Family Fun Time! (Days 424 - 426)

So, I was half-right, having somebody living in the bedroom where I usually sew does make me want to sew more. Though it also could be that having more people around makes me less depressed. I've been having a great time hanging out with my cousin =D

I haven't actually sewed anything, but I have some sort of progress. The other day at the mall, my boyfriend and I visited one of our favorite stores, a little niche in the wall, Hot Toys. They buy and sell used toys, mostly old action figures, comic books, video game systems (NES, N64...) and the like. I discovered it a while back and introduced my boyfriend to it. Recently, they've started selling plushies and turned part of their video game area into a plushie room.

In said room, I discovered a Cthulu plushie! I didn't think much abut it at the time, since I didn't have any money with me at the time, and I didn't want to ask my boyfriend to buy it for me, but when I got home that night, I realized that I needed that plushie for my Coon cosplay! So I ran back a couple of days ago and bought it before it got sold.

Me and my best friend Cthulu~

Also, I finally finished my Yaoi-Con 2010 and Holiday Anime Faire 2010 reviews over on my Convention Blog.

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Dress Form (Day 395)

My mommy bought my dress form today! ^-^ It's my Christmas present, and should be here in "Two to six weeks." Bleh. That's too long!

I also did what I'm going to call the last of my cosplay shopping for the year. All future money needs to go to Christmas presents for now. Thank goodness I get cash for Christmas from distant relatives, otherwise I'd be broke, well forever.

I bought the leotard and tights for my genderbent The Coon (South Park) cosplay. This is the cosplay that got posted on 4chan by a "friend" and I got flamed for. Yeah, I'm a little worried about announcing it here, because that "friend" may come back and make things worse, but they can bite me, because clearly they have nothing better to do. In any case, originally, I wanted a white leotard that looked similar to a one-piece bathing suit, but once I got to the store (Encore Theatrical), I saw that they also sold dance leotards with short sleeves. I asked my boyfriend, who knows a lot about super heroes, which would be more appropriate for a female super hero. We both agreed that the one with sleeves looked better, and they'll also give me more surface area to attach the cape to. I wish it was higher-cut though, because it's tight (because, well, duh, it's a dance leotard) and it squishes my boobs together and it's like "HAI GUIEZ! HEER'S MAH BOOBEHS!" T_T But I'll live.

The tights are a simple dark brown. They're funny though, since they're dance tights, they have holes in the bottom so that the balls of my feet touch the floor. I'm assuming that they're so that dancers have more of a grip when dancing. I was planning on wearing socks under my boots anyway, so this doesn't affect me. It's just kinda fun.

My boyfriend and I also bought the fabric for our Magikarp shirts. I'm not sure when I'll get around to making them, but I am looking forward to it. We bought the same 95% rayon, 5% spandex fabric that I used for my Link dress (which still needs to be finished). Of course, we didn't buy it in green, we bought it in red, "chilli pepper red" to be specific, haha.

So I have enough to work on for a while, and don't want to spend any more money on cosplay before Christmas... Okay, that's a lie, I need to grab three rolls of ribbon for Magikarp, because it's a Christmas special, and they may not have it after Christmas. But other than that, no more cosplay shopping! I still have to make a bunch of hats and get my seller's permit if I want to sell at Holiday Anime Faire in a couple of weeks. I may not sell there though, because, well, I'm lazy. I still have to finish my Female Link cosplay, which I finally figured out what to do with. So I have things to do before I buy any more material. =]

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