An edited history of fancy dress

1993ish: Dress as a red indian maiden for a party. First foray into fancy dress and I actually liked it. Came second to a girl dressed up as a bunch of grapes (purple leotard, with purple balloons attached) The bitter stench of defeat has been following me around ever since.

2001: Halloween, and go out to a fancy dress party as the girls from the craft (vampy make up, mussed up hair, short skirts, fishnets etc etc) Would have been great but we were the only fuckers in fancy dress and as a result looked like prostitutes. And I slipped over in the toilets and got a wet skirt so I looked like an incontinent prostitute.. grr

2001: New Years fancy dress party, went as a Bunny Girl. Unfortunately my arch nemesis decided to go too, quite aply dressed as a witch. So I got drunk, stole her witches hat and flushed it down the toilet. Only to find out that it wasn't her hat and she'd lent it off her six year old cousin.... Best New Year ever!!

2004: Halloween, went out as a Cheerleader, avec pom poms and everything. Dropped my cheeseburger in the queue for the club and cried. Didn't get my arse pinched once. Not happy.

2005: Went to see the Rocky Horror Show and dressed as Magenta. Maids outfit (100% acrylic), brazen wig (100% acrylic) and fishnet tights (100% nylon) Took about 50 minutes to get to the toilet and back during the interval as I desperately tried to avoid all the smokers and various other naked flames.

Looking back, my outfits consist of a hell of a lot of fishnets. I might buy some shares in Pretty Polly. Or go for something more original next year :-(
(theneuroticpanda, Sun 15 Jan 2006, 9:55, Reply)