tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post960476134471678437..comments2024-03-27T00:13:45.857-07:00Comments on Tote Bags 'n' Blogs: Behind a Mask - The Joys of Pretending (and Dressing Up!) Annie WestLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14583249444580245924noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-28875864216040838182007-10-13T18:10:00.000-07:002007-10-13T18:10:00.000-07:00Hi Annie,I have never been to a masquerade but hav...Hi Annie,<BR/><BR/>I have never been to a masquerade but have dressed up millions of times for Halloween. My most memorable costume was a belly dancer! I rented that costume from a costume shop. My husband and I went to a disco, (this was in the 80's) and we had a ball! One guy tried to put money in the waistline of my costume! <BR/><BR/>Another memorable costume was when my husband and I went toMichele L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15827059770508809460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-52572369026769354962007-10-12T14:42:00.000-07:002007-10-12T14:42:00.000-07:00You are right that Scarlett dress is just to die f...You are right that Scarlett dress is just to die for!!Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16245892606482774038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-66074773091122994802007-10-09T23:00:00.000-07:002007-10-09T23:00:00.000-07:00Hi, Annie! Love your cover for The Greek Tycoon's ...Hi, Annie! Love your cover for <I>The Greek Tycoon's Unexpected Wife</I>. Gorgeous colours.<BR/><BR/>My fantasy costume is Scarlett O'Hara's green-and-white tiered dress in <I>GWTW's</I> opening scene. Don't think I could get down to a wasp waist, though! <BR/><BR/>VanessaAuthornesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06345016028101633473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-52584272697495686612007-10-09T19:34:00.000-07:002007-10-09T19:34:00.000-07:00I never have dressed up... even at Halloween!I never have dressed up... even at Halloween!Nathaliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127290110025040083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-57432835472590052292007-10-08T23:16:00.000-07:002007-10-08T23:16:00.000-07:00Christine, thanks so much for the compliment on my...Christine, thanks so much for the compliment on my heroes. After reading 'Scandal's Daughter' I consider you an expert on heroes!<BR/><BR/>You've hit on one of my soft spots - Arik. Sh, better not say it too loud or my husband might object!<BR/><BR/>AnnieAnnie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-15561998989414009302007-10-08T22:34:00.000-07:002007-10-08T22:34:00.000-07:00I wish I hadn't succumbed to the dreaded lurgy and...I wish I hadn't succumbed to the dreaded lurgy and missed the RWAus cocktail party, Annie, it sounded like a hoot!<BR/><BR/>Annie it's apt that you're speculating on this subject, because you write those sweeping romances that transport the reader into a fantasy land full of heat and sensuality. Your heroines are women just like us, but your heroes--wow! Who wouldn't like to be caught up in a Christine Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260589566405262159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-48913117419703127652007-10-08T13:50:00.000-07:002007-10-08T13:50:00.000-07:00Anna, you've hit on another of my faves. I always ...Anna, you've hit on another of my faves. I always wanted to do that headscarf round the throat and over the hair with the dark glasses look! It was so chic!<BR/><BR/>AnnieAnnie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-87669575076009652662007-10-08T13:49:00.000-07:002007-10-08T13:49:00.000-07:00Lois, it sounds like Halloween costumes can be a l...Lois, it sounds like Halloween costumes can be a lot of fun. It's not an Aussie tradition so I don't have any experience of it.<BR/><BR/>Like you, I don't like to expend lots of money or energy on costumes. One of my favourites was a costume for a Fasching party in Germany. We were students and had no spare money so I wore a sheet draped vaguely in toga style, dangly earrings that cost me about $Annie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-64711307789769660992007-10-08T13:48:00.000-07:002007-10-08T13:48:00.000-07:00Actually, I did have a laugh at me as Audrey in Br...Actually, I did have a laugh at me as Audrey in Breakfast at Tiffany's and you as Grace in TCAT. Basically, the only way I could manage it was a headscarf, sunglasses, lots of makeup and these gorgeous clothes from my mother's salad days. Oh, and wonderful high heeled 60s stilettos in Italian leather. If you couldn't see anything at all of me, you might have almost believed I was Audrey!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-36176884037019942832007-10-08T13:43:00.000-07:002007-10-08T13:43:00.000-07:00Hi Anna, I love your 'we continue to dress up in o...Hi Anna, I love your 'we continue to dress up in our imagination' - what a great way of putting it. I feel sometimes that's exactly what I am doing.<BR/><BR/>Giggling here at the pair we'd have made - you as a blonde Audrey Hepburn and me as a brunette Grace Kelly!<BR/><BR/>AnnieAnnie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-23013800817603358702007-10-08T12:38:00.000-07:002007-10-08T12:38:00.000-07:00Oh geez, I've never done a masquerade. . .only eve...Oh geez, I've never done a masquerade. . .only ever dressed up for Halloween. LOL :) I guess I get it from books. Don't have to expend any energy or money to buy anything for it other than the book! :) <BR/><BR/>LoisLoishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11105054210049682018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36709846.post-82808817613964713362007-10-08T11:19:00.000-07:002007-10-08T11:19:00.000-07:00Annie, what a great post! I was at the costume par...Annie, what a great post! I was at the costume party in Sydney for the RWAustralia conference and some of the costumes were absolutely amazing. I think everyone likes dressing up as kids - I know I spent a lot of time trying to squeeze my short blonde self into Audrey Hepburn lookalike costumes (thanks to a mother who was quite a fashion plate in the 1950s and early 1960s - they don't make Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.com