the theme was "a night with the maharajah"...which is basically an invitation to dress up as an indian stereotype...luckily, i had a bengal tiger outfit ready to go. i'm actually pretty proud of our last minute costuming efforts. jon's family is in town, so we had to come up with costumes for 6. all we bought was a monster roll of bubble wrap and 2 things of aluminum foil. i figured ppl could be creative. boy, was i right.
jon's bro in law (matt) went as an elephant...he made the nose and ears out of duct tape and bubble wrap. jon's sister (sophie) went as my trainer...we made her a whip out of duct tape and bubble wrap. jon went as a gay porn star of the 70s...and his brother (james) went as his afro'd cross-dressing friend (we had 2 afros lying around from past costumes). matt's friend (klotz, but i like to call him clyde frog) went as a...dolphin carrier? we reinflated seymour the wise (the balloon dolphin jon gave me for our anniversary) and made him carry it (we were running out of time and creativity).
but honestly, i liked my costume best. sophie made me stripes out of black duct tape. i made my teeth out of aluminum foil, and we drew my face with eyeliner. the ears and tail are something left over from durians bling for worlds. AND the only reason i had orange pants was b/c jon bleached my grey patagonia pants until they rolled over and said uncle (he accidentally turned them pink by washing them with my red 5 ulty shorts...). i went thru the whole night growling and saying things like "tigers aren't known for their punctuality" and "tigers are notorious for their love of corn on the cob", etc, except, since i had a mouth full of foil, i ended up sounding more like scooby doo than tigger. surprisingly, no one called me tiger lily.
and the best part of all of this? we still have a HUGE roll of bubble wrap leftover!
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YOUR COSTUME IS SO AWESOME!
Also, Jon's family seems pretty effing cool.
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