random thoughts – Day 2,418 (Friday 10/30) – costume party

There is nothing quite like the thrill of waiting until the morning of a costume party you've known about for a month to decide on a costume. With dozens of costumes gathered over the years from various themed parties, dance performances, and general acquisitions, ideas floated in my head but nothing stuck.

Contestants in one of
the costume contests.

Yesterday, a couple costume tubs and the closets were reviewed. Ariel the Mermaid, a 1920s flapper, Playboy bunny, a 60’s go-go girl, and a genie were dismissed from consideration. The potential choices were narrowed down to Red Riding Hood, pirate, fortune teller, and Prince. This morning, I decided on pirate and laid the clothing out on the bed. Then. During the gathering of pirate components, I found my spurs and considered cowboy, and realized half of the wig collection is missing. The pink, green, and black bob styles, the blond Marilyn Monroe wig, and the long glow in the dark white wig are all unaccounted for and will plague me until they are located.

After pizza lunch at Mom’s, I changed my mind to Red Riding Hood, and put the hooded cape in the dryer to take out the wrinkles. As I pondered the full ensemble, I realized I divested the basket collection in a move and decided to go to Dollar Tree to look for one. A trick or treat tub was found that seemed suitable and when I turned around I saw a lone pirate sword on a display which seemed like a sign and just like that, I was back on pirate, but still not fully invested.

Arrrrghhh.

The poufy pirate shirt worn in the past felt a bit snug and was swapped out for a stripey shirt. After dressing in black blousy pants, boots, the stripey shirt, a striped scarf, and a coin belt I was ready to leave. That’s when I realized I needed to use the toilet and had to undo half of it. The scarf snagged on the coin belt and once liberated, was abandoned.

At the costume party, our table included Doris (from Shrek,) Bo Peep, a chauffeur, a poop emoji, LL Cool J, a steampunk lady, a nun with a goatee, a pirate, two hippies, Captain Cleghorn, and a few more. There were costume contests and a game that involved racing with a ball on a spoon. It was fun, but I was tired and headed home by 10:00 even through the party was on for another couple hours. I guess I’m just not a party animal anymore, unless it starts at 2:00 in the afternoon and is done by nightfall.