You might be a costumer if....
Gacked from one of my costume lists:
You know you've been costuming a while when...
You know you've been costuming a while when...
- Your 'people' clothes in your closet are outnumbered by costumes. Nope, but not through lack of ambition :P
- You look at sewing machines with the drool-factor that young men look at a hot rod sports car. doesnt' everyone do that?
- There is at least one shelf in every room that has costume-bits of in-progress or finished pieces. no - I've managed to confine my efforts to the basement. Mostly. Usually.
- Your vacation time is measured not so much in traveling but in how many hours can be spent sewing. considering that I spent half of my only full week off last year at a costuming con....
- Your friend spends the night and walks into your dress form- thus screaming because they think it's someone else. Not yet. Waiting ;)
- Your bureau drawers hold fabric and patterns rather than socks and lingerie. No - but there is this chest of drawers I'm not currently using...
- You've had to sleep on the floor (or the couch) because you used the bed as a work surface. no - a girl's gotta have standards!
- You're no longer bothered by the funny looks people give you when you're dressed like an elf on the bus. have never dressed like an elf on the bus or anywhere else, but am rapidly losing reservations about wearing most of my costumes in anachronistic locales
- When you go see a movie, you continually poke your companion (or companions) and whisper, "I *have* to make that costume!" or "That costume is SO cool!" it's true - you can't take me anywhere :P
- You've eaten Ramen noodles for a month (or more) just to be able to afford the big sale at the local fabric/sewing notions store. no, but I'd consider it for the right fabric store ;)