Thread: Costume Addicts Anonymous

No - it will be worse... college? what college?

Originally Posted by Mirabai

Is that what it is? Because I can't stop posting and trading and looking and drooling and pondering... and I think I do have half a closet full of costumes that are new to me... and every time I post to sell... thinking I'll put the $ toward baby stuff... well, suddenly there's another costume I can't live without! (though, I have paid a few non-dance bills with some of the $ from my costume posts).

And you know what's the worst part of it... my husband mentioned paying for my CAA treatment ... if we ever win the lotto

Am I going to be a bad mom? ? ? ..... "no, honey. You can't have an Elmo doll. Mommy needs a new costume..." .w.:

..l;,..l;,..l;,..l;, It's nesting instinct on overload. We're saving up for future business ,r:; I officially have four costumes I've never worn and one on the way. It's terrible.

Hi, I'm Malia and I fell off the bandwagon even though I started this thread.

Your little one will also love the cossies. Ally thinks they're so beautiful and she cant' stop playing with my veils. Besides, after the first elmo doll you'll never want another! They are *so* annoying.

Originally Posted by Mirabai

Is that what it is? Because I can't stop posting and trading and looking and drooling and pondering... and I think I do have half a closet full of costumes that are new to me... and every time I post to sell... thinking I'll put the $ toward baby stuff... well, suddenly there's another costume I can't live without! (though, I have paid a few non-dance bills with some of the $ from my costume posts).

Am I going to be a bad mom? ? ? ..... "no, honey. You can't have an Elmo doll. Mommy needs a new costume..." .w.:

I think all you mothers are forgetting...children can be taught to sew and do delicate beadwork...invest in your future costumer.

Well, they do have good eyesight and will work for food.

You know, I'm nickle and diming myself. A skirt here, another skirt there. I've sold a costume, and traded two others, but I still seem to keep buying stuff. Still addicted.

Edna

Originally Posted by ozma

I think all you mothers are forgetting...children can be taught to sew and do delicate beadwork...invest in your future costumer.

Ozma! Anala! Brilliant!!!
I can see it now ... an empire of sparkly, homegrown sweatshops!
The coppers will never catch on!

If only I had started making babies years ago!!! ... I think at this point, I might be able to get out 5 before my days are done... or... there's always the artificial route... 8 babies all at once!!!

..l;,..l;,..l;,

Originally Posted by Mirabai

Ozma! Anala! Brilliant!!!
I can see it now ... an empire of sparkly, homegrown sweatshops!
The coppers will never catch on!

My mother is craft impaired, although she can now knit basic items. For years she specialized in knitting cat toys because "You shove some catnip in there, stitch it up....and the cat never asks 'what's that supposed to be?'" Once a Japanese grandma looked at both of us crafting at an airport (me making small zombie monkeys with mutiliple needles at a time...my mother struggling with a square-like shape) and asked me

"Is that your mom?"
"Yes."
"She...she didn't teach you to knit...did she?"
"Nope."

My mother is fond at looking at my bead work and saying "Somewhere, some family of sweatshop workers has my real daughter."

Originally Posted by ozma

I think all you mothers are forgetting...children can be taught to sew and do delicate beadwork...invest in your future costumer.

LOL! I've paid my little sister and her friends to help me make fringe.

well i fell off the wagon a while back and never got back on it..lol but since i really want to get more into music and playing/learning new instruments this year i need to start being good. that and i'm in desperate need of more flamenco gear!

I fell off the bandwagon HARD and ordered a costume from Eshta. ..g.:

Frankly, I'm not all that upset about it and don't do an intervention until after I buy some accessories to go with the black and silver set I'm making.

don't do an intervention

Yes...there is never a convenient time for one of those, is there?

Hi,
My name isn't really khalima, and I'm a costume addict. My daughter has started belly dancing and her first performance is coming up. I am looking for a specific type of costume for her (gold Turkish to use for a troupe). But I keep finding costumes in my size instead! I bought skirts in her favorite color on bhuz, and they ended up in my closet!
I'm trying to decide if I should just order a set for her from Topkapi for $250, or keep shopping for her since I know with patience I can get one used for $100 or less. The active shopping is getting to be expensive, since I keep finding things for myself! It's just too bad we are not the same size.

Oh khalima, lol. If I ever have a daughter who is also a dancer I'll be just like you. :D

I have a daughter - she's 3, but if right now is any indication...... I'm in trouble. I'd better start saving now!

Originally Posted by salsabelly

I have a daughter - she's 3, but if right now is any indication...... I'm in trouble. I'd better start saving now!

all THREE of my granddaughters have now said "they want to be a belly dancer just like Nana". They are 3, 5 & 9!!!!:cr:

Originally Posted by anala

don't do an intervention

Yes...there is never a convenient time for one of those, is there?

I'm pretty sure that a buying intervention waged from the costuming pages would be similar to the time my friends and I worked ourselves up to confronting a fellow friend about his alcohol abuse issues....over drinks.