Jane of the Jungle 3.0

This year Jane came back with some new and improved accessories: real flowers, false eyelashes, green eyeshadow, and JUNGLE ANIMALS.

Despite the fact that these masks are truly some of the creepiest things I've ever seen, I was ok with Steven and Adam wearing them to complete the look. The flowers were a last minute addition thanks to me forgetting the usual go-to's in Chicago. I ended up buying some fake vines from Michaels, some Alstromerias, and hot gluing them both to an old bangle and a hair barrette. They were wilting by the end of the night, so they were really a one shot accessory, but I LOVED them. (Not to anyone attempting this: super glue is NOT an option. I first bought the wrong sized glue sticks and ended up trying to settle for super glue which really only got on EVERY FINGER but never made the flowers stick.)

I also ended up loving false eyelashes way more than I thought. They weren't TOO difficult to put on and nowhere near as awkward as I thought they might feel. I only wish I hadn't accidentally dropped them in a sidewalk grate when taking them off later in the night. I'll definitely be buying some more.

Halloween's A Comin'!

I was starting to get concerned that it would never feel like October. I think all of the traveling and not officially living in one place right now has my sense of time a bit skewed and it has been the first year I haven't spent months thinking about what I'm going to be for Halloween.

I knew I wanted to reprise the role as Gretchen the Biergarten Girl since I have only worn that one once, but I hadn't thought of anything new. I think I'll still probably just do remixes of old costumes, but I'm looking forward to another Jane of the Jungle and maybe even a Cowgirl to use those good ol' boots and bring out the long-lost leopard print cowboy hat. Any suggestions for the name to accompany that one? Costumes are always much more fun when they have alternative identities to go with them!

What are YOU going to be for Halloween? Do you have any creative costumes that you have come up with using just what's in your closet? Sometimes those can require the most creativity not only in wardrobe but in hair and make up, and they're always a favorite of mine!

Now I just need to find a replacement beer mug for Saturday's tailgate, since mine seems to be packed away in the midst of all this moving...

Picture Post: Halloween Social

I'll be back to a regular outfit post tomorrow with pictures of today's outfit (always a day behind, aren't I?) but I wanted to finish the Halloween series given Halloween was 4 days ago and I am still trying to get these up.

These pictures are from a social I hosted for a national honors/service organization that I am a chapter officer for. I basically serve as both the secretary and VP of public relations, so I get to do the social organizing! For Halloween, I knew I wanted to do pumpkin painting, watch Corpse Bride, and do a game called the Donut Dangle (You'll understand with pictures, but basically you're trying to catch a powdered donut with only your mouth while it furiously dances around from a stick). We don't always get a ton of members that actually show up, but the officer group has been about the same for a few years now, so we're all friends and it usually turns out to be fun nonetheless!

(Devil's Food cupcakes with Pumpkin Icing!)

(Lauryn's dog Dolce in his aptly chosen Satan costume)

Still planning on doing a giveaway very soon! I have been all kinds of a mess lately trying to get everything done, but after today's round of tests are over I should have a bit more free time to get some other things taken care of.

Costume Recap: Jane of the Jungle

This costume first made it's appearance on Halloween Weekend in 2008 and I was completely eager to bring it back out this year. It was a ridiculously simply "thrown together" costume the first time around, and my favorite part about it is the makeup and wild hair. Well, I also love the dress, which might be a little too much to wear on any other night that didn't involve a costume part of some sort.

It was only perfect that Kelly chose to be an Amazonian Woman for one of her costumes and made her brother a Cave Man costume to go along with it, and that we ended up wearing them all on the same night!!!

Costume Recap: Gretchen the Biergarten Girl

Ok, so I guess we'll do these in "outfit post" type installments. I am OBSESSED with Halloween, particularly the costume part. My mom said I "always loved the costume box!" when I was younger, and I still have one to this day. I ordered this one from Lingerie.com when I saw a post on Curves and Chaos about their Halloween sale... THIS COSTUME WAS ONLY $15.99! I have always wanted a Beer Maid costume, and when this $60 costume was on sale for such a low price I had to buy it. Anyone looking to jump the gun for next year should head on over and check Lingerie.com out, they still have a lot of costumes on sale!

Picture Post: Pumpkin Carving!

I'm really behind on getting up some of the posts I have wanted to do... but here are the pictures from pumpkin carving! I loved how my little owl turned out, but I kind of messed up and didn't make the part where he was attached to the rest of the pumpkin big enough, so he became Franken-owl when I had to toothpick attach him back to the pumpkin. And of course he started shriveling up already the day after carving just because some of the sections are so thin, but oh well, he was cute at first! Now it's just turned around so the star side faces forward.

Lauryn's dog Dolce just wanted in on some of the action.

Kelly's Happy Little Jack!

How adorable is Lauryn's Hello Kitty Witch carving?

Wouldn't be pumpkin carving without toasting some salted seeds!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

Picture Post:The First Costume Party of the Season

All I really have to say is that I was delighted to discover that Kelly's Nightwing is the character that Robin becomes when he grows up. (According to Kelly's boyfriend, I'm completely illiterate in most things of that nature) Clearly the best roommate unintentionally match their costumes last minute... I was digging through my 'costume box' trying to figure out what to be and stumbled across this Batman mask and knew it was a great idea. Really I'll just take any excuse to work my black stiletto "hooker boots" into an outfit.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN WEEK!

Halloween Cards

I love sending holiday cards. Sometimes I make them, sometimes I just try to find silly/funny ones at the store. Kelly and I were are the Dollar Tree last night, and we stumbled across their card section. ALL OF THEIR CARDS ARE 2 for $1! So obviously I had to at least look at them, and believe it or not a lot of them were actually even better than the cards you pay $4 or $5 for. This one literally made me laugh in the store, just because it was so unexpected and probably even a little inappropriate. I can't wait to hear the response from the lucky friend who gets it :-)

Lazy October Day

It is full swing October for me now! I've felt kind of weird about it, like I'm not completely embracing it, because everyone keeps planning Halloween costumes and I have just hardly even thought about it. I guess the costume part of my brain is just exhausted from last year's Tinkerbell effort and then the Ringo costume chaos in August. I'll hopefully just be reusing both of those. I also think I'm going to attempt another MUCH easier costume that just requires adding a few little embellishments onto an already made dress, but I'd hate to work it up and then not do it... so we'll leave that for later.

Today I had the GMAT, and to be completely honest, I don't think it went so well. You get most of your score right afterwards, and I'm not happy with it. I definitely don't think it was the best I could do, but this last month has just been beyond overwhelming and by the time I did get around to studying, I really didn't have a clue how to adequately go about it. I guess most business grad schools don't want you until you've had a few years of experience anyways, so if I decide to pursue that route later there's always time to retake it.

After I left the testing center, I wanted nothing more than a completely lazy evening before I had to gear up for the next round of tests. This semester does not seem to ever end. I stopped by RedBox and picked up two "Horror" movies that looked decent and had a rating of R (I use that as a judge of them being scary/gory enough). I already watched Frozen, which wasn't great, but it was good enough for a $1 and an hour and a half of entertainment. Next up is Open House. All this rain and the leaves blowing around, in addition to a mug full of hot apple cider and my Leaves candle has me completely relaxed and totally in the Fall mood. It's about time! Hopefully some fall crafting to come soon!



I'm always looking for suggestions for GOOD horror movies. I'm talking about the ones that legitimately scare the hell out of you. If you're someone that's not easily scared and has any favorites, PLEASE let me know. And I'm open for any other suggestions as well :-)

Halloween Costume Time.

In the spirit of October and the fact that Kelly and I are heading off to get the fabric and what not to make our costumes today, I thought it might be fun to recap past Halloween costumes. Hopefully this year's will be just as good, as we've got a few planned. :-)

One of my all-time favorites: Jane of the Jungle, Sophomore Year of College.

Flag Girl- Sophomore Year of College with Kelly the Indian and Lauryn as Raggedy Ann (Gimme Gimme Morree?). Pleather leggings are always a good thing, but particularly when paired with knee high Steve Maddens.

Dorothy, Katelyn as Little Red Riding Hood- Freshman Year of College

Motley Crue Groupie- Freshman Year of College

PIRATE! Senior Year in High School

And this of course was not Halloween, but I just couldn't not include my rendition of Cleopatra paired with Steven's Antony.

AND Our Slash and Axl from this year's Rockstar Party. :-)

(YES a Motley Crue shirt. I'll have you know Nikki, Tommy, and Slash were TIGHT.)