Monday, May 28, 2007

Did you hear about the new pirate movie?

It's rated ARRRRRRRRRRRR for too much booty.

I was able to see Pirates III this weekend. Nothing better than seeing Johnny Depp on the big screen for 2 and 1/2 hours. Ahhh...

Anyway, in preparation for the movie, some friends of mine threw a Pirates party complete with a contest for the best costume. I need to confess: I love dressing up. I am only encouraged further if there's any chance for costume competition. I had to scrounge around the house a bit but what do you think?

I took an old pair of pants from my concert band days (Why we still have them 10 years after I graduated is a mystery.)

And tucked them into Johnny-Cherie's conservative boots.

I added an Old Navy shirt in the Rainbow Bright variety,

And covered that with a ridiculously over-sized, mismatched shirt.

I accessorized with an eye patch, one of Julia-Gulia's earrings, a belt, and a toy sword

Next I needed a handkerchief. I opted for red but you could always choose psychedelic if you happen to be a pirate stuck in the 60's.

I download a skull/cross bone picture from the internet and taped it to a Zorro hat turned (glued) pirate.

I borrowed a stuffed toy monkey and what did I get?

ARRRRR ya ready?

Oh, and I won Best Costume.

NOW GO WALK THE PLANK!!!

12 comments:

Patience said...

I love the monkey!! You look great!

the MILKY way (Chrissy) said...

Yar-bee-darrr! Cool! Way to be piratey. Did you wear that to the movies?

Charlotta-love said...

I changed into civilian clothes for the movie...but I kept my hat. lol.

Em said...

What an awesome looking pirate! Good for you!

Clair said...

You're hilarious! I saw Pirates on Saturday .... and I agree. Johnny.....ahhhhhhhh :)

Love the georgia green behind ya :)

Coordination Queen said...

Love the costume! I should post a picture of "It's Raining Men". :)

Unknown said...

The real question is . . . how many phone numbers did you get?

Unknown said...

Wow Charlotte. Wow.

bec said...

so was the movie pretty good? I think you should have worn the costume to the theater. I wore a star wars costume to the opening of the last Harry Potter movie. The dressed up Harry Potter fans kind of glared at us. good times.

11111111 said...

Nice pirateness. The last time I was at a costume party, I went as Zoro. It was a great get-up (all items came from the Sally Anne), but the contest winner was a white guy who dressed up as Huggy Bear.

Charlotte said...

Love the pirate look. I showed it to my daughters and they were impressed. I'm also a major Johnny fan, Orlando Bloom too, come to think of it. Time to see the movie ...

Shankar said...

SPLASH!