Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I love to dress up on the regular but now we get a night to REALLY get crazy and we get a little candy for our efforts? I'm in!
I'm usually a D.I.Y kind of girl when it comes to costumes. They've gotten really expensive and I don't want to spend upwards to a hundred dollars on a costume that will get worn once. I simply can't justify it so if I can pull something together with minimal expenditure; that is my preference. Listen, one year I bought a costume and it cost me about 90 bucks, it was Little Red Riding Hood. You best believe that costume got used 4 years in a row! It could be tied into this delicious high slit number and came with a surprisingly good cape, so I was Little Red Riding Hood, a Vampire, Dead Little Red and a Vampire again.....I'm not playing these money games with y'all; each year was a hit and I had a marvelous time. I made those $90 an investment!
So this year, I wanted to be Storm from the X-men. But not Storm from the movies. I wanted to be Storm from the 90's animated series. I was willing to put money into this because I would wear it to Comic-Con and the like. My future husband would have to be cool with being Black Panther forever but whatever that's besides the point. However, to my dismay, I couldn't find a costume that would do this icon justice. So unlike, FOX and their films, (let me not even get started) I decided to leave it alone until I had the resources to do this costume correctly.
QWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNN!!!!
Aside from Storm, I've wanted to be a Ringmaster and this was the year to make it happen. Again, the costume industry is booming with as much money as their asking for. Some costumes were about $70-80 but didn't even include a hat or just looked cheap for those prices. Amazon to the rescue! My whole costume cost me $50 bucks and it consists of item I can (and will!) use on their own. When you take artistic liberties and put your own spin on your costume be ready for random guesses. This year I got a can can girl and Beyonce. I ain't mad! How was your halloween? Are you a creature of habit? or a ghastly ghoul. Do you go scary or sexy?
Until next year goblins!!
xoSquared