Because who needs food, that's why!

Have you ever seen something you wanted and thought "stuff it, I've gotta have it, I'll worry about the consequences later!"?

Me neither. Until I was working three jobs through uni to get by and discovered I had a little cash spare as I didn't have time to go out like the other kids. And then eBay got good. Which I only found out because the city I was living in was boring as a knitting nanna and barely half as trendy. (Sorry nanna. You know I love you. Tea and scones, anyone?)

Thus began my love affair with rainbow clothes. All imported, I might add. Until local Chinese fast-fashion shops clued in and started selling the odd item, which I dutifully collected.

I remember the first time I put any colour into my wardrobe. I remember my mother's shocked (and somewhat horrified) gasp and exclamation when she saw the colour. "TIFF! PINK?!!" (I hate pink. But the shop assistant said it looked better with my skin than the orange that was trendy at the time.) And then I bought a yellow top - even if it wouldn't go with anything else but one skirt! And my collection slowly grew from there.

You see, I used to wear black. I wasn't goth, I wasn't alternative, it was just easier to pair with other black items. Colour is much more adventurous. Better play it safe with black and burgundy. And ...pink, apparently.

Then I discovered colour. But I didn't go full bling until I was an adult.

I used to claim that "I never had a teeny-bopper stage, so I'm going to spend the rest of my life making up for it!" ...Who am I kidding, I still do!!!

Now I'm known as "Rainbow Girl". My boss looked at me once and named me "DJ Rainbow". I stuck with it (yet never introduce myself as it, it feels too pretentious!).

Fast forward to a few years ago, where I saw the most fantabulous leggings I have ever seen.

Galaxy leggings.

I'm actually not a cat fan. In fact, I'm allergic to them. But if there were one that could make my room glow like this, I'd have him! That or an ocelot. And not just because Cheryl (or whatever she's calling herself these days) has one.

I HAD to know where she got them. Black Milk.

As in blackmilkclothing.com. And no, they're not paying me. But I dare not go near their site when I actually have money.

Because eyegasm.

Excuse me while I change my, erm, leggings.

That to me is the ultimate pair of leggings. Black Milk, if you're out there, and want to send me these, please, go right ahead. No, really, you're really too kind.

In fact this to me is the ultimate pair of anything.

Only because this isn't a pair. But I could do without the car, I just want the paint job!

Knowing this, my friend put me onto this obscure and little-known site named eBay. She Face-Booked me a link to a galaxy-print dress. Which I loved. But as cute as it was, it could never compare to Black Milk. Because it isn't Black Milk, and Black Milk are awesome (the original and the best)!

And then I came across the most awesome pair of gamer-girl leggings a classic femme could lay eyes on. Tetris leggings.

NERDGASM.

Drat, I already changed my leggings once today...

I'm sure these were a Black Milk Limited Edition item once, but you can't buy them anymore, so copyright says you're allowed to make copies... is that the way it works? I don't care, because I bought them before you could say "$12 = hot legs forever"! Sure, it's one size fits all made in China. But gosh darn I'm gonna make those things fit with every fibre of my being (hopefully not literally)... (Fingers crossed. Hopefully there's a clothing god out there somewhere smiling benevolently down on me.)

And then I thought "well, since I haven't bought groceries this week, and already spent some money, why not spend some more? I'm already in trouble with the misses for the first purchase" (my better half, the rational, sensible part of my brain)! And bought the galaxy dress my friend recommended, too. :-)

Rice tastes delicious when you're wearing awesome Asian-made dresses!

Ok I'm really not that broke. But if I spent my money on everything that dazzled my eyes, I'd be NASA's current space program budget in debt right now (granted that's not that much these days)!

Which means that I'd better get off the Black Milk clothing website. Because right now they have both Star Wars AND Lord of the Rings limited edition clothing items now, and after the Tetris leggings and galaxy dress, the multiple nerdgasms I could encouter might make me pass out before I even finish this post.

Speaking of passing out... I heard Australia was going to start it's Space Program! They're calling it State of Origin, in honour of our ancestors. Because this:

Of COURSE the Maroons would be the closest to the booze.

It could be worse. We could be in Russia.

Oh yeah, and if you ever find yourself emptying your wallet at Black Milk, tell them I sent you. Then finally I might get that free pair of rainbow galaxy leggings! ;-P