Rocky Horror in Kingston 2015

Tonight hubby and I are going to Crystal Amazement's Rocky Horror Show, which runs tonight and the rest of the week until the 12am showing Halloween night at Convocation Hall in Theological Hall at Queen's University.

Yes, we are dressing up.  Originally we had a big bunch of folks willing to attend, but now I'm not sure if anyone else is coming.  Doesn't matter, we shall have a splendid time!

Hubby is doing Frank N Furter and I'm dressing as Columbia.  There are available costumes for both characters, but after reading many reviews I decided to try to create my own Columbia look.  Hubby bought his Frank N Furter costume (online as Audrey's Costume Castle didn't have one in his size and didn't seem interested in helping us find one) as we couldn't really find the parts second hand.

I scored a sequinned dance outfit at Phase 2 - not the Columbia sparkly corset she wears, but better than any corset costume stuff I could find, and we ordered me a pair of striped shorts from Forever 21.  Also not quite officially Columbia, but as close as we could find without me actually making something.  Walmart had blue socks, and a sparkly Dollarama hat will top off the costume (but I'm not sold on wearing it since it'll be windy and rainy like crazy tonight!)  Of course fishnet tights are easy to find, but I could only get the ones with the back seam at a Halloween store.  And I already owned chunky heeled Mary Janes, although they are not tap shoes (and I can't tap dance, so I guess it all worked out!)

The item that gave me the most trouble was the studded collar.  I feel like there was a time you could find them anywhere.  Not so much this year.  Even Audrey's didn't have one.  I ordered this one online but it's only okay.  Now if I had wanted a studded bracelet, no problem!

To top off my look I got a haircut (at James Brett - my favourite salon) and a week later I coloured my hair with a 28 washes colour.  It's more purple than her red, but I wasn't convinced that red-red is really my colour.  Purple-red has had a few compliments so far and I know (based on the makeup I already own) I can make this work for me.

Tonight I will pull out the gel and slick my now-shorter hair back, go makeup crazy and see if I can resemble this hot-patootie groupie, at least somewhat!

I still have to check out Frank N Furter's makeup - Hubby says he has a tattoo that I get to try to draw on him.  Great.  I still don't really believe my husband will leave the house in this getup and go where other people are that can see him in underwear and a "bustier" or whatever it's supposed to be.  Also it's cold and rainy today, and I'm sure it won't be any warmer tonight.  Sometimes I wish Halloween was during the summer!

Wish me luck with my make-up talents tonight!