Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I love dressing up. Its fun to be someone else for a day. However, I am very particular about authentic costumes. I don't want to just be a generic character of some sort. If I'm going to be a witch, I'm going to be Winifred Sanderson from Hocus Pocus or The Wicked Witch of the West. Don't just be a doctor, be Doctor House, you know? Also, I think that you should dress as closely to the actual character as possible - meaning I quite disagree with women distorting the classic costume of Alice In Wonderland to be some sort of a whorish outfit. It appears that dressing up for Halloween has now somehow come to mean dressing like a slut. I find it fascinating that all these women allow Halloween to degrade themselves - unless they are glad to have an excuse to let their true colors shine...I'm just sayin'....
This Halloween I decided to borrow my friend's costume from last year. I tried it on and found that unfortunately the main dress didn't fit. The hat and the apron would be perfect, but I asked my wonderful mother to make a new main dress for me, which she did. She also made some super cute bloomers and a fluffy slip to add some whimsy to the costume. I found some perfect green and white striped tights at the Halloween store and did my hair in pin curls to look as much like the character as possible.
The result was me as the adorable Strawberry Shortcake.
I decided to celebrate the festivities and dress up not only for the actual event or for parties, but for work (at both jobs). I had many compliments and even won a costume contest. But what I loved most was when little girls would see me and ask to have their picture taken with me! "Strawberry Shortcake!" they would exclaim! "Can I take a picture with you!?" It made my day! I felt like a Disney princess in Disneyland! Oh, there is nothing better. A few years ago I was Snow White, which was also a hit with the little ones. Its so fun to see their little eyes brighten and the smiles break across their faces. Oh, I'm so glad I decided to be Strawberry Shortcake.
