This is not the first time I have decided to go for fairy wings as a low-effort Halloween costume. However, this costume quickly became medium-effort when I found that there is a huge floral supply warehouse just a five minute walk from campus.
In ninth grade, I was a fairy in our school's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream; subsequently, I have been drawn to fairies in art, literature, and design. If it isn't clear from this blog, I like plants and want to be surrounded by them. The florist supplier was a wonderland of silk flowers and foliage and ribbons -- my favorite part of any arts and crafts store, but at an unreal scale.
If/when I enter private/group practice, I will decorate my clinic to my heart's desire.
I still do want to revisit my autumnal fairy costume from two years ago (sparkly orange wings with foliage) and make a crown and wand. Maybe I can alternate Halloweens with these fairy costumes. Anyhow, I don't have a good name for this dark fairy costume. I place curses and may cause disease (congenital birth defects of the thorax, abdomen, or pelvis...exam tomorrow).
I'll keep the wings, crown, and wand for future Halloweens or costume-required events. They're props and don't take up much space, and will save me the trouble of hunting down costume items in the future. The wings were bought new, and the big blue flower, the blueberry pick, and the black leaves came from the aforementioned florist supplier. I used a friend's black electrical tape and the whole effort looks kind of cool.
I haven't decided if I'll be going to the exam tomorrow in costume. I'll bring it with me to school just in case.
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And to follow, I have a more reflective post coming up, mostly about gross anatomy and my career goals and about Boston. As spoilers: it's fun/sadly almost over/lots of Latin, surgery, cold and historical. I'm possibly going backpacking in New Hampshire or Vermont this coming weekend, but I'm not sure about that yet.
Yaaaay beautiful! Adding extra touches to your costume always makes it feel more personal. So pretty, and I love all the blue foliage!
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Thanks you! I was a bit disappointed that there weren't sufficiently dark and spooky (blue or black) flowers at the warehouse, but ultimately, I'm very pleased with the blueberries. We can make a deal and I'll lay a curse on someone, eat a berry to seal the deal.
DeleteI hope your Judith costume got a lot of love yesterday!
It looks awesome! Hope your exam went well/goes well (if it hasn't happened yet), and please yes wear this costume to it haha!
ReplyDeleteDo you guys do all gross anatomy in one go? We kind of had ours spread throughout five years.
I didn't wear my costume to the exam in the end, but wore it for most of the rest of the day.
DeleteOur gross anatomy is a 3-month block during which we basically only do gross anatomy (with relevant embryology, and a public health class once a week, and a weekly patient interviewing session at the hospital). I typically spend about 10 hrs/wk in the dissection lab completing the assignment or reviewing structures. I do wish we could spread it out more, but it's been a great experience thus far
Cute costume! I haven't dressed up in years :o I hope you had a happy Halloween, and good job finishing that exam! -Audrey | Brunch at Audrey's
ReplyDeleteHalloween was pretty great! Costume or not, I hope you got to have fun as well
DeleteIt sounds like medical school has been good so far!
ReplyDeleteNo Halloween costume for me this year. I always did very low-effort Halloween costumes when I was in law school (and only for the school Halloween party).