CarnEvil 2007

So as promised, I will blog today about Carnevil 2007! Prior to last Saturday, the last time I dressed up, I was a Strawberry Frosted Poptart! Yes, you read correctly, and I hate to admit that no, I do not have pictures of it. (Thank Goodness) That was around 4 years ago. So a great opportunity to raise money for a local children’s hospital came across my path, and of course I had to take it. I started thinking of things that I could be, because I was told by my sister that people go “all out” on their costumes for this thing. She also said that there were going to be flame throwers and strange stuff. I was a little worried about that, but not so much that I would not go.
The hunt for the perfect costume was on….. So I started doing some research and came across the idea of being a “Devil with a Blue Dress on”. I rolled with it. I had a white dress at home that I could dye blue, but I wanted to see what my other resources were. So I searched for the perfect blue dress, but nothing was more perfect than the one I already had, and a bottle of blue dye. I went and got the most RANDOM of all devil wigs with red eyelashes to boot! I of course, also had the pitch fork. :-)

We started our evening off at Jason’s house for a pre party. Susan was dressed as a Flapper, and you could not recognize her at all. She had somehow managed to get her really long thick blonde hair tucked up and flattened into a black short wig. She looked GREAT!!! Robyn was RainbowBrite and Jason was a Gladiator. We were among other great costumes as well.
From there, we drove to Amos Bar in Uptown Charlotte and upon walking in, I knew that it was going to be an eventful night. I saw so many random costumes that it was funny. Not to mention Drag Queens. Susan wasn’t kidding, these people REALLY did go all out for their costume. I’m not talking about the $40 variety, but more along the lines of $1,000 variety. I was shocked! It was a little too freaky for me, but it was fun! I enjoyed getting dressed up in stuff that you would not catch me wearing any other day of the year. For one night, I was not Christie, I was the Devil with a Blue Dress On! I loved it!

So I am adding the pictures down below. If you know me, you know that I am completely not into the “goth” scene and so I do look VERY different in these pictures, but it’s me none the less. :-)