The costumes you see here were made for a costume party. From what I recall the theme was plays and movies. That was a few years back, it was a great night! Me and my partner at the time went as you can see, as cats. If you've seen Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats ™ The Musical, you will know of the costumes(I think!). I've only had the pleasure to watch the DVD of it. If it comes out again, I will have to see it... for the costumes. Due to lazyness and my memory being hazy of the night over time, I'm using an old write up(with editations) to talk of the night!.... Here goes....

Being dragged along to parties is a common occurrence these days, ok so it isn't a chore.... especially when it is a fictional character theme party! My partner and I, were at a loss as what to go to the party as. We initially decided that at least one of us will be an animal(it wasn't said specifically but... all the suggestions did have at least one animal in the pair!). A whole heap of idea of fictional pairs sprung to mind, Dorothy & the Lion/Toto(Hmmm would have been a little embarrassing... but funny) ), Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf among others. It was decided that we should go as two cats, a la Cats the Musical style ones. So work commenced...

Most of the work was left up to the last week before the party, well is there any other way? Many an hour was spent trying to paint the costumes, one top was completely ruined by over application of paint(much to my annoyance). After another top was made out of lycra, which had to be repainted. My costume was based on Rum-Tum-Tugger, according to my partner, and hers was... well she didn't even remember(she saw the stage play... lucky one!). A head piece for my costume was created, as my hair ain't boofy enough(unless it hasn't been cut for 6 months then it is somewhat afro like!). It was coming very close to the day of the party and I had to do everything in a mad rush.

The day of the party came. It took an hour to do my face paint, and about 30 minutes to affix my claws, which I must add did look quite cute in black! After attaching the claws everything was a nightmare, including attaching my whiskers(via the use of eyelash adhesive). So got my belongings together along with my partners costume and plonked myself in the car(yep in costume).

The drive was fun, received a multitude of interesting looks. Most people smiled, can't recall if there was anyone with a derogatory look/action on the way up to pick up my partner. An elderly couple waved, along with some young guys, who decided to have a drag race... a young stupidity! The cat drastically out paced the other cars from the lights which drew attention, thankfully not from the police....

Anyway after more than an hour driving, I ended up at the doorstep of my partner's place... She had a confused or bemused look(have to confirm which one.. }=o) ). She got changed, but as my manual dexterity was nigh on zero with the claws, her brother, who is a highly accomplished at the use of theatrical makeup, had to do her makeup. As you can see in the pictures, the quality of his work is great, giving a mischievous critter!

The party was fun, we gained many a complement, and enjoyed some dancing. Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' was fun to dance to, the dance floor consisted of two cats(us), Dorothy and the Straw-man(Wizard of Oz), Princess Leija(how do you exactly spell it?). After spotting some helium balloons, my partner decided I needed one to know where I was... or was that to make me paranoid that I was being followed by something???? I decided hey if she can so can I, so I began attaching a balloon to her tail. Before this though I found out the greatest use for claws... popping balloons. BANG! Was a damn good evening... anyway one the way home there was one guy whom would not look at the car containing two ow so cute felines in it! Even after racing off at the lights(and nearly crashing into a turning car on our behalf.. oh ok it wasn't very close at all), he refused to look at us. Next stop, Kentucky Fried Chicken drive-thru. Got a comment from the lady at the counter about my nails, and my partner made a statement to the likes of 'you have no shame'(whilst shaking her head!).

Hey why should you worry about what you do!

The only bad thing about a night like this is that you have to clean yourself up. The tedious task of removing face paint, eye liner and nail extensions took its time, about three quarters of an hour. Though I'd go through that again, as it was a damn fun night.

.... so that was the night that was the cat's outing.

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