I don't do Halloween. But I did do Halloween last Friday.
The English Department at Our Humble High School loves to dress up every year. We "theme" our costumes. Two years ago, we did Harry Potter. I was at the beach. Last year, we did fairy tales. I was in Wisconsin. This year, we did TV Land ~ ie, retro-television shows.
I volunteered to be Laverne, Penny Marshall's character on "Laverne & Shirley."
My costume evolved, I guess you could say. I did find a Laverne-esque T-shirt ~ you can see the faux-monogrammed "L" peaking out from underneath my letter jacket. The flowered capris? Oh, I acquired them from a thrift store a few years back. Likewise, the funky socks They seemed like something Laverne might wear.
But then temps dropped overnight. I woke up with chattering teeth and an outside thermometer that read 36 degrees.
When I added the letter jacket ~ also acquired at a thrift store, for 10 bucks, no less ~ to my ensemble, my costume morphed. I'd like to say this is a cross between Laverne and "A League of Their Own" ~ the fabulous flick directed by ~ you guessed it ~ Penny Marshall.
Don't ask about the backwards baseball cap and the shades. I was feeling "gangsta" that morning. One of my hip cherubs actually said, "Mrs. Scribe, you're so G!"
And yes, this snap is going in the Yearbook. A couple of decades down the road, I'd love for my grandkids to stumble upon this iconic image while rooting around in the basement some rainy afternoon. Wouldn't you?
18 comments:
Doin' it our way?
You look like a causality from a thrift store explosion -- but in a good sort of way. ;)
This is a fabulous photo, for eternity ! Dude, it looks like you just parked your surfboard in the hallway and you've got this new hip hop tune to burn.....You've always been chill, sees !
Laverne/gangsta pic for posterity. I love it.
I love it! You are too much!
Gangsta Laverne. Way to keep it current. :) You look/looked awesome.
That's a treat! Eye-candy:-)
I think it's the giant orange earrings that bring the whole ensemble together!
Great start for you NaBloPoMo month!
I'll do that maybe in January again...I've done it twice on my photoblog...
How fun! That is great that you all do a theme.
Yo Laverne! Great outfit, Penny would be proud.
Love it and your grand kids will be coming up with all kinds of stories I bet, to explain the picture unless you label it (LOL)
Quilly said it best. You're so G!
Very cool. Eclectic cool :)
Wow. :-)
I LOVE iT!
Wow!
B xx
This is quite the get-up ... I didn't quite get Laverne from it but I was amused!
Oh TREAT!!! Definitely Treat! I love Halloween and was "treated" to all Savannah had to offer. And the ones where people create their own - like you did - are hands down the BEST! I remember Laverne kind of. That show came on after school and it coincided with "Growing Pains." Kirk got way more attention than Penny did. Care to share what the other teachers went as for Flashback Television?
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