Well...at least I'm cured of the desire to eat ice cream.
I've set myself a project to cheer myself up - I'm going to create a battlejacket.
A lunch-hour's worth of hunting has turned up a vintage denim number from Levi's, second hand and faded, girly style (tight, mid-forearm length sleeves, and short enough to bare midriff).
I've got a small haul of patches to begin it with: Helloween (generic, 1990), Dio (British Tour), Iron Maiden (an Eddie head and a slightly ragged Beast on the Road), Megadeth (Countdown), Pink Floyd (Division Bell), Metallica (Puppets), Warlock (generic), and Anthrax (Persistence of Time). Ebay didn't turn up much that I liked the look of, just a generic Queen logo and two more Floyds (The Wall and DSotM), which I'm sniffing at. I'm not sure what the main backpiece will be yet, but I've got a few thoughts.
I just felt like sharing that.