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Dressing Up For The Holidays

If you're like me and didn't have time to hunt through racks and racks of Halloween costumes for yourself this year, fear not.  You don't have to wait until next Halloween to get dressed up.  The lovely people over at Halloween Mart have wide selection of costumes to choose from for just about every holiday.   And of course, would could make your Thanksgiving more festive than you and your family dressing up in one of these cute costumes?





And why not ditch the traditional holiday wear for Christmas?  Instead, you can have a party and ask guests to get creative by wearing costumes.  It'll not only set for a less formal  mood but the kids will get a kick out of seeing Santa, Rudolph and elves!!




Even the pets can get in on the action.


And for those just looking to stay ahead, get a start on Halloween 2012 by checking out the amazing selection of kids Halloween costumes.  And don't forget about yourself again.  They have a great adult Halloween costumes too.

Happy Holidays!




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Costume Parties!!!

Warning this post does contain material that is not suitable for persons under the age of 18!!




With Halloween almost here, I know that most of us have already ordered costumes for our little darlings, but now it's time for us adults to order costumes for ourselves.  Halloween is not just for kids.  Didn't you all see that episode of the Real Housewives of New York from season 2 (I think) where Kelly held a huge Halloween Costume Party for the who's who of NY?  And that got me thinking back to my first year of college.  In high school, I had never been much of a party girl because I knew that education would be my ticket out of my small town.

So, I kept my head in my books.  Not to mention, my mom is minister and let's just say she was not big on parties.  In her mind, sex, underage drinking and drug use was the only thing high school parties offered.  She claimed that kids in my generation didn't truly know how to party, but took it to the extreme.  And to a certain extent she was kind of right.

However, once I was officially on my own I wanted to discover just what I had missed out on for myself.  No, I wasn't going to partake in any drugs or sex.  However, I did partake in some underage drinking once or twice, but not to the point where I wasn't aware of my surroundings.  Drink but keep it classy.  Anyways, my first major party outing was at this club with my new found bffs.

One of my friends had saw her roommate with some flyers for this really cool pajama/lingerie costume party.  And we just had to get in.  The party was being hosted by former cast members of MTV's The Real World.  We were giddy at the chance to meet some celebrities even if they were reality tv stars.  So, we set to work all that week putting together our costumes. 

My costume consisted of a cute lace nightie from Victoria Secret paired with black men's boxer briefs and a black bra from WalMart and fish net stockings.  Oh boy if my mother could have only seen my get-up she would have died.  We get to the club and discover that we can't get in without the flyer (a minor detail my friend forgot to read from her roomie's flyer). 

Anyways, here we are all sexied up in our outfits and heels.  It's winter time and freezing out.  We had been lucky enough to catch a ride from one of our classmates on his way to work Uptown Charlotte but we weren't about to walk 15 minutes in the cold back to our dorms.  So, as we're talking about how we're going get into this club, who walks by us?  None other than Ruthie from the Real World Hawaii.

At first we didn't notice her because we were in deep conversation but then my friend who talked us into coming to the club says "Hey, it's Ruthie!"  We all turn and look.  It is her and she's standing two feet away from us smoking a cigarette.  On her way back in my friend says hi.  We weren't expecting her to stop and strike up a conversation but she does. 

She says hello and asks why aren't in the club.  Of course, replay her our story of how we don't have the flyer to get in.  And she tells us to follow her that will be her VIP guests for the night!!!!  Our jaws about hit the floor!!!  We were going to get in.  She walks us back to the entrance and tells the girl taking the flyers "This are my friends and they're coming in with me."  The girl says we didn't tell her that we came with Ruthie and she lets us thru.

Oh boy, we had the time of our lives!!  We danced to our hearts were content, got free drinks and sat at Ruthie's table with her.  It was amazing.  We did get the sense that she had a slight crush on my friend.  It could have been the fact that she had her double E sized boobs jacked up exposing her cherry tattoo.  LOL.  I'm not sure what time we left the club but I do know we will never forget our first adult costume party!!

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Costume Super Center

One of my most fond family memories before my father left is Halloween 1996.  I was in fifth grade.  My mom was out of town on a business trip, which meant my father was on costume duty.  My siblings and I were not the least bit thrilled.  As far as we knew our father's best skills were cooking, cleaning and watching kung fu movies.  However, he surprised us all by creating costumes for each of us that were great.

Somehow, he put together a witch costume for me, a hump back costume for my brother, a clown one for my younger sister and a lady bug outfit for our baby sister all from scratch and using simple items from around the house like balloons to make the hump in brother's back.  It was here that I began to see my father in a new light.  He was more than the man he who cooked for us every night, paid the bills, and sat on the couch watching Bruce Lee.  He had an eye for creativity and styling (clothes that is).

Now, that Moo is almost two and knows what candy is we have decided to take her trick or treating with some of her playmates this Halloween.  Since, we both love frogs and she is our little princess, her costume is going to be Princess and the Frog inspired.  While I can make the costume from scratch, the one thing I couldn't make from scratch is her costume wig.  So, for that I turned to the Costume Super Center.



I was amazed at the amount of costume wig options I had to choose from.   I mean their selection is awesome.  It's not like the sparse selection you see at WalMart or Target.  The thing I like most is that their wigs can get more than a one time use out them.  They tell you on the site how to take care of your wig so that it will last beyond Halloween night.  And that's perfect for me since I've never had the need to wear a wig. 

After browsing all their wigs I settled on the Cheyene Indian Wig.  It doesn't have a bang which will work well with the tiara.  And it's long. So, it will hang down her back.  I love that it has combs sewed inside to help keep the wig secured.



Their costume selection is even better.  I couldn't believe the thousands of costume options they have.  So for all you parents who aren't so talented with a sewing machine to make costumes from scratch, Costume Super Center is the place to shop!!!   Seriously, your item ships the same day if you order it before 3 PM and the prices are very affordable.  Not to mention, they have coupon codes to help you save even more.  And no you don't have do anything special to get them.  They post the codes right on the main page.

Their adult costume selection is just as great as the kids.  By the way, they don't just do outfits either.  you can get shoes and accessories to match your costume as well.  Costume Super Center is really your one stop shop when it comes to all things costume.  Honestly, I will be purchasing an outfit for my bachelorette party and some dress up outfits to gift my niece for Christmas. 

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Happy Shopping!!!