Today was Mike's mum Gill's birthday party. It was so close to Halloween she wanted to do a costume party. Mike dressed up as Ghost Face from Scream and I dressed up as a random vampire. I had bought retractable fangs from Vampfangs a few months before, but hadn't had a chance to wear them yet! Watch the Vampfangs video here of them in use: YouTube.
So I was really into Lady Gaga (and still am) and loved 'Born This Way', so those things combined, it was no wonder I decided to go as skeleton Lady Gaga's in the video.
I went with Roxana, Mike and Jason. Jason's mum and dad drove us this time because Jason's costume was too big to get on the train. He went as Kyuubi Nine Tails from Naruto and as usual Mike and Roxana didn't dress up. I missed not being able to go on the train due to all the attention and strange looks we get. All of us feel that going on the train is one of the best parts of the day and definitely adds to the experience EXPO.
I was really excited about going this year as some of the cast of Futurama were going to be there. Look a bit further down this post to see some photos.
Jason with the business man.
I got a few photos and a few comments about my costume, and got a teeny tiny bit jealous about the amount of attention Jason got from his costume. Roxana and Mike found it hilarious that I was jealous.
When we first got the EXPO, a business man couldn't get enough of Jason's costume. He kept talking photos and following us around the venue. It was fun at first, but then it got a bit creepy when he wouldn't leave! lol
Halfway through the day, my wig was driving me crazy, so I decided to take off everything. Luckily, Mike had a spare shirt in his bag that fit me so I went and changed and took off all my make-up. It was a relief to take everything off, but it did make the rest of the day a bit less fun!
Overall, we had a great day and I got some great photos of my costume this year!
So this EXPO I didn't dress up. It always feels weird when I don't, like I don't belong there or something!
John de Lancie. Photograph copyright of
Creative Eye Photography
I decided to just take photographs this time rather than dress up. I always find that my photographs suffer if I wear a costume, so I dedicated the day to photography. So of course, my camera had to mess up and decide not to work for half of the day!
This year a huge group of us went to EXPO. There was me, Mike and Roxana as usual, with the addition of Dan, Emma, Jason and Danfeng. Danfeng and I go to uni together, but at the time of this EXPO we had only been speaking online before we had gone to uni, so this was the first time we'd seen each other. Dan and Emma are people I went to college with and Jason is someone I work with.
No body dressed up apart from me and Dan. I lent Dan my cape, and I don't know who he was supposed to be! I went as a Gothic-y Princess. I didn't have a real costume and I wanted to dress up in something. Jason bought a link costume, but he chickened out at the last minute and decided not to wear it!
We all had a great day. I got to leave with a LunaSailor Moon hat so I was happy!
Me and Dan on the train
Emma and Mike listening to
music
Jason on the train
Me and the Cheshire Cat
Danfeng with Avatars
Roxana and Emma wearing my new Luna hat from Sailor Moon
My mum works at a school (my old primary school) and it was World Book Day. She wanted to be the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland, so I helped her make a costume. I made all the red ribbons for the outfit and I sewed the patches onto her trousers. I also made the white cuffs and the cravat styled ruffles down her shirt. You can't see the ruffles too well in the photos, but it took a while to make!
I also did her make up too. I applied purple eyeshadow and then fake hair to make her eyebrows 'bushy' and 'eccentric'. I was fun to do the make up for her as I was getting a bit into special effects make up and I had just learnt how to apply fake hair.
This year Mike and I went with some old school friends called Shannon and Katherine.
I didn't dress up this year. Katherine dressed up as a character from Vampire Knight. Katherine had made a 'free hugs' sign which I wore for most of the day. I can't remember how many hugs I got though!
We got to meet Tom Baker and Craig Charles. Well I didn't personally, but I took photos!
