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The Halloween Costume - Part 3 - The End Result

So - I did it. My Lego Mini-Figure Man! I wish I could feel more excitement but I'm just so thankful that the whole silly project is finally over. I am not crafty.  Not in the slightest.  However, I am fairly stubborn which worked in my favor when it came to completing this costume. My procrastination started me off on the wrong foot - hello - who hordes boxes in the corner of their kitchen for a month - but ultimately my stubborn desire to finish this thing won out in the end. There were late nights - early mornings - and wasted afternoons.  Craft paint in yellow, orange and watered down version of black.  Who knew that craft paint goes bad?  I certainly didn't - and when I opened the bottle of black (which sat in my closet for 6 years) it plopped out in weird, gross clumps. Shit. That was all I could think - both literally and figuratively.  It was the day before Halloween (okay - the night before Halloween) and there was no way I was haulin' bootie to Mi