WELL ROLL ME IN HUNDREDS & THOUSANDS
AND CALL ME SHIRLEY....
Geez September rolls around bloody quick.
And September means.............
THE ANNUAL FANCY DRESS DISCO supporting beyondblue
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is my 4th Fancy Dress Disco for beyondblue and I just have to say that each year it just gets better and better.
As some of you know I have The Bipolar and so awareness and raising money for an organisation that does so much to help people with mental illness, depression and anxiety gets me right in the feels.
It also helps that I frickin' LURVE getting dressed up in crazy wacky outfits and dancing like a man wrestling a snake in a phone box to all my favourite retro tunes.
Add to this my obsession with all things sewing and well,
it is my FUNNEST night of the year.
This year Club Greenslopes once again stepped up to provide the host venue.
Will, Lance and all the staff are just so lovely and the room itself ticks all the boxes for what the disco needs (huge arse dancefloor, funky flashing lights, fairy lights and a stage for me flaunt my shit on and show off on)
So many utterly BRILLIANT people/businesses donated heaps of great goods to be raffled off. From incredible art to skin and hair care products to pin up glam goods to life coaching session....
Sure, it might give me the shits that I couldn't win the $1000 Flight Centre voucher or the $100 Lush gift boxes but I'm just happy that other people won them
*smiles very very very wide*. (kidding)
As usual, my "commiddy" of rapscallions, misfits and oddballs were my saving grace as I had bitten my fingernails past the quick and was contemplating moving on to my toe nails. Honestly, if it weren't for them I would be balled up in a corner somewhere whimpering " I can't do it. No one will come. What if? What if What if??. They grab me by the shoulders, slap my face, shake me and then hug me. They also take care of the raffles and the door on the night & help blow up all the balloons (ok so they probably inhale more helium than what goes into the balloons) AND help me clean up at the end of the night. They are fucking awesome.
This year I chose to go as Effie Trinkett from movie The Hunger Games. I'm not a big HG fan BUT I am a big fan of the costumes of Effie in the movie and so in true Vicki style I chose the most stressful hardest outfit to make. The Reaping outfit. I used a utterly STUNNING *cough* 1980's bridal dress patttern. The top is a fushia cotton sateen & the skirt is corderoy. In the movie she wears silly black high heels. I have feet flatter than Donald Duck and can't wear a heel higher than about 2mm so I found the PERFECT colour match in a pair of awesome granny slippers from Kmart. 5 BUCKS. THANK YOU. Then I had to buy the wig & make the huge arse flower. (Huge arse hair flower was from the Bargain Shop for $5 and spray painted).
Besides the fact that I am about 2 metres shorter and wider than Elizabeth Banks who plays Effie I think I pulled the look off pretty good.
Each year the effort and creativity that people put into their costumes just blows me away. I feel truly grateful that they embrace the fun of the night. There are just TOO many photos for me to put on here but these are some of my favourite costumes of the night.
TO SEE MORE OF THE COSTUMES GO TO THE WEBPAGE:
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BEST INDIVIDUAL COSTUME WINNER Kate as PRINCESS FIONA
THANK YOU TO WILD THING CREATIONS FOR CREATING & MAKING THE TROPHIES |
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BEST GROUP COSTUME WINNERS Karen & Travis as Little Red Riding Hood & The Big Bad Wolf
THANK YOU TO WILD THING CREATIONS FOR CREATING & MAKING THE TROPHIES |
On the Monday after the event I felt that I could finally put my full weight on my legs after dancing, bopping around, running to & fro and doing little jigs for about 8 hours straight - to heave my arse out of bed to count the money .
I was so happy to announce that the night raised a total of
$3625 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED.
Those of you who came along, those who donated money, those who donated prizes and those of you who shared it on social media to help make it such a successful fun happy night.
To see ALL the photos taken by Phill's Kustom Photography go to:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/v8ye8whzxnd7uta/AAD20BBqlIyPNo_nyeSxaQUaa?dl=0
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