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Monday, October 27, 2008

I Dream of Jeannie



Richard and I were invited to a halloween party and assigned to come dressed as Jeannie and Major Tony Nelson.  I had an interesting time trying to sew a costume.  That is more my big sister Michelle's talent, and boy was I wishing she lived next door when I started cutting and sewing.  Of course the sewing machine stopped working in the middle of the project and so the stitches were terrible.  Then when I tried the shirt on the seams were ripping because I think I am smaller than I really am.

In the end I got the costume put together, mostly with hot glue and pins.  I got so many compliments and everyone was just as surprised as I was that I had sewn it myself.  I even won an award for the best look-alike and got to take a trophy home.  The best thing of the night was that the people I had just met didn't have to remember my name, they could all just call me Jeannie.

4 comments:

Austin said...

I had no idea you guys had a blog! Glad to hear all is well in Oregon. Great to hear from you!

Philip Lybbe Powys said...

You are hilarious! What a masterful costume. Richard really cinches the deal with that uniform and military haircut. The only perplexing thing is WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ASSIGN COSTUME IDENTITIES TO THEIR GUESTS? I mean, it worked out great here, but how invasive! We want to you make lots of new friends, but avoid the micro-managers, okay?

Tina said...

That is awesome! It looks really good!

elicia said...

You guys look FAAAaaabulous!
Way to go on sewing the costume. and I loved Marks eyeball cupcakes! so creative. we miss you guys but i'm glad you're having a ball!