skeleton

they had a halloween party at work yesterday. so i wanted to be in costume but nothing that would be obnoxious to work in. went to a few costume-y shops as well as looked at random shops on the high street for motivation. and quite sadly, there was little motivation to be found. nothing jumped out. i wanted a wig, yet the wigs were expensive and nothing was 'the one.' it was super sad. i love halloween. i love creating costumes. if in the states, there'd be the box of art supplies and random costumes and accessories to make use of. but here, with no art supplies and not a lot of anything or money, it was all feeling completely barren of ideas. so while attempting to find something to make something at poundstretcher, i decided to buy the little glow in the dark skeleton. i figured if nothing else, my uniform is all black so i could rip apart the skeleton and become that.

so i did. it actually took a bit of effort to get the plastic bits apart too. i wasn't counting on that. but i persevered and attached my bones to myself and painted my face white. i thought i did alright. it turned out fine, but it's just not the degree of accomplishment. although i will continue to maintain that created and crafted costumes will win out over store bought packages in any contest. i mean one girl at work spent 50 quid on her jesse from toy story 3 costume. 50 quid? i didn't even make that much money working yesterday. can't afford that. so i'll take my homemade skeleton. take that - i was in uniform and in costume.

it's just a bit too lame for my love of halloween. i feel like i'm off my halloween game. too bad i don't know more people yet. i've got lots of other fun ideas for group costumes.