Thursday, October 13, 2005
will i be pretty? will i be rich?
halloween is coming.
every year i am sad that i don't make a costume. because i could make a pretty good one if i put my mind and time behind it.
this year, what with grad school applications, kitchen renovation and an uptick in career efforts, there will not be a lot of time. but i finally live in a place where kids trick-or-treat, and i want to be festive. i'm also going to a costume party with the monkey where dressing up will be expected.
i have always wanted us to go to a costume party together as cowboys. the monkey just looks like he stepped out of a nice midwestern production _Of Mice and Men_. and i like hats.
but we don't have cowboy boots. so let's go about this macguyver style: what do i have on hand?
1 (one) black tulle tutu with satin waistband and big red flower; 1 (one) silver wand with star on end, glittery; everyday clothing, various.
five points to whoever can make a costume idea out of this using only average household materials in addition. some ideas that have been suggested so far:
can-can girl
pirate ballerina
ballerina OF DEATH
sicillian fairy
The Tooth Decay Fairy
magic spider princess
i think i'm leaning towards pirate ballerina. we can get an eyepatch at the drugstore, and maybe rig up a peg leg with a toe-shoe attached. arrrrr.
every year i am sad that i don't make a costume. because i could make a pretty good one if i put my mind and time behind it.
this year, what with grad school applications, kitchen renovation and an uptick in career efforts, there will not be a lot of time. but i finally live in a place where kids trick-or-treat, and i want to be festive. i'm also going to a costume party with the monkey where dressing up will be expected.
i have always wanted us to go to a costume party together as cowboys. the monkey just looks like he stepped out of a nice midwestern production _Of Mice and Men_. and i like hats.
but we don't have cowboy boots. so let's go about this macguyver style: what do i have on hand?
1 (one) black tulle tutu with satin waistband and big red flower; 1 (one) silver wand with star on end, glittery; everyday clothing, various.
five points to whoever can make a costume idea out of this using only average household materials in addition. some ideas that have been suggested so far:
can-can girl
pirate ballerina
ballerina OF DEATH
sicillian fairy
The Tooth Decay Fairy
magic spider princess
i think i'm leaning towards pirate ballerina. we can get an eyepatch at the drugstore, and maybe rig up a peg leg with a toe-shoe attached. arrrrr.
