We found Drakeson's knight costume for $2.99.
It sounds like a good deal. But the decision also meant that I would lose my head and buy a $30 dress, get George a large and cumbersome dragon hat for $17 (where are we going to keep that all year?), and obsess over making Drakeson's sword match his costume for 2 days. Every time the spray paint would clump or stick, I would live in some sort of state of mild panic until it was dry enough to sand and I could just pretend that the "disaster hadn't happened." Eventually I ran out of paint, and that was when the project was done. George says I put too much pressure on myself.
Anyway, the sword was a gift from the Healy clan, and I just happened to have had the sand paper, grey paint, masking tape, electric tape, stickers, stamps, permanent ink pad, and 2 stretchy velcro ipod arm bands on hand. For some reason, the black bungee cord and clamp just sort of showed up on our front door yesterday afternoon. I think the mailman dropped it.
There isn't much more to say, except that if some day Drakeson wonders whether or not I love him, I hope he stumbles across this post and concludes that either I love him, or I have an obsessive personality. It's an inclusive or, but meant to be interpreted as an exclusive one. Who ever said I didn't have a terrific sense of humor?
Owie
Full Costume
Shiny Jewels
$33
