My week, for the most part, has sucked. Mostly family stress. Surprise surprise. I swear, I feel like the black sheep of the family sometimes. or the screw up. Same difference. I'm just ready for some good news.
Today was a crazy work day though. I made friends with a young gentleman named Hunter and seemed to have made his year by not only finding his lost warranty information for a broken 3DS, but I figured out how to transfer all of his information from his broken 3DS to his brand new 3DS. Poor thing was in tears at first, but now he's a happy kid with all his saved games and downloads. We're usually not allowed to do that, but it was slow and the poor thing was so distraught over the thought of losing everything he had on there. Anyway, it made for a long day, but well worth it in the end after everything was finished.

Not much else going on. By now I'd have several costumes done for the year, but I haven't done a damn thing all year. Hopefully May will be a productive month. I have entirely too much that needs to get done.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Opinions??
I made a Facebook page for my costuming, but I have a difficult time tagging myself in pictures as my costuming profile. I'm thinking of moving everything from it to an actual profile (where you friend it) rather than a page (where you "like" it), so it'll be easier for me to tag myself and for others to tag me. I also want a page to keep my costuming separate from my personal page. Too many people are friending me that I don't really know and I'd rather keep my costuming apart from my personal information.

What do you think? Keep the page or make an actual profile?

I'm selling my royal blue/white Asics Onitsuka Tiger's just like Alice Cullen's from Eclipse (only different colors). Women's size 7.
I originally thought these were her colors, because everyone kept posting the blue/white shoes and not the black/white shoes. These are funding a 2nd pair of black/white shoes since I wear the heck out of my current pair.
They've only been worn once, but are in excellent shape! There is a little dog hair on them, but I'll clean it off before mailing them out.

Paid $80, asking for $60 plus shipping.

Thanks to redlynny I recently added Alice Cullen's purple Forever 21 top to my collection. Yay!
And I'll shortly be added a Zara star-buttoned waistcoat to it as well. Albeit in brown, but it's nothing a quick dye job shouldn't fix.
Hm what else?
I just bought a Morphine Generation top for my Ruby (Supernatural) cosplay! It's not screen accurate as hers is a tank top and mine will be the t-shirt version, but for $8 I'm not complaining!
Also I now an amazing screen printed replica of Rose Tyler's Aliens of London t-shirt. I had to forego the hoodie this time around (green, not gray), but I'll keep looking.

I missed out on having Alice's Odille blue top by $1 yesterday due to poor reception! Lame. That's ok. Next time! I will not give up!
I will probably doing a picture post of all my screen accurate/alternate items on my next day off. Something to do after house cleaning.
And that is about it for this week, unless something else comes up. Now if you'll excuse me, I must get back to watching The Big Bang Theory.

So, it looks like I will be just keeping the one journal. I'm so happy people actually read my LJ!! I love you guys.

Also to anyone who follows my cosplays, please LIKE my cosplay page on FB!!
http://www.facebook.com/ravenmistcosplay

I have no skills to make a real website so LJ and FB are my cosplay lifelines. And I'm barely on coscom anymore it seems.

Hm, what else? I'll probably be posting a screen accurate clothing post or two like everyone seems to be doing as well as a Wish List. I doubt I'll get some of the items from the Wish List, but who knows!

Ok, I'm thinking of making a separate blog just for my Twilight costuming. I don't want to use this LJ because I post personal rants as well. Unless there's a super fast way to delete old non-costuming posts?
I will be starting construction on my purple chicken dress and want to post progress shots on it. So, should I keep using this LJ or make a new blog just for Twilight costuming?

Yes, another Twilight costuming post.
My husband, my friends Bella (who happens to costume Bella), Tracy and I took a group trip to Forks on Sunday. It ended up being a wonderful day and perfect for some photoshoots!
So, with the help of Staci (owner of Alice's Closet) and her shop and makeup, we went out and about Forks and La Push for some photos.
First we got a couple in Alice's Closet, then off to Forks High School and into La Push to First Beach and Rialto Beach. Yes, I climbed up a tree for some pictures. I was 7 feet up. lol. The things I do for my costuming.

I hope you all like them!

( Alice and Bella pictures below )

Here are a few Alice Cullen costuming photos. Most are from Stephenie Meyer Day 2011 where I was the official cast Alice and two (of the same outfit) are from makeup testing I did last week. I hope you all like them! I'm hoping I will have at least 4 new full Alice outfits by the end of the year and then one bridal party dress. I don't count that one because I'll have to make the entire thing rather than buy the screen accurate pieces.
So far it's looking like I'll be crew at Stephenie Meyer Day this year, but if the current Alice isn't able to make it then I will be Alice again. I really hope she can make it, because I want to meet her sooo bad! She's such a sweet person and I love talking to her all the time online.
So enjoy the pictures!!

( Image heavy Twilight pictures below. You have been warned. )

Greetings LJ people!!
How is 2012 turning out for everyone? So far it's just been full of work for me!
Ok, I lied. I'm going to be an AUNT!!! I'm very excited. My sister-in-law is pregnant (BOTH of my sisters-in-law, actually) and I'm very happy about it! Now this means I don't have to have a baby anytime soon. I'm totally not ready for it. Yeah, 30 years old and I do not have baby-fever. There must be something wrong with me. No degree, no kids...yes, my life certainly is going places. *sarcasm*

So, what are my great plans for 2012? Well, for starters I'll be at Sakuracon (hoepfully), helping Yaya Han at her booth all weekend. So if you live in WA and come to Sakuracon, please look for me. Funds are beyond low and I can't afford to make the two new costumes I want to, so I am thinking about wearing Hikaru from MKR in her school uniform one day and Rose Tyler from Doctor Who the 2nd day. We'll see. If funds come through in the end I'll make one of the costumes, at least.

Steve will be deploying again this year. Oh yay. =( I hate when he has to leave, but this always gives us a great opportunity to save money and pay off small loans and credit cards, which we desperately need to since our funds SUCK right now. All I can do is pray he survives deployment with no new injuries and not making any old injuries worse. And that his PTSD doesn't act up too bad. I feel bad that I can't help with that, but at least I'm there for him.

What else? I'll be doing a picture post soon of last years adventures...someone remind me to do that. I always promise them and never do them. Must make a picture blog!!!
Oh, if you're a Twilight fan, please come to Stephenie Meyer Day in Forks this year. Don't worry, it's two weekends AFTER DragonCon! ;) If I'm not Alice again this year, you'll still see me running around with the cast taking pictures and driving them all over the place and helping Staci out.

I suppose that is it for now. I'll be sure to be more active on LJ. But I'm also thinking of starting fresh and joining Wordpress or something. What do you think?

Since I can't figure out how to make my own website (seriously, I wouldn't know where to start unless someone made it for me), I made a FB Cosplay page. I don't know if I posted the link before, but here it is. Please please LIKE my page. I'm trying to keep the bulk of my cosplay separately from my personal FB page, and since playing Alice at Stephenie Meyer Day this past year I've gotten way more people wanting to friend me. I want to make sure they like that page instead of my personal one. Thank you!!

http://www.facebook.com/ravenmistcosplay