25. My soon to be awesome Halloween costume!

Yes, you read the title correctly. This blog is going to be all about my Halloween costume!

So if you have read my other blog posts you know that I am a totally fangirl of Harry Potter. You must be thinking that I have dressed up as a Hogwarts student before. WRONG! I don't know why I haven't. Maybe because I haven't known how to make one, or because the only ones you can buy at the store are Harry or Hermione or Draco (if there is a wide selection) and they look really cheap.

Well this year I am going to be a Hufflepuff student. And it's going to be totally awesome!

The robes I found a pattern for online. The picture as an example looks just like the ones in the movie, and so I am really excited to see how mine turn out. My grandma is probably going to make them, and I know she is a good sewer, so that's good, but I am worried that she won't be able to follow the pattern I found. For some reason. But let's cross our fingers!

As for the patch/badge that will have the Hufflepuff crest on it, I found 2 different types I like at alivans.com. I know there are also some on ebay. The one worry I have about ordering online is that shipping will take awhile since it's Halloween season.

The tie! I am pretty excited to get the tie. I am probably just going to go look in a department store. They have racks of ties, and so I should be able to find a yellow or yellow/black one. The one challenge would be to match the colors of the robes to the tie. I am picky on shades of a color matching like that.

The shirt and skirt I am not so worried about. Black and knee length for the latter, and button up and white for the first. I don't think those are as important. I will probably have white knee socks also. The shoes will be black of course, I am probably just going to wear these really plain black flats I already own.

I don't have a special wand yet. I am hoping to go to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter this summer, and so I am sort of waiting to go to Olivander's there. There are also some cool wands in the wb (Warner Brothers) shop also. Wands can get kind of expensive, so I am just going to use a stick or drumstick, if I can find one, for Halloween.

Extras are always nice, so make it more me, so I am thinking about things to add. Suggestions would be nice! I was thinking of finding some neat-nerdish glasses, but everyone seems to be wearing the nerd type glasses nowadays. So that idea doesn't seem totally me. Also, how should I do my hair? I think braids would cute! Possibly.

I might just dress up as Luna though, in which case I would change to Ravenclaw, my tied favorite house. The wb shop has her glasses (can't spell the actual word) and so that would be super awesome! I have blonde hair, but it's darker and shorter then Luna's bleach blonde gorgeous hair. So I probably won't in the end. Might still get the glasses though, because they are awesome!

Instead of a question, I would like suggestions and comments on my costume! They would be much loved.

P.S. I have an idea for another blog post, but I am kind of waiting to post it when I have more then 1 follower. (To that person, you know who you are! Obviously. :P) It sort of requires some feedback, or opinion. All you nonexistent people can't do that! Go figure.