Bast Halloween Costume - Rawr.
I think this is the best pose we captured with a photo, I'm feeling the feral vibe here. Made the mask with a heavy Merrimask reference (http://www.etsy.com/transaction/36857273), added a sweater, belt, shoes and jewelry I already had. Bought the legging discounted at Kohl's and I also made the tail out of a remnant of black velvet I found at Joann's. Bought traditional brass Thai dancing fingertips to represent the claws (they are usually turned the other way, a lot less stabbing/scratching that way!).
This is a bit more casual version of the costume than the version I wore at the masquerade party earlier in the month--I ditched the corset and heels for lounging around at home.
I intended to be the Egyptian Cat Goddess Bast/Bastet/Pasht, but I fear it turned out to be a glorified Cat Woman, not that that is bad! If I wanted to improved on this costume for the future I would create some sort of Egyptian robes and a lotus staff like she is usually depicted with.
I had a lot of fun on Halloween. I watched my husband play Dead Space (spooky!), we watched Bubbahotep and, of course, Halloween. The best horror film ever, IMHO. (Original version from 1978) Not maybe trick or treaters so we ended up leaving a bowl of candy outside out apartment door. I only noticed the loud group around 10:30 or 11 pm that were very excited, made a lot of noise with the bowl and probably took most of the candy. Ha! They were probably thinking, "Suckers!", but we only bought $5 of candy from the Dollar Tree for the bowl. ;-)