Halloween is Monday.
If you don't have a costumed prepared for this weekends "big party", you've pretty much missed the train and will have to sort thru the slim pickings at Costume Stores much like a buzzard nips at an abandoned carcass.
You can attempt an Amazon Prime situation but usually you need at least three days for that if you have a mail carrier like mine.
So what are you going to do?
I'll tell you what you're going to do: make your own costume! Here are some easy DIY costumes that you can create on a dime :
1. "cereal killer": all you need is an old white tee, a couple of cereal boxes and some plastic butter knives along with glue and anything you can find that will act as blood. If you have food coloring or red paint...make it happen.
I'd stain portions of the tee, let it dry. Next, I'd glue the plastic knives haphazardly Into the cereal Boxes and add more "blood stain". There you have it!
2. Gypsy or pirate: I grouped these because you need about the same things: large button down shirt (for pirate) or a fitted tank (for gypsy). Colorful skirt that doesn't match the tank (gypsy), fitted cropped pant (pirate). Okay now for the interchangeable items (printed scarf for head, hooped earring, cheap eyeliner for drawing a mole and lining your eyes. Lipstick depending on how androgynous of a pirate you plan to be. Gold foil over any tooth. If you really want to be hilarious gypsy, find a ball and write "crystal" on it and attempt to read everyone's fortune. Now you're officially cheap and obnoxious. You're welcome.
3. Geek/Urkel: fitted and cuffed denim jeans, some converse, a plaid shirt, suspenders and huge plastic glasses.
Write a sign that says "these girls ain't Laura" or "did I do that?!"
I know these costumes aren't ideal but neither is waiting until the 11th hour to get one together.
You're going to have to help people see the humor in your lack of preparation and make the most of things. Me? I'll be a homemade Mad Hatter but the items I have, most probably dont. However another good idea is a zombie. Old tattered clothes and some make up and you'd pretty much be ready for the haunting, or brains.
Try searching YouTube for makeup tutorials if you want to take your look to another level.
Good luck and happy Halloween!
I was lying in bed when I heard the familiar chime of an incoming text. Opening one eye, I opened the message to see two letters: GM. Still, in the stupor that slumber often puts you in, I scanned my brain to register the meaning...ah yes...Good Morning. I clumsily keyed in "Hey" and hit the send button. I kept my face deep in my pillow listening for another chime. Nothing. I switched my phone into silent mode and caught another hour of sleep before waking up again. This is a typical day in the life of a serial texter. I text a lot. I text because it's free (on my cell plan). I text because it's convenient. I text because it's a great way to have a conversation without actually having a conversation. But what happens when you actually WANT to speak to the other person with whom you are texting? How do you break the pattern? After months of texting, a phone call may prove to be awkward and break the momentum you built through texting! This has happened
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