Halloween costume shopping hell for the big ladies.

Thick chick, full-figured, plus-sized, curvaceous, all of these can apply to a big girl like me. I've got some meat on my bones (as well as some potatoes) so clothes shopping is always a chore for me. Jeans have to be roomy in my butt and hips but will end up being TOO large in the waist. My large chest makes finding cute shirts that will fit me properly extremely difficult. However, nothing is more of a pain in the ass than shopping for costumes for Halloween.

I love this holiday. I truly do. It pisses me off that I can't find an inexpensive costume that is fun, creative, and of the non-slutty variety. The costumes large enough to fit my big tail are ridiculous things like a beer can, clown, or serving wench. The costumes that some women choose to label as "cute" make the outfits worn by the ladies at the Moulin Rouge look tame! I swear some young women just see Halloween as an excuse to dress as much like a tramp as humanly possible. I suppose it's a quite effective way of doing business if you're actually a prostitute. You can go straight from the party to the corner without having to stop and change. BRILLIANT IDEA! 

My only option is to make a costume, but my fashion design skills are unfortunately lacking. I have wanted to be Uhura from the original Star Trek for two years now. There are those Star Trek TOS dresses available to buy, but they're just too damn expensive and SO not my size! This is frustrating. My boyfriend wants to see his little Chocolate bunny dressed up as one of his favorite nerd crushes and I want to prove you don't have to have the body of a plucked chicken to be Uhura.