robin hood...my hero!

Our mission: to find cute, clever, and creative costumes for our movie characters themed campus party of Friday. The dilemma: not wanting to pay very much for a costume we will never wear again. The plan: Amy and I rode our bikes to the local “salvo” aka Salvation Army or thrift store to look for some cheap costumes. We didn’t really have any characters in mind and were going to see what we could find. First off, the salvo wasn’t that cheap. Example: used shirts were like A$10! So we were a little dismayed at first, but we kept hunting. Soon we found a rack of reject shirts from “Valleygirl” and we find our costume! The tank tops were a hideous metallic green…but on the other hand they were only $1! I had been thinking about the movie Robin Hood earlier and with the sight of the green shirts my friend and I determined we would be the “men in tights” from Robin Hood, Men in Tights!

Four of us girls all sported the ugly shirts with shorts and of course – tights! We also made super cool bows and arrows from some sticks we found. And we made newspaper piratey hats with purple feathers that totally could have passed for the real caps! ;)

Three of my roomies went as the Harry Potter gang – Harry, Hermonie, and Ron. My other roommate, Sarah, and her boyfriend went as Danny and Sandy from Grease. Other cute costumes were Napoleon Dynamite (he pulled off his personality too!), Robin from Batman, Pippy Longstocking, and the Peter Pan gang with a lot of tinker bells (the “men in tights” and the Peter Pan gang totally had a dance off! It wasn’t official, but I think we won!). It was a great nite!

See the pictures for yourself under Australia – Nightlife.