Guess what week it is (was). Spirit Week! I love spirit week. Unfortunately, I was sick on Monday and so I didn't get to participate in 'Merica Monday. Tuesday was Twin Tuesday, which I did dress up for, but my twin was sick and wasn't at school. (Silly Eleanore.) However, starting with Wednesday, I did successfully participate.
Can you guess what day it was? Wacky Tacky Wednesday! (I chose a floral theme, as you can probably tell.)
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| Kali and Kevin being silly. |
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| Here's a closer look at my hair and lipstick, which caused several people to do a double take. |
Of course, Thursday was Halloween! I decided (about three days before Halloween) that I wanted to be Marie Antoinette. I started searching through my wardrobe, and two things quickly became evident: this was going to be a somewhat modernized version, and it was going to be black and white rather than pastel, which would be more accurate.
Here's what I came up with:
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| Please excuse the messy room and horrible selfie. |
Just kidding! This wasn't my final costume, but it was the basis. I dug through my scrap box and found an old lace curtain that I decided had a lot of potential. After a lot of sewing (by hand because my sewing machine decided not to work), especially because I accidentally sewed one of the sleeves on backwards and had to redo it and I sewed lace around the neck before deciding it looked horrible and undoing all the stitches, I came up with this final result:
I think I did a pretty good job. I had a big lace bow in my hair but you can't see it in this picture. I also covered my face in baby powder and drew on a beauty mark. I had a parasol too, but I couldn't use that while inside the school building. The skirt was huge (thanks to a square dancing crinoline I just happen to have lying around) and made sitting very difficult. Driving was especially challenging, but somehow I managed it.
Here we have Marie Antoinette, Hannah the Sleepy Senior, Hana as Jess from New Girl, Kali as Minnie Mouse, and Kevin as a nerd.
Today was Phoenix Friday (that's our school mascot), which basically meant wear school colors and school apparel (t-shirts, sweatshirts, pajama pants, etc) and was kind of boring. I actually forgot to get any pictures of it, too, so just imagine a lot of blue and gray and navy. (Our colors are, I believe lapis lazuli and gray, technically at least.)
Happy Halloween to everyone!
