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At least I have candy.
Oct. 31st, 2009 07:13 pmFeh. Stupid Halloween party was cancelled. Not that it would've been much fun anyways with Trav sick, but still - better than hanging out here all night handing out candy. I really wanted to show off my costume, too.
I hadn't been able to decide what I wanted to be - Trav was going as Indiana Jones, since he had a fedora and a bullwhip (or maybe a kangaroo whip, whatever) at hand. My first thought was along the lines of something female adventurerish, maybe Lara Croft or something, but since the party was to be outdoors, that was looking kind of... cold.
So I headed to Value Village with no real gameplan - look for anything vaguely promising, really. Maybe a valkyrie if they had any of their handy kits left, but...
Nah, they were getting to be pretty picked clean. Not quite, mind, but still.
And then I passed by a long white wig. Stopped. Hummed, pondered.
Went back through the dresses - found a silver cloak covered over with glittering spider webs. Acquired a dress, the only one in my size left (it had something of a sizeable tear down the middle of the back where a seam had come out) that was black velvet, panelled skirt, long sleeves, and decorated with a white webbing and red spiders at the waist and collar. Got a sizeable discount, too, 'cause of the tear - only took 45 mins to patch up; would've been a real snap had I a sewing machine around.
Black gloves, a cheap 'goth' necklace with a spider lurking inside a purple pendant, an ornate dagger, and three of those black grease makeup pucks later, and I had me a perfect drow priestess kit together.
The only thing I was missing was the snake whip, but that was only because I couldn't find any damn rubber snakes. Value Village didn't have any, nor did three different dollar stores, a Toys R Us, a Wal-Mart, or the local drugstore. Feh.
At least I'll have time to order a couple online for next year, since I'm not wearing the costume tonight. XD
Still, I really did want to impress the party - most of them there would've understood immediately what I was. The kids coming around for trick or treat probably wouldn't appreciate it, though - and even their perhaps-gasps are not enough to make me want to paint my whole head black. The only bad part about the costume! XD
Oh well. At least my punkins are pretty neat. I'll have to upload pics of them laterrrr.
I hadn't been able to decide what I wanted to be - Trav was going as Indiana Jones, since he had a fedora and a bullwhip (or maybe a kangaroo whip, whatever) at hand. My first thought was along the lines of something female adventurerish, maybe Lara Croft or something, but since the party was to be outdoors, that was looking kind of... cold.
So I headed to Value Village with no real gameplan - look for anything vaguely promising, really. Maybe a valkyrie if they had any of their handy kits left, but...
Nah, they were getting to be pretty picked clean. Not quite, mind, but still.
And then I passed by a long white wig. Stopped. Hummed, pondered.
Went back through the dresses - found a silver cloak covered over with glittering spider webs. Acquired a dress, the only one in my size left (it had something of a sizeable tear down the middle of the back where a seam had come out) that was black velvet, panelled skirt, long sleeves, and decorated with a white webbing and red spiders at the waist and collar. Got a sizeable discount, too, 'cause of the tear - only took 45 mins to patch up; would've been a real snap had I a sewing machine around.
Black gloves, a cheap 'goth' necklace with a spider lurking inside a purple pendant, an ornate dagger, and three of those black grease makeup pucks later, and I had me a perfect drow priestess kit together.
The only thing I was missing was the snake whip, but that was only because I couldn't find any damn rubber snakes. Value Village didn't have any, nor did three different dollar stores, a Toys R Us, a Wal-Mart, or the local drugstore. Feh.
At least I'll have time to order a couple online for next year, since I'm not wearing the costume tonight. XD
Still, I really did want to impress the party - most of them there would've understood immediately what I was. The kids coming around for trick or treat probably wouldn't appreciate it, though - and even their perhaps-gasps are not enough to make me want to paint my whole head black. The only bad part about the costume! XD
Oh well. At least my punkins are pretty neat. I'll have to upload pics of them laterrrr.
