I've been hard at work on the costume. :D So far, I've got a pair of cute red horns and a half-finished forked tail. Planning on stuffing it with doll hair (lacking actual stuffing). I'll sew up the shirt tomorrow; the shirt's the easiest part. And I'll be a few weeks early for Halloween! XP I still need to track down a party or somethin' so I can show it off--I'll be damned if I'm staying home and sitting on the couch watching TV! I think they might be having a party at Jester's. Jester's is pretty cool. Maybe they'll have some good ol' metal bands--like Nephilym or the Fifth. They're okay.

I also bought some glowsticks. I love glowsticks. Now I have to put them in a drawer or something until Halloween--or else I'll be tempted to crack 'em early and pretend to rave by myself at 4:30 in the morning when bored.

We went to Taco Bell for dinner. Saw a guy I'd seen there before--he looks kind of like my brother. He also gave us freebies. :D Bitchin'! (It was a steak quesadilla--I'm not eating it, because Leiko is a tree-hugging vegetarian--and a caramel-apple empanada.) But yeah--totally free. He didn't charge us or anything. SA-WEET.

Two mishaps while making my costume pieces today--first, I scratched my hands a bit while cutting a wire hanger up to make a pair of wings with, then I stabbed my thumb with a needle while sewing the devil tail. Owch!

Now I just have to figure out how to make the wings stand a bit... the tail, I've figured out. But I'm not sure how to do the wings. I think I'll do the same thing with the shirt and wings that I'm going to do with a pair of jeans and the tail. Maybe that'll work.

While I was at the fabric counter, I mentioned to the lady that I was going to make a raver-devil costume. She said that she was going to make a Halloween costume for her three-year-old, but didn't want it to look too sinister. Another lady standing nearby commented, "Kids are sinister enough, even without horns and a tail!" I liked her. She also suggested using old socks or scraps as stuffing for the tail and horns. Acting on her advice, I stuffed the horns with the discarded fingers for my gloves. XP