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Sunday, November 01, 2009

St. Antony's College HalloQueen Bop

I was pretty excited to dress up for Halloween this year, as the past two Halloweens were real doozies. The big party in Oxford for graduate students takes place at St. Antony's College and the theme this year was cross-dressing! That meant I would wear my colleagues, James, tie and jacket, while he wore my dress and bra. For men, dressing like a woman is much more exciting than a woman dressing like a man. James received the full spa treatment as the women of 104 Banbury "beautified" him with nail polish, makeup, hair products, jewelry, and accessories. It was rather funny. With my painted moustache, we were ready to party...we queued up at 8 p.m., for a 9 p.m. door opening. Yes, we queued for one hour! But, this was said to be one of the best graduate parties of the year and we wanted to be sure that we got in. We were not the only ones queued up early, by 8:30 p.m. the line wrapped around the College. The costumes were hilarious and many of the men could not quit touching their constructed breasts and "itchy" pantyhose.

1 comment:

Mama Weimer said...

Wow!!!! Costumes do lead to loss of any inhibitions. Looks like you all enjoyed your masquerades. Leasa, I know you love costumes, so you were in your element. Happy HalloQueen!!!!!!!!