Being Broke is no Joke...

Money is tight right now and that's something I'm not really used to. I'm a big shopper, love going out and rarely hold myself back on anything I want. But currently that is not the case for now. I've done well with setting a better budget and go out very little now. Yesterday I wanted to spend some time crafting and hanging out with my best friend so I set my budget on $20 to spend on a few crafting supplies needed and enough money to enjoy a good meal at Ashlin (a fantastic Irish Pub/restaurant in Kenosha). I'm trying to make a light box from an old plastic 'glass' block I've had as a bank since I was a kid. I'm going to make one side Halloween theme and the other just a general fall theme. Sort of like this:





You get the idea, probably going to be a silhouette of a haunted house rather than a jack-o-lantern though.

Speaking of Halloween, I finally thought up my minimal-to-no-cost costume. I am going as Miranda Lambert.



You know, the country singer.



No?

Well, she's my favorite and the host of my party knows/likes her too so that is satisfying enough to me. Plus, it's the easiest thing I can do. I already have a self-custom Jack Daniels shirt, ripped up jeans, cowboy boots, western belt buckle and to top it off I already try to get my hair to look like hers. So my last two props are to match some of her songs. I'm getting a small red gasoline tank and writing "Kerosene" on it for that song. Then I'm taking Ben's B.B. gun for "Gun powder and Lead" song.

I think I'll enjoy dressing as her cause a) it will be easy b) it will be comfortable!