Greetings, friends. It has been absolutely forever since I've posted anything. My apologies! I knew it would take me coming upon a subject that I'm really passionate about to prompt me to sit down and write something again. And last night...I did. HALLOWEEN. Well, not just Halloween in general but, more specifically, Halloween costumes.
The summer before our Junior year of college, eight of my very best friends, including myself, moved into two houses right next door to each other with four girls in each house. One of the houses was owned by our friend Mindy's parents, so naturally that was available for some of us to move in to. It was luck that brought us to the house next door. It just happened to go up for rent right when we needed to sign a lease.
Besides the living situation with the eight of us being one of the best things that ever happened to me (and all of us, I dare say), it also presented us with a new way to bond our group together: intensely well thought out Halloween costumes.
Our first Halloween living in the two houses, we decided on the fly that we should all dress up as a group. I believe it was Casey, our token brunette friend :), who came up with the idea of being Ballerinas. The week before Halloween we all spent countless hours hand sewing our own tutus. Although, if I recall correctly, I ended up creating my own and two or three others, because hand sewing just happens to be one of my strange talents haha. We lucked out with these costumes because I grew up dancing and my Mom is a ballet teacher, so all of the leotards, tights, and ballet shoes were provided by the Webb household.
The Ballerina costumes were a huge hit and, therefore, we were hooked. We set ourselves up to continually try to outdo ourselves each year.
I will say that I don't think my feet have ever hurt worse then when I spent this entire night walking around flat footed in pointe shoes.That same Halloween, my sister and now brother-in-law dressed up as Mickey and Minnie Mouse. I wanted to give these costumes a shout out because it was absolutely hilarious. I particularly enjoy this picture because they both look so young, and it's funny to think about them now married.
The Ballerinas were great, no question, but we knew that we had to come up with something even better our Senior year. At first, we threw around the idea of being Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Obviously, the numbers worked in our favor, and Casey would have made a perfect Snow White. But, something about the idea didn't sit right with all of us.
Then, someone came up with our most brilliant costume idea to date...The Wizard of Oz. Immediately when this idea came out we all loved it and began claiming our character of choice. I chose the Cowardly Lion, naturally, because I basically already have a lion's mane on my head. We all made our costumes separately, and on the night of Halloween it all "magically" came together. Not only were the costumes amazing, but the picture below reigns as my all time favorite picture of the eight of us.
The next year, our Halloween group significantly dwindled because of graduation and other circumstances, so just a few of us got together and dressed alike. Don't ask me why, but Mindy was stuck on the fact that we were going to be...well...Gothic Fairies. Hahahaha. It sounded like just about the strangest idea I had ever heard, but it turned out to be really funny and original. Unfortunately, in the picture, you can't get a good look at our amazing Gothic Fairy wings, but believe me, they were large and intimidating. At least 15 people were unintentionally caught in my wings while we were out that night.
Last year, we had a huge Halloween party to attend, but, since most of us lived apart, we decided to do our own things. I was Miss Piggy and my boyfriend at the time was Kermit, which was really entertaining. But, I do not recommend those fake pig noses--they are incredibly uncomfortable. Laura was 80's Madonna and Kristen was Pebbles. Our friend Jayme was Cindy Lou Who and her boyfriend was a Penguin (very cute). Halie was Gwen Stefani and well, Mindy and Shannon were her Harajuku girls (notice the wigs). Their costumes were by far some of the most ridiculous I've ever seen and will, without a doubt, go down in history with our friends. Casey was also there but isn't pictured. She and her now fiance were the Governor and First Lady of Texas. She wore a blonde fro wig...enough said. :)
This year we have big plans. We're going to be attending Ghostland Observatory, so we know we have to go big or go home. I'm going to keep under wraps what we'll be dressing up as...but it's going to be cute and very sparkly. We'll just say that.
I hope everyone has as much fun dressing up and celebrating as we will!!!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
