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Happy Halloween to you! This isn't exactly a Halloween costume, but it's still a costume so I figured I'd share with you on this most glorious of holidays. These pictures are from Dragon Con where I wore my Spider-Gwen costume with real blonde hair this time. I've got to tell you: Wearing a costume minus a wig is so much more comfortable it's insane. Plus, at least with this costume, I think it looks much better than the year before! A couple people told me I was the best Spider-Gwen they'd seen! I give credit to the hair.  So how have you all been this past month or so? I haven't had such a huge break from blogging ever but I guess I've never planned a wedding before either so I'll make that my excuse. The wedding is 11 days away and I can't wait for it to both happen and for the planning to be officially over. Make sure you're following on Instagram here to see upcoming wedding stuff! Happy Halloween!

It's almost Halloween (yay!) so I'm excited to finally show you my Spider-Gwen cosplay that I wore at Dragon Con last month. (If you're not familiar, Spider-Gwen is an alternate universe comic where Gwen Stacy was bitten by the spider instead of Peter Parker. Go read it !) Being under 5 feet tall, it can be hard to find full body costumes like this and it's also difficult to make one from a pattern since they're made for average proportions.  This time I decided to purchase a custom-sized bodysuit from Zentai Zone  instead of buying a pattern, re-proportioning it in Photoshop, having the Spider-Gwen fabric printed, etc... It took about 2 weeks for it to be made and delivered and it was pretty perfectly sized to me. Should I order another, I would add 1/2 - 1 inch to the torso size since the back zipper makes it so there's not as much give there. Other than that, perfect.  The rest of the costume was purchased on Amazon. The wig was leftover from my A...

Happy Halloween! You know I enjoy dressing in slightly themed clothes right around different holidays so here's one I wore to work this week. I don't get very many opportunities to wear my various Halloween earrings so I have to start with the Halloween-y outfits earlier than the day-of. This outfit featured my candy corn earrings, along with an orange silk blouse I thrifted recently layered underneath a sleeveless striped dress. I finished everything off with plain black tights and my cutout ankle boots. These boots always feel kind of witch-y to me so they're perfect for Halloween-inspired outfits. Do you wear outfits inspired by holidays too? I know some people find that really corny but I've always been a fan of holidays and how they're something fun to look forward to peppered among all the regular days of life. Halloween is my absolute favorite holiday too! dress: ross | top: thrifted | boots: boohoo | earrings: claire's Are you doing an...

If you didn't remember from the 50 billion other times I've stated it, Halloween is my favorite holiday. During college I adopted my own tradition of watching a series of movies the entire day. It meant I had something to do no matter what day Halloween fell on. If there weren't any big plans for the evening at least I had candy and movies to fall back on. I've altered the movie watching schedule according to each year's plans but I always try to squeeze them in!  My Halloween movie marathon includes Hocus Pocus , The Nightmare Before Christmas , Addams Family Values , and The Rocky Horror Picture Show . You may notice that none of these are of the traditional horror movie genre. That's not because I dislike horror movies, but I tend to re-watch movies that make me genuinely happy in some way. Halloween is a happy and delightfully dark holiday to me so I want my movie marathon to match that feeling! I save the horror movies for other days! I don...

Halloween is tomorrow! In the spirit of the season here is a roundup of my Halloween blog posts from the past. Halloween is my absolute favorite holiday so I try to celebrate as much as possible. Since there isn't anything particularly exciting going on tomorrow I'm dragging out my celebration in internet land. What do you have planned for Halloween?  I have a very specific list of movies I strive to watch every single year on October 31st. I realize it may be impossible to watch 4 whole movies on Halloween for the rest of my life, but seeing as I'm underemployed right now I still have time for my tradition. "What are the movies?" you ask. Why thank you for asking! They're Hocus Pocus , The Nightmare Before Christmas ,  Addams Family Values  (and the first one if there's time), and The Rocky Horror Picture Show  (always to finish up the evening since I can remember.) Anyway, here are a few festive posts to help you get in the Halloween spirit! ...

Here it is: my 80s aerobics instructor costume! This was a really easy costume to put together and it was actually quite comfy. The only difficulty came when I was downtown and had to use the bathroom. Onesie problems. Isn't it always awkward to be practically naked while in the stall? That can't just be me. But anyway... The leotard was a vintage find at Savers over the summer. I knew this had to be my costume this year since I stumbled upon the leotard's striped glory. I just added a pair of colorful tights, a stretchy headband, and these strange-colored legwarmers I got as a gag gift. I definitely didn't realize that all my tights have that slight band on the upper thigh until yesterday though. This much of my tights doesn't usually show! Oh well. leotard: thrifted - savers | tights: kmart | legwarmers: christmas gag gift? | shoes: keds My strong, athletic pose is the best pose for this awesomely unflattering costume! My white keds somehow en...

Happy Halloween! This outfit is actually what I'm wearing right this minute. Later I'll be in my 80s aerobics instructor costume, but for now I'm wearing a slightly Halloween-themed outfit. I can't help but be a bit literal with my holiday outfits. My Halloween outfits always have festive earrings and Halloween colors, so that's what's going on here. I wore this evil cat print dress layered over a sheer black blouse and added my rust orange tights to complete the Halloween color scheme. My earrings are little candy corns too! This outfit could easily be worn on a regular fall day though. I'd just swap out my festive earrings for another pair! dress: modcloth | blouse: nicole - thrifted | tights: forever 21 | shoes: forever 21 | earrings: claire's (gift) I hope you guys have a really fun Halloween whether you're out partying or inside watching festive movies. I plan on doing both of those things and possibly stuffing my face ...

Happy Halloween! Here are some spooky links to get your Halloween started! This trailer for Hell No: The Sensible Horror Film . I wish it was a real movie. These Nightmare Before Christmas nails by Hey Nice Nails! : This Blanky costume : xSparkage's Ursula Halloween tutorial is such a fun take on the Disney villain: The Time Warp. For you people who won't be watching the movie tonight, you at least need to listen to the Time Warp! The Addams Family movies are my favorite: These 20 facts about the making of The Nightmare Before Christmas . Stop motion animation is so amazing! Pumpkin Pecan Biscotti ? Yes please! Apple Cinnamon Baked Donuts ? Nom. Crest gave a bunch of kids candy that tasted like various vegetables. Their reactions are wonderful. Happy Halloween everyone! Have a great one!

I enjoy when bloggers post random life pictures once in a while. Occasionally I'd like to share little pictures from other parts of my life that aren't necessarily clothes-related. I've done posts like this before, but I'm just letting you know I intend on doing this semi-regularly! The majority of these pictures are Halloween-related, but oh well! Here are some scenes from the past month or so. My favorite tree back home starting to change color. Some delicious coffee I've been enjoying. Donuts. Halloween nails. Sleepy George. Possibly my favorite fall beer? Rainbow leopard print nails I'm currently sporting. Based on this Chalkboard Nails tutorial . Halloween decorations at home. This is how Matt wrapped my birthday present.  Happy Wednesday everyone!

Halloween has always been my favorite because I love costumes (and also candy). Since I have no real Halloween plans for today other than watching my annual Halloween movies, I thought I'd update with some (most) of my old Halloween costumes. It was nice to reminisce for an hour or so. After this I'll be doing school work for most of the day. We'll start with a cute old picture of George and pumpkins. And after that I'll try to go in chronological order. Enjoy this blast from my past. Bats, 1991. Clown, 1992. The Little Mermaid, 1993. Belle, 1994 ...and Snow White Wizard of Oz, 1996. I Dream of Jeannie and Esmeralda, 1997.  I Dream of Jeannie and her sister, 1998. Powerpuff Girls Bubbles & Buttercup, 1999. Madonna, 2000. Goths, 2002. Devil & Devil Dog, 2003. Flappers, 2004. King George, 2004. Satine from Moulin Rouge, 2005. Batgirl, 2007. Leprechaun, 2008. ...