Calling all crafty/creative folks...

[Tulip86]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

My husband made a great suggestion for Disney Day. It ties into what Tulip86 suggested.

I own a few fur coats. (Please don't judge me. I inherited the coats from my mother and GMIL. I would never buy a fur and support the fur industry myself, but given that the minks and raccoons in the coats I inherited have already been killed for their fur, why not wear them?) I also have a stuffed dalmatian. There's my outfit -Cruella De Vil (provided the A/C in the office doesn't break again). The problem is my hair - I'm not willing to bleach half of it.

Also, LOL at Once Upon A Time indicating that Cruella lived for some time in the same town where I grew up. Ohhh, it's so perfect.

If you have dark hair: Dry shampoo spray leaves a white residu if you don't shake it well beforehand. Available in most Wallgreens etc and costs very little.

[KDCat]

Originally Posted by Tulip86

If you have dark hair: Dry shampoo spray leaves a white residu if you don't shake it well beforehand. Available in most Wallgreens etc and costs very little.

Hair chalk would work, too. Available at Walgreens or Sallys.

[aephi alum]

Thanks Tulip86 and KDCat. I'll give those a test drive over the weekend. I do have dark hair - very dark brown, almost black.

So many great ideas. Keep 'em coming!

Also, I should have OWNED All Black Day (or, as my husband referred to it, "Raid AEPhi Alum's Wardrobe Day"). But the winner was a guy who didn't even wear all black!

[aephi alum]

Score for camo day tomorrow:

My husband had to go down to Long Island for work. On the way back, he stopped by my father's house. Dad lent me one of his uniform shirts and his helmet from the time when he served in Vietnam. It's not camo (I gather doctors wore khaki uniforms rather than jungle camo fatigues) but, hey, that shirt and that hat have been in Vietnam.

Unfortunately, I will have to pair this with jeans and definitively civilian boots. I hope I don't send the wrong message to any actual vets out there, especially considering that we're coming up on Memorial Day. Perhaps slacks would be a better choice? (I have black pants, but no khaki pants.)

ETA: I won! I posted a selfie on FB. Dad didn't even recognize me, even though it was his (and, once upon a time, my) last name on the shirt.