tuesday
- shower and pack
- purchase airfare

ASAP
- USingers - input Greene duet into Noteworthy
- e-mail teacher rough draft of concert program and response

for fun when I'm home
- go for sushi This (Monday) afternoon :)
- bake a pie Apple lattice-work!
- watch a movie The Dutchess at 10:05 PM with my mom. And probably two other people a few rows ahead/below us.

halloween costume. help. Halloween is less than a week away... I'm a bit bummed that it falls on a Friday because that means I'll only get to wear my costume once; the school-wide costume party will obviously be on Halloween, as opposed to the Friday before Halloween as it was last year.

I originally wanted to be Zerbinetta, patterned somewhat after Kathleen Battle's costume, except red, black, and white with a solid bodice/corset and diamante skirt like Diana Damrau's. I already had a jaunty hat as an accessory.

But I don't know how feasible that is given the short amount of time. My other ideas for this year were Sophie from Der Rosenkavalier (Julianne Gearhart in Seattle Opera's production), Duchesse de Polignac in the green gown from Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, or Cécile de Volanges from Valmont (which I know is a tweaked version of Les Liaisons dangereuses)... which are about as involved as the Zerbinetta costume *shrugs*

My mom said she'd make me my costume if she had an adequate workspace, so my thoughts now are 1) renting a costume, 2) paying to have my costume made (I supply the pattern, measurements, fabric, and notions, and hope for the best), 3) *shudders* buying a simple costume, or 4) not going incognito at all. I don't want to be Cherubino again this year, since that costume was quite memorable last year, nor do I want to be like hordes of other girls scantily, skankily "clad" in the potentially cold weather. That is too easy :p

I'm going to e-mail our stage director if she can recommend me a good seamstress/tailor who could execute my costume.

I was thinking of having either this pattern (pattern 3637) or this simpler one (pattern 4092) made for the blue Cécile gown. However, I realize that both designs require a pannier of some sort... or at least petticoats. The more complicated one even has a separate, $17.95 pattern for the panniers (pattern 3635).

ETA (10/21, 7:30 PM): I decided to put an inquiry to the local professional costuming supply. I added Queen of the Night to the list of possible costumes. I hope it's still possible, that it won't break the bank, and that I get a pretty costume.

As for the pie, I'm baking a lattice-work peach pie tonight! Perhaps will watch The Dutchess around 10 PM with my mom? I don't know.

what to bake? I'm thinking it's between the hand pies, for which I actually packed my two cookie sheets, and the apple crumb bars. Or just plain apple pie, hahah. Fruit filling, definitely.

I also want to snap up a set of icing tips (okay, I'd be happy with a 1M and a set of 12 disposable icing bags) at Michael's before I return to school so my next cupcakes are spiffier looking. And a pair of 9" springform pans. And a 9 x 9" pan.

zzz. I was reminded today of how much sleep I need (have lost?) because I almost slept all afternoon. I'm taking an extended break before I return to my Introduction to Sacred Scriptures homework. Tomorrow is Christ and the Moral Life, and Tuesday is theory and ET/SS.

The aroma of scrambled eggs calls? Toodles.