Life in the Big House: A Little Bit Older {1920's Style}

This is another long over due post, in fact it's almost three months late. Better it than me (A. That better not be a prego joke, and B. The reason the post is so late is bc Brooke spent 3 months (slight exaggeration) trying to figure out how to put a digital signature on her blog).

November marked my birth month (along with a few other special ladies ~ my mother, my cousin Beth, both of my grandmothers and a few friends too), needless to say it was a good month.

I'd like to think that my entire neighborhood threw a massive party just for me because I'm the bees knees and all (congratulations on being the first person under 75 to say bees knees). But in reality, the Mothball is an annual event hosted by my neighborhood association. This year it just happen to fall on my birthday and just happened to be one of my all time favorite themes. Speakeasy.

Let me tell you this party was the cat's meow of them all. I conned a few friends in going along with JD and me. It helps when it's your birthday.

We met up at a Mexican restaurant in the hood and then headed over to the "speakeasy."

Before we get into the actual party, I have to write about my dress. Of course, since I credit myself being on the crafty side, I wanted to create my outfit. I scoured the thrift stores, eBay, and craigslist to find the perfect 1920's style dress. I finally found the perfect one at small thrift store in Marietta. It was way too long and a bit loose on the sides, but it had the perfect amount of beading and at a price of $19.99, how could I say no??

had to take a selfie

can we say 'grandma-ish'

it needed buttons too..

To make the dress a little bit more fashionable, I cut off the length, removed the sleeves and made it a bit more fitted around the hip area (so excited I actually had to take it in!). Since it had such an insane number of beads on it, I had to had stitch the beads in at the line where I made the shorter hem.

I have to say, I was pretty ecstatic with the way it turned out.

Cousin Angie & Me

Ok, so back to birthday party night, we all met up for Mexican food and then headed over to the party. GPNA had done an amazing job at transforming the rec center into a 1920's party, even with a password entry only to a secret speakeasy.