I think I have found a couple of pieces of clothing on ThredUp that if combined in the right way with a wig will look Marie Antoinette enough for a 4th grade presentation. If they come in in time and fit. I think I’ll hit the thrift stores tomorrow to look around just in case.
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
Spike's Bitches 49: As usual, I'm here to help you, and I... are you naked under there?
Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
sj - May 21, 2026 1:25:14 pm PDT #8304 of 8313
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
erikaj - May 21, 2026 1:43:38 pm PDT #8305 of 8313
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
I was wondering how that was going. At her age, I did one as Susan B. Anthony--I think I just wore my Sunday- school dress and Mom put a lot of work on the bun for my hair.
erikaj - May 21, 2026 1:49:13 pm PDT #8306 of 8313
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
Don't remember much about it(I mean, I think it went well, but also I think that's why I laughed later when Monty Burns gets stuck with Lisa Simpson and he's like "Are you ever off?" I think I've always been a bit like that.) But I have a sense memory of that million bobby pins.
erikaj - May 21, 2026 1:54:20 pm PDT #8307 of 8313
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
and, aw, it's been twenty years since my last big f2f, although I've had lunches and dinners with such Buffistas as have layovers here(Without the porn) and the like. No big parties, though.
sj - May 21, 2026 2:07:15 pm PDT #8308 of 8313
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
erika, she was going to be Susan B Anthony but changed her mind at the last minute. Also she’s super theatrical so she didn’t like to do anything easy or small.
-t - May 21, 2026 2:35:16 pm PDT #8309 of 8313
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I guess this is not the kind of costume where carrying around a severed head would be appropriate...
sj - May 21, 2026 3:05:47 pm PDT #8310 of 8313
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
No, -t but if she rewears it for Halloween there will be blood! ltc wasn’t allowed to write her first choice for a scary Halloween story for school this past year because her teacher thought it was too scary for the other kids. My kid will scream like she is dying if she sees a bug, freak out about a cold and shrug off horror content like it is nothing.
erikaj - May 21, 2026 4:34:34 pm PDT #8311 of 8313
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
Horror usually freaks me out, but I guess I've watched a few graphic thrillers and true crime. Small world with the Anthony thing, though I guess she is a foremother.
-t - May 21, 2026 4:45:54 pm PDT #8312 of 8313
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
ltc wasn’t allowed to write her first choice for a scary Halloween story for school this past year because her teacher thought it was too scary for the other kids.
I'm kind of a chicken with horror myself, but that's awesome
sj - May 26, 2026 6:11:37 pm PDT #8313 of 8313
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
So the thred up stuff fits. Is it even close to being an authentic period outfit? No. But the wig and guilotine necklace that I got for her will get the point across. And the outfit is more weather appropriate for the unseasonably hot weather we’re having. I’ll post pictures on the FB page when she is wearing the whole costume.