put so much weight on recent like…” - So folded the dress and put it in the bag, looked me in the eye and said, “I see you, this was me with young children too, you deserve this dress and I am gifting it to you today”. I instantly said, “Oh no no, it’s ok you don’t have to do that, I’m not wanting or needing, I don’t need charity, I shop here for my love of supporting others and also for the environment because I am reducing, reusing and recycling- You know?! Plus it doesn’t fit either so…”- This lovely shop lady said, “I believe in you to loose the excess weight by then coz I can see it’s getting you down and I want you to have this dress for your special occasion when it comes round”-So the dress- Free!Why I tell y’all this?…We spent under $20 on our “look” for tonight- Not coz we are “pov” or because we are “bogan”- Because we believe in respecting our land (reduce, reuse, recycle); we are not superficial people who have to go and buy a new outfit for every occasion- We wear the same things over and over because we live what we have and are grateful for it; We believe in the law of the land, as per our Australian culture that you don’t take more than you need…On that note- The rest of them glitters and earrings should keep “Jaylee” in style for the next 12 months too so this whole buying stuff to go see Metallica for “my” look- we’ll it’s gonna serve for “Jaylee” look for a while too! Aussie Aussie AussieOi Oi Oi Y’allBe like!🦋🌈🌻🌞 Dream on until the day after forever-Let’s go- METALLICA!!! Scott Callow of Live Music Solutions I f@&$ing love you c🇦🇺t 💋
