Thrifting (v.) The act of going to a thrift store.

   I’m going to be a cat for Halloween... I know shocker. I tried to pull off Andrew Vanwyngarden. I really did. But there were just things that weren’t going to work out. For example, he is not wearing a shirt... sooo i mean I could go shirtless... but I feel like some problems might arise. #publicnudity I’m really trying not to get arrested. But I promise I did put some effort in trying to figure out how to pull of the Andy Vanwynie look. I went #thrifting today in hope I would find suitable components for an MGMTesque costume, but I was left uninspired by the clothing options. However, the trip itself was far from a waste of time.
   Nestled in a building I really thought was abandoned is the #sketchiest thrift store ever. But really #classicTampa. We walked in and... it was a pretty standard sketchy thrift store. It had that token old and musty thrift store smell #yum. The clothing selection was pretty standard, racks upon racks of dirty old t shirts. The lack of bizarre oil paintings was pretty disappointing. After perusing the grungy nicknacks and deciding not to take the unicorn ring holder #magical, I checked out the records. My first great find was Frank Sinatra’s That’s Life. Frank is another obsession. He can fly me to the moon any time he’d like #sosexy. My second stellar find was the JC Penny’s sponsored The Brightest Stars of Christmas. I know JC Penny? how can this record be of good quality. oh trust me my friend, I was surprised too.  The record is full of great Christmas classics. Elvis Presley’s Here Come Santa Clause, Jingle Bells by Julie Andrews, Sleigh Bells by the Boston Pops #stopit. The list goes on and on. The best thing about my new records is they were 54 cents total! #bargain. Not too shabby Tampa, not too shabby.

What to be for Halloween...

Me as a
cat last year
#classic.

Okay so October decided to fly by, but seriously... I think it skipped a week... This means I definitely don’t have a solid Halloween costume yet... which is a problem, because in college Halloween goes on for 3 days... Naturally, I decided I was going to be a cat for all three days #catlover. There are so many cat options. A regular cat, a cool cat, a jazz cat, cat woman, cat burglar, a striped cat, a spotted cat, keyboard kitty... I mean do I need to keep going? Plus a cat costume follows the unwritten rule for Halloween costumes. That rule being: Costumes must look legitimate, while being made from the least amount of material possible aka #slutty. It’s really easy to pull that off with the cat look. Its a total #DIY costume. Which I’m so down for seeing as I’m a #brokecollegestudent. All it requires is a leotard (check, I was a ballet dancer), cat ears (check, duh #catobsessed), fishnets (check, dance costume), heels (check, I’m a girl) and eye liner to draw on the whiskers (check, um again I’m a girl). Then the variations on the costume can easily created by adding accessories, for example to pull of the #jazzcat look all I would need to do is throw on a bow tie and some sunglasses. Done.

Ideally I would remake his
 look from this cover #doable

    I’m totally fine with cat variations as a costumes, I mean it’s the only #sociallyacceptable time I can be a cat in public... of course I’m going to go for it. The only real problem I have now is... my friends won’t allow me to be a cat all three days....

  Don’t worry though. I’m obsessed with things other than cats... such as Andrew Vanwyngarden, lead singer of MGMT. In my mind being him was the next logical option. But again, I was shot down by my friends who said no one would know who I was... even with a name tag.... which is totally true #fuckUT. As of now I think I’m going to go for it anyway, or at least be a hippy #inspiredbyAndy. I’m going thrifting later today to try to create this look. Wish me luck. I’ll let ya know how it goes.