It means good luck, love and longevity

It means good luck, love and longevity, originally uploaded by sazztastical.

Or so Wendy told us - I guess until we learn the language ourselves we'll just never know!

So this was at the fitting last night. Beth has got a skirt, a shirt, this jacket and a suit and we had to have them all tried on, altered and pinned before going out for dinner. We'll pick them up this afternoon.

This jacket is beautiful - there were loads of different silks to choose from but I liked this one most of all and I'm glad Beth chose it to have something made from - she's been after getting herself something Chinesified since we got here and I guess it can't be moreso than having something made especially :)

While trying my stuff on last night I managed to injure myself on all the pins that were pulling my trousers in and so I know have a huge scratch down my left thigh that is similar in length to the Great Wall of China. Nice.

Oh well - I got over the pain with a couple of beers in Hooters. All better now then.

Today we're off to visits Tian'anmen Square properly. We're not sure if we'll get in to see the frozen body of Chairman Mao and see if his ear really has fallen off or not - you're not allowed to take photos (I wonder why!) so I'll just have to let you know. Then we'll be going to visit some Hutongs (little alleyways with shops and foodplaces) and then we're going swimming before picking our clothes up. We may even take photos of us all dressed up with nowhere to go and post them on here later, just so you can see us in all of our tailor made finery! :)

See you all later my little lovelies
xxxx