it’s a 20s birthday bash – and guess who won the best costume award???

so my friend showed up after all and i did get to go on the loo – just in case you were wondering.

my friend A. came over because we were getting ready for a 20s birthday bash. aside from carnival i have never dressed up for a costume party so that in itself was special. i looked for about two weeks to find a costume and eventually found a dark blue knee length dress with lots of tassels *yay* and one of those head band things with a feather on it.

with the costume ready we had to come up with some make up ideas. now, as you may remember, i don’t do well with make up. i have no real idea how to use it and whatever i do end up using is more a guessing game of where it goes rather than knowing where and how to apply it.

after looking at a number of pictures online i realized there was no way i was getting around smokey eyes (oh lord help!) and lots of eyeliner. so i got a lot of make up remover also, just in case.

i ended up doing A.’s make up as well as mine. and boy did she look good! my make up was so-so but still acceptable. ladies, let me tell you, i OWNED the liquid eyeliner! i felt so empowered after having applied it well. silly, i know. but still a great feeling.

the party took place in a mansion built around 1890. everyone in attendance was dressed like they came straight from a 20s movie and that made the whole party very special.

feather boas? neat accessory but at the end of the night there were a lot of feathers on the ground! i guess those boas are not made to last. and they are pokey.

we danced to 20s music and to modern artists, we took lots of fun pictures and i really enjoyed my super red lipstick! oh, it did match the nailpolish by the way. so now i have RED lipstick and RED nailpolish. not sure what i’ll do with it in real life. at least tomorrow in the office i’ll feel like a secretary with my red nails clacking away at the keyboard.

everyone in attendance got a little sticker with a number because the birthday girl had actually planned a best costume contest. well, guess who won??? YES, I DID!!! I WON BEST FEMALE COSTUME!!! maybe my friends cheated a little bit and entered more than one vote but they did that unbeknownst to me. i did win by a big margin so i guess they cheated big time! anyways, i felt great and i looked great and the night was SO MUCH FUN! i left the party at 2:30 in the morning. mostly because my feet were killing me. oh what a great night!

now, i thought long about if i should upload pictures or not. there is no picture of me on this blog and i kind of like this anonymity. then again i really wanted to share some impressions of the outfit. so i worked some magic and are posting pictures of me in an anonymous version. sort of. so here you go, a picture of 20′s-franzi

20s outfit

this morning i woke up sore but super happy. a happy flapper

but i’m sad that the someone i wrote about the other day is back in the hospital. please keep him in your thoughts. thank you.

franzi

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