Talk about a new low.
Seriously though, my life in the past few weeks has centered primarily around work and piecing together my Halloween costume. Oh, and trying to lose weight so that I don't look like a total heifer in my costume. Which, let me just share a little tale with y'all about Halloween costume sizing.
I got this cute little number at WalMart for my real Halloween costume (Marie Antoinette):
I got this at Goodwill for my work Halloween costume (Lucy):
They are (allegedly) the same size: 20.
Now, maybe I'm a little loco, but I think it's ridiculous that the Goodwill dress swallows me whole while I can barely breathe in the outfit from WalMart. Actually, when I do breathe in the one from WalMart the strings holding together the "corset" back rip a little. I'm still trying to figure out a way to prevent that from becoming a problem on Halloween after I've consumed a drink or seven. I solved the problem of the see-through too-short skirt by tracking down a slip and turning a pair of white leggings into faux-pantaloons.
I just want to know what in the hell type of measuring system the Halloween costume designers were using when sizing these costumes. I feel as if the dress from Goodwill is the correct size. At least, it's a lot damn closer than the costume from WalMart.
Oh, by the way, please ignore the avalanche of clothes in those pictures. I haven't done a respectable amount of laundry for a length of time that I'd rather not discuss. Also, let's not talk about how much time/money/energy I have exhausted in WalMart this Halloween season; it is, in the tradition of All Hallow's Eve, truly terrifying.
One thing WalMart didn't help me create (well, okay, I got the spray from there, and the bows came from the ugly tights in my Marie Antoinette costume, but the shoes are Kenneth Cole and the idea was all mine so, suck it, Walton) are my Marie Antoinette shoes that I want to wear everyday. Seriously, I want to wear them all the time. They are *that* cute. And, if you don't think so, then, in the words of Owen Wilson in Wedding Crashers, kindly leave.
6 comments:
So the shoes are awesome. Also Halloween costume sizes are what ever the hell they hit with the dart. I swear there is no logic to it. But the marie antionette looks amazing on you. Please tell me you have the wig... oh and you should totally do the red line across the neck to indicate the execution. Oh and you should come to my halloween party and let me see it all.
Haha, thanks. I do have the wig that has two cans of that white colored hairspray coating it, plus blue flowers in the black and one big black flower by my ear. And I also bought a stitch kit for the decapitation; I take Halloween and history very seriously. :)
I would love to be at your Halloween shindig, but I'm going to 3 Brothers for their festivities. What are you doing for Halloween? Something amazing, right?
Hehehe, yeah, I think there are some major discrepancies between what the costume makers deem to be "proper sizes"... I am dressing up for a Halloween party for the first time in about a decade this year, so I'm excited!
I just happened to buy this size because they were out of my size and I wanted the costume right then and there (I have all the patience of a four-year-old) but, yes, costume designers have no clue what "proper sizes" are.
You haven't dressed up for Halloween in almost a decade? Oi. I couldn't imagine. Have an awesome time at the Halloween party!
Very cute post! I'm posting a blog about weight loss at my dearbubbie. Rachel inspired me and I wrote it specifically for her, but my comment can't be posted on her board. Not sure why. You do have a life - and it sounds - a sense of humor!
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