has anyone worked out the time machine yet?

i would be fascinated in time travel.  i would probably do it as a job if it were an option.  but that is just a bit of a tangent.   today's interest in the time machine is far more specific.  it was sparked by a deja-vue memory.  an ad for Prada's spring/summer collection featuring the photo prints caught my eye while reading this weekend.  i've seen the images, when they were shown, but it never triggered this memory until just now.  and now i am OBSESSED.

when i was young, and when my mummy was probably a bit younger than i am now, she had a bunch of clothes that i thought were "boring" and for grown ups.  but there were a few pieces that completely rocked my young little world.  including a full length orange halter dress made of silk with a photo print of a sunset on it.  describing it is killing me - because of how desperately i wish i had that thing right now.  last year, i went on a maxi dress bender and collected some lovelies.  really lovely ones.  but all the while i could never stop thinking of the orange halter dress form my youth.  and now Prada has kicked the nostalgia up about 39.4 notches with the whole photo print thing.  DAMN IT. why oh why can't i go back in time, to our yellow house, into her room, inside the wardrobe, left hand side, and grab that thing and run right back to now.  why?  is that too much to ask?

the morale of the story here is -- be careful when you prune your closet.  do it - it's good and healthy to get rid of stuff you do not love or wear or fit into.  but keep the gems.  please keep the gems....