Costume Party

Chuck and I were invited to our friends Jeff and Annette's annual Halloween Party. Costumes required! We had been so sick the week before the party, that I thought we would have to bow out this year. Well, Wednesday night, we decided we were definitely better, and had better get our act together and come up with a costume! Thursday morning, I stated doing some thinking, and remember my friend Jackie had a great Cleopatra costume, so I gave her a call. I didn't think the dress would fit me because she is tiny, and I'm NOT, so she described how she had made the dress in case I couldn't squeeze into hers, and then I could just use her accessories. Long story short, she couldn't find her costume anywhere, but was able to find her husbands Mark Anthony costume that Chuck could use, so I thought it would be fun to pull a costume together myself! I had several yards of white taffeta that I had gotten free from work, that worked out perfectly for the dress! I ran to Joann's and grabbed a 60% off wig and beaded head piece, 1/4 yard of gold pleather, and some gold rope. I spent less that $20! I threw in some plastic jewels I had at home, some seriously blue eye shadow, gave the wig a much needed hair cut, and voila, I became Cleopatra!

I had a blast making this, and Chuck said to me several times during the night that I didn't even look like myself, and that he felt like he was cheating on me!

Meredith and Chris (that is his real beard!)

We had a blast at the party, and loved every ones costumes, especially Flo and Billy's! At the party, we decided that Chuck's costume would have been better with a metal garbage can lid as a shield, and a plastic sword, and I'm sad that I didn't get a picture of the front of my costume, cause it was cute!

Now, what to be next year......