Zombie Prom 2009: A night to dismember

Let me just start out by saying that Joe and I are not a "fun" couple. Don't get me wrong we HAVE fun and we ARE fun (downright HIGH-larious), but we are definitely not the game-night-double-date-square-dancing-make-your-own-smores-adult-costume-party kind of fun couple. We don't want to be either. In fact we mock those types of couples relentlessly. Sorry Mom (and Jane .... don't deny it) we will never go square dancing ;)In the 8 years we have been married we have literally been on 3 double dates and 2 out of the 3 sucked. On one of those double dates the couple told us the whole drawn out story of how they almost got divorced and what a nut job his wife is .... with the wife sitting next to him. Disaster.

So when my sweet friend, Jaime, invited Joe and I to the "Zombie Prom" I didn't even have to ask Joe if he wanted to go I just knew that we wouldn't go. Kids are the best and easiest way of getting you out of things you don't want to do. When all else fails,"Sorry, we couldn't get a babysitter. I really wanted to go to fondue night and play Pictionary." To those of you who think that sounds like a fun night ... shame on you ;) In fact, when I asked Joe if he wanted to go to "a night to dismember filled with shocktails and horror d'oeuvres" he simply said,"We are not that fun." To which I totally agreed and left it at that.

I started thinking about it and I thought that it was kind of sad to not go to a party just because we had to dress up. To be fair we did have to dress up like Zombies in prom dresses, but I digress. Jaime is part of the "Mamas on the loose" group that I meet with every week so she is a good friend of mine. It would probably hurt her feelings if I COULD go to the party, but didn't. Joe and I went out to dinner with the whole group (our first group date) with all the mamas and their husbands' for Jeni's birthday last weekend and had a great time. I decided that I would go to the party and Joe could stay home and watch Devon. I have this FABULOUS dress that I am totally in love with that I have only worn once about 3 years ago. It is pre-baby and I have to be pretty damn tiny to wear it. It's a classic silhouette, but I just happen to love the style so I thought this would be a great excuse to slim down enough to wear it again. The black flower on the left shoulder is actually a belt.

I bought these latex "wound" kits. They look pretty freaky, but I figured if we are going to go to this thing then we should do it up right!

I did officially ask Joe to "go to prom with me", but was promptly shot down. However, a few days later Joe says,"So what do I have to wear to this thing?" and I had my date. I still can't believe that we are going to this party, but it's Halloween so what the hell, right?