This is my newbie self and yes, I was fortunate. When I entered Second Life, one of the first people I met was an SL mentor named Lilien Jewell who took it upon herself to ensure that I didn’t look like a noob for long. My 3rd day in SL I purchased the RaC (now LAQ) skin Amy – that she helped me choose and had a decent shape. The white skirt is the second purchase I made in Second Life – after the skin. The swimsuit I got a day later. I thought I was so clever putting a skirt over my swimsuit.  The shoes were from Shiny Things. I think I was in SL six months before I knew there were more shoe stores than X3D (Digit Darkes), Shiny Things and Enkythings. This is me at about a month or so. It’s not my first hair which was Brittany from Bewitched, but I deleted that in an inventory purge long ago. You might note I had no jewelry. I really had none. It took me forever, it seems, to find jewelery stores that suited my taste. I searched for jewelry, but it was all too too too beauty pageant princess for me, so I just didn’t get any. From the first, I knew that I didn’t want bling. I also had no lashes. I didn’t even know they existed. I should add that I wore this outfit most of the time. It was my “go-to” outfit for the longest time.

My shape is shorter, with a larger waist and smaller breasts. My face is softer with more of a smile. I still don’t wear bling, and mixing and matching outfits is an everyday thing. I still wear that Mandy hair from Muism – though for this I am wearing a favorite from Amrita. The shoes are Maitreya which has become a favorite of mine for shoes. Back then, I might not have realized that I could wear my boots without the calf prims and would not have worn them because the calf prims intersect the pants. Now I wear jewelry almost all the time – and it’s my worst Second Life addiction.

Then:

• Poses: Reel Expressions
• Skin: Laqroki Amy 01
• Hair: Muism Mandy
• Swimsuit: Park West Classico Swimsuit
• Skirt: Nyte’N’Day Raiment Prim Skirt
• Shoes: Shiny Things Lady Slingback Shoes

Now:

• Poses: Reel Expressions
• Skin: Belleza Jesse Sunkiss 15
• Eyes: PXL Creations Glow Yellow Green R
• Lashes: Lelutka Diva Prim Lashes
• Hair: Amrita Ea Dark Red
• Suit: Paper Couture Snowdrift
• Top: Part of Shai Midas Evening Gown
• Shoes: Maitreya Soho Boots Champagne (foot only)
• Earrings: Kraftika No 114
• Necklaces: Glow Studio Triple Moon Necklace
• Gloves: 5th & Oxford Leather Gloves Cocoa