Halloween approaches! Source your costumes now. And may I highly suggest
Take Back Halloween for some awesome ideas? They are the nicest and smartest people, and the costumes are doable even for those of us who cannot sew. The
Persephone costume, for example, which I'll likely try, just requires folding and pinning a sheet over your shoulders and tying a rope around your waist. Can do!
Or be a pirate:
Anne Bonny, Mary Read, or
Ching Shih...or
Amelia Earhart or
Frida Kahlo or the cross-dressing
Queen Christina of Sweden...really, so many cool choices over there.