Feliz Cumpleanos y Dia De Las Muertas

Goodness, but won't tomorrow be a letdown after three special themed posts in a row! Monday was Halloween, yesterday was the Monthly Theme Post, and today was a twofer: my 20th birthday and Dia De Las Muertas! I wanted to celebrate by wearing one of my favorite color combos, wine and black. I normally would have gone with something a little slinkier/sexier (I always like to feel a year prettier!), but it was freezing and blizzarding today, so I compromised with a worm but elegant outfit:

Square-necked black peasant blouse-Goodwill
Maroon underbust corset-Canal Boat Trading
Double layered black chiffon/wine satin skirt-Goodwill
Black broom skirt (underneath)-Arc
Fake Doc Martens-Wal-Mart

I bustled the chiffon portion of the skirt with pretty pins, then wore this lovely heavy black microfiber broom skirt I scored for $3.50 at Arc underneath it for warmth. I was wearing two pears of sweater tights, too, so I was nice and toasty even in the blizzard weather!

I originally wanted to do a Goth retrospective on my style evolution today, but I need to get some pictures from other sources I don't have with me in order to do that, so instead I'll leave that for later and talk about my fantastic birthday instead. One of my classes got out early today, so I went to the Dia De Las Muertas celebration they had on my college campus today with one of my best friends. She bought me a cute skull necklace (which I'll post pics of tomorrow), and painted my face:

Afterwards, I went out to dinner at Noodles and Company with my other two best friends, still wearing the makeup. It was fun! I've always said that being born on All Soul's Day meant I was fated to be a Goth, so I loved being able to properly celebrate what I think is a beautiful holiday. A celebration of the souls of those passed on, with cheeky nods at death and the inevitability of our own mortality? Sounds pretty Gothic to me! I had a lovely birthday, and I hope that next year's 21 will be as nice!  

Happy Halloween!

Hello, all! Of COURSE I wore my costume to class today, and of COURSE I had a fabulous time doing it; would you expect any less of me?

Heart eye patch:: Buffalo Exchange
Purple gingham dress: Arc
Apron: Made by me from thrifted dress
White tights with hearts: Hot Topic
Pink Mary Janes: Goodwill
This is basically my Zombie Crawl costume, with slightly different makeup-I was, after all, a dead ragdoll rather than an undead human, and it's a very important distinction, you know!

I had a lot of fun and got my picture taken three times! Here's a close-up of the makeup-I'm really rather proud of it. The Glasgow Smile stitches were my own little Batman joke! After class and dinner, I went out with a bunch of friends and we got frozen yogurt, and I'm currently wrapping up the day watching Young Frankenstein. Best way to spend Halloween if you're too old to trick-or-treat and too young to drink (legally :P)! How did you all spend your Halloweens? 

Zombies Ahoy!

Hey-sorry for missing the promised vampire post yesterday, I'll do it tomorrow instead. Nope, today we're gonna talk zombies, because today was Zombie Crawl in Denver! I, of course, HAD to doll myself up to the nines:

Eyepatch-Buffalo Exchange

Dress-Arc

Apron-Remade by me from thrifted dress

Tights-Hot Topic

Shoes-Goodwill

Doll-Doll show, makeup by me

Here's a closeup of my makeup:

Here's me and two of my best friends, Kira and Rayna, zombie-ing it up at Johnny Rocket's. 

 Apparently, I wasn't the only one who had the idea to bring a creepy doll, though I was one of the only ones wh

Hmmm, zombie stuff-I'm actually not as big a zombie fan as I am of, say, ghosts or vampires. However, I do have a few recs:
*Resident Evil movies-stupid but highly entertaining
*Zombieland-I love this movie. It's hilarious, not very scary but very fun!
*The original Night of the Living Dead and 28 Days Later-Both of these are legitimately great films, and absolutely terrifying. Do not watch alone at night!
*The only zombie book I've ever read that I LOVED is Jonathan Maybery's Rot and Ruin, and the sequel, Dust and Decay. READ THEM-they are exquisitely written!