Happy All Hallows' Eve! I love how that name indicates that Halloween is simply the eve of something even bigger. November 1st. Discount Halloween candy & decorations day. I can't wait!
Halloween is my FAVORITE holiday. Okay, it's tied with Black Friday. But still. I make sure my classroom is completely decked out with battery-powered candles, window gel clings, fake blood, pumpkins, bats and more by October 1st and try to keep the fire hazards to a minimum.
A lot of my friends don't dress up anymore since graduating college ruins your life. As a teacher I definitely don't go to a Halloween rager in the middle of the week but I do get to have 2 Halloweens. There's actual Halloween and then spirit week which always has some sort of costume day.
I take spirit week very seriously. So for Wacky Character Wednesday I wanted to do something not just creative, but iconic. I'm not in the business of giving 90%. So I went as Elphaba. With green face paint. The witch hat. A broom. And the book.
Don't worry, I didn't decorate my door just for spirit week. It's been like that all year. And to take my costume to the next level, I asked my co-worker to be my Galinda!
The green face paint was every bit as annoying as one would think but hey, I'm fervid as a flame. A verdigris flame.
This is the face paint AFTER I took a layer off. I will admit the initial look was more Charo from Thumbelina than Idina from Broadway.
I needed special tools to help remove the paint. A green washcloth so nothing would get ruined and I figured a makeup remover called "green clean" would be perfect for the job.
And it did (mostly) come off. Which made it look like I used a Kermit the Frog bath bomb. I asked my boss HYPOTHETICALLY how mad he would be if the paint didn't come off as well as one would have hoped but luckily the next day was school colors day. My school colors are blue and yellow so I just told kids I took the 2 in 1 approach and taught them that blue and yellow make green.
Since I am so obsessed with Wicked, naturally I was thrilled when they announced their 15th anniversary Halloween celebration.
And as excited as I was, don't get me wrong, I was worried for Ariana. I want her to take all the time she needs (no more than 30 days) to heal from her cancelled engagement but I also needed her to perform. And luckily for me...
Someone disagreed with me and I almost had to go Azealia Banks on them. But I didn't.
Of course I live tweeted the entire event. You're welcome.
And posted a healthy amount of picture to my Snapchat story for good measure.
Missy even tried to care for a second. That's huge.
But a new day calls for a new costume so today I am Stevie Nicks complete with a black embroidered and fringed shawl, black fingerless gloves, chunky black boots, black eyeliner and a black top hat. I sang Fleetwood Mac songs to my students all day and attempted to explain the importance of jukebox musicals in society.
Meanwhile, my dad asked to meet me for dinner and if he seriously thought I would wear street clothes on Halloween, that's on him. Happy Halloween!
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