Halloween Magic Madness! Very Rare Photo In This Post!

You, my darlings, are about to see something you may never have seen before…

B was all like, “Let’s get dressed up and hand out candy to the kids!” And I thought he’d get over the get dressed up part, so I didn’t bother putting my costume together. I’m frantically trying to get the second draft of Really Terrible Bible Stories vol. 2: Exodus done, so I haven’t been as keen for Halloween as I typically am. I bloody love this holiday, but I was going to keep it low-key.

S invited me to parties, but I was exhausted by the end of the week. Writing is hard work, yo. So B’s idea of hanging out and watching teevee in between trick-or-treaters sounded perfecto. I checked in Friday to see if he still wanted to do costumes, and he did. And I suddenly decided I not only needed a night completely off, I also needed to be something other than a pirate. I wanted to be a sorceress.

So I painted my fingernails and toenails blue, for a start.

Image shows my hand with my fingernails painted midnight blue with silver and pale blue chunks of sparkly stuff.
Blue sparkly nails! Sorry, not flexible enough to get a foot in the shot too.

And then I had to get crack-a-lackin on sewing. Problem was, Misha was finding my costuming stuff ultra-comfy.

Image shows Misha curled up in the middle of my costume fabric, which is a blue and black swirled velvet. She's tucked in with only her head poking out, sound asleep.Silver trim is draped over the middle. Sparkly bright blue and cream organza is in the background.
All cozy in my costume.

I though she’d move once I covered her, but she fell straight asleep. I had to let her enjoy it for a while. She normally doesn’t like being tucked in, and it’s too cute to watch. I was able to get to my white silk skirt to gather it, anyway, so no time was lost. Eventually, she had an itch she couldn’t scratch because of the covers, so she let me have my cape fabric back, and I was able to finish the seam on it. I got the cheapo corset which is falling apart in a dozen places fixed, and we were ready to go!

To bed, actually.

So, the reason I only do stuff like this on Halloween if even then is because it takes absolute hours to curl this fucking hair. Okay, so it was less than an hour, but it felt like forever. And the curls went limp almost instantly. But enough stayed to be worth it. And I put some blue on my eyes and brows, and brushed some shimmery blue powder over my chest and neck, and it looked quite fun. Some jewelry, some sparkly shoes, and I was good to go.

Hold on tight, kids, because you’re about to see a sight witnessed only a few times in human history: Dana in a dress.

Image shows me standing in costume. I have a blue and black corset, a white overskirt draped in sweeping folds, and beneath that a dark blue floor-length skirt. I'm holding out the blue-black velvet cape.
Mah costume! I am a blue sorceress!

See! Sparkly shoes! You’ll see those better in a moment.

I never did manage to get a really good pic of my face, but here’s a selfie that gets the point across.

Image is a bit blurry, but it shows me smiling. I have blue eye makeup, a v-shaped rhinestone necklace with a sapphire center dangling over my forehead, and a larger, but similar, necklace around my neck.
Mah makeup!

And sparkly shoes! I can’t wear these shoes very often because they are the very definition of impractical, but these pale lavender sandals with kitten heels are about my favorites.

Image is looking from above, shows my feet peeking from under my skirts. The shoes have a band of rhinestones across the toes.
Sparkly shoes with sparkly toes!

So yes, that was definitely fun!

Someday, I am going to finish my Sapphire Sorceress costume, but that will require so much sewing it’s unbelievable and it’s a difficult pattern. Until then, this will do. I shall dub it the Sodalite Sorceress. It doesn’t have the same ring, but sodalite is actually really lovely.

Image is a raw piece of sodalite mounted on a stand. It is a mottled dark-blue with a white streak across the middle, and smaller white streaks throughout.
Sodalite. Image courtesy Philippe Giabbanelli

You can see I’m enjoying it!

Image shows me in costume, grinning, arms at my sides.
The Sodalite Sorceress

So yes, that was a delightful, if low-key, Halloween. B wore his wizard costume which is made of the same fabric as my cape, and we handed out candy and watched Jane the Virgin. His older brother had on a nice shirt and pants, put on a corsage, my cape, and a pimp hat, and looked like a vampire pimp, so that was also fun. The kids were cute, and I got to see a Batman costume made out of black duct tape, so my life is complete for the day.

Misha informs me, however, that I am not allowed to leave again. She pinned me down by the ankles and wouldn’t move when I got home.

Image shows Misha plopped on my feet. She's fallen asleep with her head up.
“You are not leaving this house again, young lady!”

She actually started snoring. Took me forever to get free so I could go get some food.

Thus ends a lovely Halloween. I hope you had fun yourselves, my lovelies!

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11 thoughts on “Halloween Magic Madness! Very Rare Photo In This Post!

  1. rq
    1

    Like like like love love LOVE.
    I’m a fan of dresses, when I get to wear them for my own pleasure and well-being and not because it’s The Thing. Especially when they’re fun, so I totally get the thrill of wearing something like this (OMG the colour!) to have some fun and no other reason.
    Dresses to work because Tha’s What Wimminz Wears? Nope, no thanks.

    And sodalite is gorgeous in colour, too. One of my many shades of blue. ;)

  2. 5

    But only if they move it to November!
    I remember how forking HOT it was this year–she’d get heatstroke in all them layers!

    Not to mention…trying to get through those mown fields in those sandals? Pfffffft!

  3. 11

    I am a blue sorceress!

    Blue Raja’s mother: [the Blue Raja’s mom walks in on him, in full costume, rummaging through her silverware drawer] Jeffrey, what are you doing?
    The Blue Raja: Um, I was just, um, uh, um, I’m, uh…
    [shifts to British accent]
    The Blue Raja: I’m a superhero, mother.
    Blue Raja’s mother: A superhero?
    The Blue Raja: An effete British superhero, to be precise. I am pilfering your tableware because I hurl it. I hurl it with a deadly accuracy. The Blue Raja is my name. And yes, I know I don’t wear much blue and I speak in a British accent, but if you know your history it really does make perfect sense. The point is, your boy’s a limey fork-flinger, Mother. Hard to swallow, I know, but there ’tis. What will the bridge club think?
    Blue Raja’s mother: You need more forks?

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