Mystery Dinner

Last week we went to a fun mystery dinner. Nicole (Carrie's sister-in-law, Danny's wife) wanted to have a murder mystery dinner party for her birthday. Yes, those of you who know Nicole will say..."Wait a minute, her birthday is in January." It is true, but life gets busy and you need time to prepare for one of these parties.

If you have done one before, you know that you are supposed to dress up as a character. And these characters were entertaining. 

Work and life and my calling at church has been really busy, so of course I procrastinated making or getting a costume. Well... Thursday I went to the store and found the least expensive fabric that I could find that was appropriate for our characters. ($2 for 5 yards!) I brought it home with the intention of getting started before I had to leave to help with our young women activity that night, but my sewing machine decided to go on the fritz. I panicked a little and then called up my mom and borrowed her machine after the activity ended at 9PM. I got home tired... and sewed like mad! I got Dee's done that night and most of mine. I ended up redoing part of mine the hour before the party of Friday.  So here is how they turned out. Two costumes about 4 dollars each.

I played Rotunda Immaculata a Vestal who protects the eternal flame of Rome. 

Dee played Bogus Fortunata, a Roman priest/fortune teller.

Here are the other players:

Cesar (Danny), Cleptopatra (Nicole)

Mercedes Accelerati (Shanna), Maximus Testosterous (Ben)

Herangus Adnosium (Dad), Flotilla Submergia (Mom)