Halloween

Ryan and Heidi hosted the annual Halloween party on Saturday, and good times were had by all... well, until the riff-raff showed up. But anyway, check out my costume. There were ballots to vote for best/funniest/scariest costumes, and I won best costume! For it, I got a couple cool martini glasses and what appears to be the full contents of a mini-bar from an upscale hotel. And honestly? I worked for it.

I thought up the costume idea on Saturday morning, so I visited a few thrift stores where I found the shirt, gloves, and doll... but I could not find white pants ANYWHERE! I wanted sweat pants, but apparently there is a white pants embargo in our fair city of Portland. I went to: two Goodwills, another thrift shop, Target, Gart, Fred Meyer, Mervyn’s, and Kmart... but nothin’. With less than two hours until the party, I recalled that my dad has a pair of white Levis (that he still wears!) so once again his 1980’s wardrobe saved the day!

Let me also add that the hat is a true work of art. Kara and I made it from scratch, there was much pinning and stuffing and sewing. And it turned out absolutely perfect, FAR better than I thought we’d fare before we started.

So basically all day Saturday was spent collecting and building my costume... but it was definitely worth it, not only did I get free alcohol, I also blue myself...