two costumes...lots of strange looks

a few weeks ago amber and i got invited to a halloween party hosted by her boss that we were supposed to dress up as celebrities for. the problem? i really wanted to wear another costume to work...

okay, let me explain.

at work we have these nicknames for all the students on my team. danny is this one. erik is that one. lex is lexi hopalong. melissa is missy punkin. paul is hey you (he didn't much appreciate that one). preston is bubs. calista is allison. and i...i'm the crazy cat lady. sometimes the extra crazy cat lady.

come on, now, doesn't that just beg to be a halloween costume? especially if i don't tell anyone? :)

so it started like this...

and after a little help from my brother, i became this:

scary, no?

anyway. so i then had to become some sort of celebrity. and my friend and former roommate, megan, suggested marilyn monroe.

what do you think? well, amber's costume was a little harder and a little more fun. since she had to be some celebrity we spent some time trying to decide who she could be. pussycat doll? no. edward scissorhands? cool, but no. and then we had it. she would just be all of them.
apparently she was an inmate at an insane asylum who thought she was every celebrity. i must say, it was a lot of fun when we were driving to the party to have amber always saying, 'hey, i'm on the radio!'
richie also came with us, but we don't really know who he was. interestingly enough, no one asked. though, can you blame them for not?