Mmmf.

[wakeiseiyo]

So, after spending my break time today reading about more and more (largely impossible to do on one's own) obi musubi worth trying, I came home, drank two large glasses of sake and limeade on an empty stomach, watched Shoot 'Em Up (a silly, violently pointless movie), and am now wearing my men's yukata and a hanhaba obi that's at least 25" too short for even a decent cho-musubi. Fun times. I'm also still rather buzzed. On the other hand, wearing a kimono/yukata with only a single koshi himo and the obi, and none of the other fussy underpinnings or clips or layers or anything is strangely liberating. and I fully intend to continue to do so in the future. Hell, I don't even have an obi-ita on right now.

Next time, I'll tie the obi low on my hips and walk around with a samurai swagger. Just for shits and giggles. Maybe even put my hair up in a high ponytail and pretend I have a topknot. (That would so totally go with my flowery too-short obi, oh yes.)