I pulled the proverbial trigger. Jones time.

[Alan H]

I've been watching the prices on the Capercaillie medium-weight tartan drop at Scotweb over the last week and a half. They finally fell to the point where I had said I would wait...I wouldn't let myself buy the tartan until the total cost (no counting shipping or VAT) was <$200. Well.... that happened this morning. If I opt for their economy shipping, there's actually no charge to France, so the total including shipping is just $203. That's still a LOT of cash for a frugal sort like me. This is my last kilt for a LONG time, and I've wanted this tartan for almost four years..

It's ordered.

It's on it's way to Lady Chrystel.

I've never actually bought a kilt for myself, custom-made by someone else, before.

Now to pinch some pennies in June and July to pay M'Lady for her phenomenal crafts-womanship. This sounds completely stupid, but honestly, one of the reasons I chose Lady Chrystel is all the photographs that Ancienne Alliance has posted of their breathtaking home. I LOVE their house...the inside, the setting, the mountains, their lovely daughters, everything. It means something to me to have my kilt made by hand in a setting like that.

Initiate Jones.