HAPPY HALLOWEEN – *edited*

I’ve been prepping for this since the beginning of August! And now it’s complete. I give you:

Millecent Merriweather – Steampunk Airship Pilot

OK. So here’s the lowdown:

Purchased:
Goggles – $5 amazon.com
Cap – $15 Kohl’s
Shirt – $5 Ross dress for less
Jacket – $5 Ross Dress for Less
Corset – $30 amazon.com
Spats – $10 amazon.com
Gloves – $5 amazon.com
Dragonfly necklace – $10 amazon.com
Garters – $10 from a crafter at the Strange Folk Festival
Skirt – $10 at a Halloween store

Crafted:
Belt purse – Hobby Lobby $12 for leather kit and $5 for patch and key decorations
Choker – Hobby Lobby $2 for leather strap, $2 for compass
Leather straps on corset – Hobby Lobby $3 for leather straps
Long Key necklace – Hobby Lobby $2 for chain, $1 for key at Michael’s
Watergun – Five Below $1 for gun only (I owned the paints already)
Hair – $10 amazon.com

Owned: 
Pants
Star belt
Shoes
Makeup
Miscellaneous keys hanging off of belt (inherited from Nathan’s grandmother)

It’s an expensive costume. But the pants, shoes, shirt, jacket and hat are all wearable regular clothes. 🙂

Oh, and I got 3rd (out of 6) in the company costume contest. Honestly, I was robbed. I *HATE* popularity contests. First place was a guy from the plant wearing beer goggles and a striped shirt. He was an "unemployed replacement NFL referee." He won because he was the *only* person in the plant to dress up so *everybody* in the plant voted for him. His costume is barely a costume. I hate it when people don’t really try. It looked like he got the idea off an idea website probably last night. Second place was OK to lose to. She made her own Mrs. Fredbird (Cardinals baseball mascot) costume. It was a bit cheesy looking, but she did a  good job on it!

Truthfully though, I’m really happy that I wasn’t the only person in the entire office to dress up. For two years running it was just me and the guy in the plant. It’s hard to come in second place when there’s only two people.