self-potraiture can bite me

Why is it so difficult to take a picture of oneself? I took about a zillion mini-sweater pictures with the self-timer and I am making the most moronic face in every. single. one.
So. You get a cut-off head one:



I originally wanted to lace a ribbon through it and fasten it that way, but the sides kept migrating apart and then it just looked bad. So I remebered some cute buttons I had. I sewed one on but after wearing it all day yesterday, I decided it would sit better with two. The one side sort of rotated itself upwards with only one button, perhaps due to my lack of much boobage? Regardless. It now has two. They look white in the picture, but thet are actually a brushed silver:



oh look! I do indeed have a head: