Weight & Costuming

Since I'm still going to try & pull off my Halloween costume this year, I need to consider my body shape.  Going overboard?  Nah, I need to get rid of the weight anyway.  For my costume, I want to get a better shape to my neck & back & slim down my arms & try to wittle down my double chin.  Since the dress will be showing off these areas, its a good excuse to get into shape.  The costume will look much better & I will look better in general.  Win-win!  I'm also working other areas like my torso & legs.  Granted you won't be seeing them much in my costume, but I can't leave them out.

Today I made a listing of all of the things I need to buy with prices.  I'm going to start to slowly buy stuff for it.  I will start small & get the inexpensive things out of the way.  Then I can concentrate on the more expensive things later.  Since the site that I will be buying the patterns from lists the yardage & sizes on their site, I can start buying fabric.  The bodice only uses 2 yards!  I plan on using black cotton sateen for the entire dress.  I think that's about $5.99/yd.  With a coupon, that cuts the cost down.  The skirt I believe is 6.5 yds.  That can wait until later.  For now I can get the notions (bias tape, hooks & eyes, buttons, etc.).  I need to start now if I want to have any hope of completing it by Halloween.

This seems a little daunting, wish me luck on all of it! : )