Mark Sanchez’s fiancé and green costume challenge results

Mark Sanchez's fiance, Becca, and the old man who showed up at our door, actually Cody Florindi.
Cody had all of those clothes already... how awkward.

I was talking to my sister the other weekend. She’s a fellow tree-hugger (really she’s a fish hugger because she researches fish for a living). Anyway, I asked her what she thought about my blog. She liked it, she said, except, my blog post on Halloween costumes was hypocritical. I was saying I could make a costume without buying anything, then listing all these things I bought for last year’s costume.


Siblings! Ugh. Challenge accepted.


So I’m proud to announce that I bought one thing for my costume this year. One thing! I’ll show you that later.


But in case you missed my last post, let me catch you up to speed on
 why the orange and black holiday needs the green touch.


According to an article I found from Urban Living, Halloween has become the second biggest consumer event of the year! With North Americans spending more than $6.5 billion, the holiday’s only topped by Christmas.


Consumer culture is almost always a bad recipe for the environment: resource destruction, energy emissions, and waste.


Check out this clip from The Story of Stuff, if that last statement intrigued you.


Treehugger.com points out another way our costumes can be scary, “Watch out for the soft vinyl—similar to shower curtain material—in many mass-produced costumes: that's likely polyvinyl chloride (PVC), which releases dangerous chemicals. Not exactly something you want covering your face (or your child's)--plus, it can't be recycled.”


That’s why I focused my one post on green Halloween costumes.


Now it’s time to walk the green talk. How did the girls of Moravian’s Sustainability Special Interest House do with out eco-friendly costumes? 


Ok, I’ll start. Three words:
Millionaire/Yacht Owner.
I already owned the sailor cap, shrug, boots, and jewelry.
I bought: 1 striped dress. $13 at Target.

The SUNY Maritime student was free!

And that's it! Take that big sister!


Becca gives a great example of a cute costume that is super cost efficient, easy, and allows you to live out your fantasy of being that hot athlete’s girl:


Mark Sanchez’s fiancé.
Mark Sanchez is a hottie football player for the Jets, if you didn't know.


All Becca needed for this costume was Mark’s jersey, which she bought—but trust me she would have bought one either way. Then it was a matter of pairing her mini skirt with just two things she picked up:
• fake ring ($3 at party store)
• black face paint ($4 at party store—or you could try smudging your mascara)

Gina, on the other hand, dressed up as the man she crushes on.

Dr. Spencer Reid from Criminal Minds

When Gina came down the stairs in her dry run of the costume, I wanted to make her go back up. She looked too much like him! Freaky!

But all she needed was:

Button up shirt ($9 at the Attic)

·      Tie ($4 at the Attic)

·      Cardigan ($13 at the Attic)

And remember, by buying from the Attic, a thrift store, Gina scores bonus points.

But Gina couldn’t resist the jumpsuit she found for $7 at the Attic. Add a bandana and bam, she had costume two: Rosy the Riveter. So she’s got two eco-friendly costumes!

Gina as Rosy the Riveter!

Jackie. FBI agent.

We found this awesome Calvin Klein shirtdress ($20 at Ross) AND she can wear it again! All Jackier had to do was pair the dress with some boots she already had, some handcuffs she borrowed and a few things she bought:

·      Mirror glasses ($5 party store)

·      Homemade FBI hat ($5 for hat and materials)

So how did we do? Do you have a favorite costume? What were you this halloween?

Rosy and the Millionaire Yacht Owner