GUISE! The glamour shots arrived! And they are even more glamourous than I could have hoped for!
Hooray!
Thirty Years Old!
Yes, I have turned 30 years old this week! I had a lot of fun celebrating with everybody.
First, Doc booked a session for us at Dore Studio to get some glamour shots done. I wanted the whole glamorous experience, so I even had them do my makeup for me.
To be honest, I’m not really a makeup person, and it was weird to have so much on. I hardly recognized myself in the mirror! But it was a lot of fun, and all part of the experience of looking really, incredibly glamorous.
I also found out that it is difficult to photograph makeup to show that you are wearing a lot. It seems that makeup is actually really good for cameras, but doesn’t look that good in real life (my opinion). I don’t think this photo accurately conveys how much makeup I had on. But I digress…
The ladies at Dore Studio really knew how to direct people for a photo shoot (which is good, because Doc and I are awful models), and they had a really good eye for what worked and what looked good. True professionals!
Then, for dinner Doc had it catered by FOB Kitchen, which is always amazing. They even printed out little “Happy Birthday Christine” menus, which I feel was above and beyond their responsibilities. And of course, everything tasted amazing, including some of the new dishes we got to try. Always a hit! They are so accommodating and kind.
I also made a big wheel of farmhouse cheddar to be my “birthday cheese.” So that, when it is my birthday next year, I will know that the cheese is 1 year old when I eat it.
I also also got my hair cut. I attempted to do a Liberty Curl, but it kind of looked like a big pompadour or something. Which was also cool! But one day I will master the Liberty Curl. One day.
I couldn’t be happier with the new haircut. Hooray! Birthday!
Peace Master! Duhn nuhn nuhn nuuuh!
Right up until just a few weeks ago, I was completely without any inspiration as to what to wear for Halloween this year. I had finally resigned myself to recycling a previous year’s costume, but then I saw the Adventure Time episode “Nemesis” whilst trying to catch up on Season 6.
Suddenly, I was inspired! There was this goofy character that was a riff on the old Witch-Hunter / The Hunter Trope, who has sworn to defeat evil, whilst also raising 3 children and driving around in a minivan.
Doc thinks that Peace Master leans a bit towards He Who Fights Monsters and/or Van Helsing Hate Crimes in that he believes Peace Master is struggling with evil within himself and this is what fuels his intense hatred of evil and the dark arts, but I disagree. I think he is more of the Mage Killer / Witch Hunter played straight.
Plus, he looks very “costumey.” So I pulled together a costume, and it worked out! Hooray!
An extra bonus about the Peace Master costume: it has a built-in purse. Most costumes don’t have a purse, and/or wearing your purse with them detracts. But the Peace Master costume requires a purse. That worked out really well.