We attended the Memory of Monroe Scottie Rescue Halloween party again this year, but had a really hard time coming up with a costume idea for Phoebe. After much racking of brains, we settled on a lawyer costume. I cut up one of Craig's old suit jackets and a dress shirt, and tacked the two together.
As any Halloween-minded college student with limited funds knows, the key to a good costume isn't the costume itself, it's how you sell it. So we went all out. Craig handed out little business cards that said "Phoebe, Attorney at Paw," and gave her phone number (1-866-SUE-CATS). We even gave her an opponent to lunge after - a little stuffed lawyer guy that says things like "Pay up, you deadbeat!" and "I'll see you in COURT" when squeezed. (Thanks to my mom's penchant for fun gifts, we actually had this around the house.) Phoebe loves that thing, and she kept snapping at it and trying to kill it. Such a legal shark...
I'm not usually big on Halloween decorations, but I was overcome this year by the desire to have Really Cool Pumpkins. I bought a little battery-powered pumpkin saw from Michael's, and dove right in to a project that was way over my head. It took over two hours and all the wine left in the house, but I ended up with these:
The spider was actually pretty easy. I probably could have done it with just a knife.
The Celtic knot, on the other hand, was ill-advised. Martha Stewart's website has helpful templates and pretty pictures of these, which lulled me into a false sense of capability. After looking at the website again, I saw that she called for one of those permanent foam pumpkins, which would have been much easier to carve, and not nearly as tempting for the teenagers of the neighborhood to smash. Seriously, if this gets smashed, I may fall into a puddle of tears or go on a homicidal rampage. Probably both. I had a really hard time working through the varying thicknesses of the pumpkin, and ended up using a drill for parts of it. It is a consolation, though, that jack o'lantern is a fairly forgiving medium, and it still looks pretty cool in the dark.
Those are indeed Very Cool Pumpkins! Nicely done! And the attorney at paw is adorable, of course. I love that you made her her own business cards. I don't think my cats will ever agree to costumes, and since they are quite pointy, I'm disinclined to argue the point too strenously with them. Alas! You dog owners have all the fun!
Posted by: Donnelly | November 02, 2007 at 06:11 PM
I love the Halloween costume! How appropriate. How is the new job Craig?
Posted by: Tenley | November 07, 2007 at 04:07 PM