Playing dress-up is not really my thang

Our friends, the Groves', have a costume party each year. Last year was our first year to attend & because I was born with a creative bone defect, last year I wore black & bought a witch's hat & voila - I was a witch.

I hate trying to think of costumes for both B-rad & I. PLUS I'm super cheap & don't wanna spend a lotta moolah. Sigh. Most of the couples come as...well...a couple. They go together -ya know, like peanut butter & jelly. Chocolate & peanut butter (yummmm... reese's....)

Anyways, I just wanted to show you what kind of creative juices I was up against:

Harley Couple Mario & Princess (uh, yea-I'm never paying for costumes like that!)This was a happy accident. This dude came as Caesar & then someone brought Little Caesar's pizza!Top Gun So B-rad & I kicked around a few (very awful) ideas. Then the Groves' came up with a good one... Here's Shauna & I the night of the par-tay. Alone, we kinda look like Fred Flintstone's wife &...uhm...I don't know what I look like... But when you put us with the boys - can you tell what we were?! Gilligan's Island! I'm Mary Ann, Brian was Gilligan, B-rad was the Skipper & Shauna was Ginger! Also please note our cups. They are REAL coconuts. Brian bought the coconuts, cut offf the top, hollowed them out, then wired the top piece back to the bottom to make a base. Hmph, he must've been born with an extra creative bone!

B-rad & Brian also purchased a disco ball. I thought is was pretty stupid when they did it, but I must say - it ended up being pretty cool.

Here's what I loved about our costume choices:

#1-They were dirt cheap. B-rad had all the clothes, I just had to buy a pair of shoes (Target clearance $10) & a hat (Target $6). B-rad did gripe about the hat because it was originally white and, "This is a yacht hat. The skipper didn't have a white yacht hat!" I said, "It was 6 bucks. Shut up, you're wearing it!" (Then Brian painted it black & all was well in the world...)

I had all my clothes, plus my hair was just long enough to be in pig tails. My shoes were $8 at the Dollar Store.

#2-They were comfy!

B-rad wanted to be uber authentic so he even shaved his goatee. He looks really funny now! He also scolded me because Mary Ann always had her shirt tyed up. I said, "Nu uh - I ain't tyin' nothin' nowhere!" I found him during the party looking at his iPhone. Uhm, I don't think the Skipper had an iPhone, B-rad...

Ya'll know me-I'm not a big drinker. Gilligan was a big drinker that night. And he wanted me to be a big drinker. He held my head & stroked my throat like you do a dog when you want them to take medicine. Then Ginger stuck the straw in my mouth & I had no choice. I know I look like I'm in pain, but I was seriously laughing my head off. It was freakin' hilarious! (Disclaimer-this only lasted 3 minutes. I was not tortured like this the whole evening...) The Skipper was a pretty big drinker that night too. And lets just say that someone (not me) had a little too much fun (not me) & drank a little too much (not me). So a certain couple had to stay the night at the Groves' because someone (not me) was not going anywhere on his own...