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[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

@Hades Aww :( I'm not a huge fan of swimming but that is a shame! We had the coldest winter for years this year also!

Ah but my signature, it is a line from the Red Dwarf credits theme! :D also winter can be sunny too

Haha, good point @Ellie! Winter sun is definitely more pleasant than summer sun. :D I usually like spring best because it's not too hot yet.

We don't do Halloween here even though some people keep trying to make it a thing. xD What is Great Adventure Fright Fest? What are you going as @Neo Emolga?

[Ellie]

Haha, good point Ellie! Winter sun is definitely more pleasant than summer sun. :D I usually like spring best because it's not too hot yet.

I dislike spring quite a bit because I have terrible allergies so in the springtime I have pretty much a constant headache. ;-;

[Hades]

I dislike spring quite a bit because I have terrible allergies so in the springtime I have pretty much a constant headache. ;-;

I feel you here, I don't know what I'm allergic too but it's always bad then.

[Neo Emolga]

I feel you here, I don't know what I'm allergic too but it's always bad then.

For me, it seems to be early spring and early fall that I start having problems. And then there was one summer where my allergies went on a RAMPAGE all summer. XP

In other news... my mount for the halo didn't work out. The headband that came with the tiny halo I got was too weak and it didn't support the weight of the Aerobie unless I stood completely still. I might find a thicker or stronger headband in a dollar store or something like that. Not giving up yet!

[Neo Emolga]

We don't do Halloween here even though some people keep trying to make it a thing. xD What is Great Adventure Fright Fest? What are you going as @Neo Emolga?

@Pokemon Trainer Sarah

There was a time when Halloween was almost a completely dead holiday and no one cared in the slightest about it. Then, right about the time the internet kicked into gear, it went BIG. Now it's almost as big of a thing as Christmas. Which is cool. It's a fun, casual, goofy holiday where you can just dress up as whatever, go wild, and have a good time. And zombies.

Great Adventure Fright Fest is, as Sanctus mentioned, a Six Flags doohickey where they have special Halloween events and attractions. We've done stuff like this in the past that involved going through haunted houses and shows, but I've never done Fright Fest before. Looks like fun.

As for me, I'm going as a seraph (a six-winged angel).

Originally I was just going to go as a regular ol' angel (I really like angels), but finding a decent pair of wings was an absolute nightmare that I spent HOURS on. In almost all 99% cases, they were laughably small and I'd end up looking like Cupid if I wore them. I then came across imakewings and just burst into excitement at how big and how real they looked. Problem is... £2500 as just a STARTING PRICE is $3839. YIKES. I emailed her anyway just to get an estimate, and never got an answer. Decided not to pursue that for obvious reasons. So I found this inflatable version instead, which was a heck of a lot more affordable and the people I talked to were pretty nice. I got those wings totally in white and they're gorgeous and actually feel perfect in terms of size (I might provide a picture once all the parts of the costume have come together). Since it looks and feels like a bunch of wings together, I just decided hey, go seraph. So they're big, but not too big where I can't even walk inside with them. They're pretty easy to inflate and deflate, fit into an easily-carried bag they provided, and they're a heck of a lot of fun to wear. The only drawback is the fan that inflates them needs to always be on and it is a bit noisy, but it's not a big deal. Outside, I bet it's hard to even hear it.

As for the halo, I came up with the idea to take an Aerobie and spray paint it with gold paint. It looks fantastic. The only problem is mounting it above my head (unfortunately, it doesn't float above there on its own). My first idea of using clear plastic pipes used for computer water coolers glued to one side of the halo and then strapped to the back of my head failed terribly. So I brought a regular angel halo from Spirit of Halloween and figured I'll try to tie wire around it to mount after clipping off the laughably tiny fuzzy one that came with it. I'm hoping this works. My biggest concern is if the weight of the Aerobie is too much for the wires to support. Hopefully it's not. :P

For the robe, I have a cosplay Final Fantasy white mage one that I used for a Renaissance Faire a year ago. It works perfectly with the wings and looks great, so I'm all covered with that. I'm also waiting on an archangel medallion I brought on Etsy to come in just to give it that extra flair, and I'm waiting on a golden-blonde cosplay wig to help hide the halo mount as much as possible. Once I get those and find a way to make the halo work, I'm gold.