Small house + New baby = No Halloween party for me this year

But I'm so jealous of all these cool costume posts I'm going to write about my costume from 2 years ago. When I was in India in 2006 I bought gorgeous red and gold outfit to wear to a pre-wedding party. Back home I wanted a chance to wear it again, but lacking an appropriate venue I thought I'd make a costume out of it instead. Since I had just finished watching the Firefly DVDs I decided to go as Inara, the smokin' hot courtesan.

There really wasn't much modification to turn the ensemble into an Inara costume other than removing the sleeved part of the top and folding down the skirt to make the outfit a little more va-va-voom. I dressed it up with a gold beaded necklace and some bangles and I was done.

It turned out pretty well, and anyone who hadn't heard of the show just assumed I was a belly dancer so I didn't have to reveal that I am big ol' sci-fi nerd. I won't be so lucky next year, since I have my heart set on dressing up as Leela from Futurama. I guess DVD box sets are my inspiration.