Here she comes, Miss America

During the Miss America pageant my sister-in-law Kristi held a Miss America party. We were invited to pick a state to represent and then given options on what to wear; a bathing suit (not going to happen), formal wear, or an outfit to represent the chosen state. I decided to be Miss Louisiana, Hillary (another sister-in-law) was Miss Wisconsin, and Kristi was Miss New York.
I chose Louisiana because I thought it would be fun to represent the state by dressing up for Mardi Gras. I was going to make and decorate my own mask but found one at Party City that I really liked and cost about the same it would have after I bought all the different items I would have needed to decorate my own mask. FYI, Party City has so many cool things for themed parties. I made my sash by cutting a plastic table cloth and then gluing on ribbon and the letters that I cut out using a Cricut. I found my gold sparkly shirt for only $2 at Salvation Army, what a find! I will never actually wear the shirt again though unless I am dressing up in costume for some reason. To be completely honest I was very excited to dress up and attend this party. We were also asked to bring our favorite treat (mine being peanut M&Ms) to share. As we watched the pageant we were able to eat only after our state was eliminated from the competition. We had our own awards and I won for best state representation and Hillary got an award for best hair. This was such a fun idea for a party and I was able to really enjoy myself. Thanks Kristi for a great time and I hope that you do this again.

All the party goers