Double the Costume, Double the Fun

Well friends, some of you got to see this in real life & now it's time to finally show off my costume for the rest of you. Unfortunately I committed what I consider the ultimate blogger sin, I forgot my camera!!! So all I've got are headshots I snapped once I got home from the party. This year I took my inspiration from the silver screen...

I was from Pleasantville. Completely black & white.

I never repeat costumes... I always think I will but I love dressing up so much I can't bring myself to be the same thing more than once. But if I did (or more likely, if anyone wants to borrow this idea in the future... please do!) I'd do one thing differently: play with makeup options. I turned out WAY more metallic than I imagined & felt like it ruined it a little. I felt more like the tin-man than trapped in an old TV show. And a little advice for something that DID work was making my hair white. The color spray didn't work great, but then I put on baby powder while my hair was wet with hairspray & it took really really well!

And as if one Halloween costume wasn't fun enough, I actually got to dress up 2 nights in a row! Woooo! Night #2 I went for something with less effort... slap on a wig & release the inner-me that I wish I had the balls to be in real life. A little bit punk & a lot of attitude. (I didn't buy this wig for Halloween, I just got it years ago thinking "I wish I could look like this all the time")


I'm also going to go ahead & take credit for the absolute adorableness that is Justin & Joanna. I gave them one my couple-costume ideas from my mental-vault. Of course I'd never be able to pull it off quite as well as they did, so I was glad to pass on my idea for a few of my favorite people.



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Update:
I wasn't originally going to post this, but I just HAVE TO! :) When I got home from my night in Pleasantville & was ready to be in technicolor again, I took out my bobby-pins & thought "Wow, I have perfect Marilyn Monroe hair!" So maybe it's not normal to snap a pic of yourself naked, (shoulders & up, don't worry...) half silver, & about to hop in the shower but I just know I'll never look this "Marilyn" again in my life. So even though I'm kind of embarrassed to be posting it, here it is!