The Legwarmers Concert

My friend Dean LOVES the 80's more than anyone I know. He is a very loyal fan of an 80's cover band called The Legwarmers. He's told us about their concerts time and time again, and finally we decided that we'd all go to one to see what it was all about for ourselves.

Question: how can you go to an 80's concert without totally dressing up? Answer: you CAN'T!!

The nice thing (or the scary thing, depending on how you look at it) is that you can buy basically anything 80's at totally 'normal' stores now. I got my shirt & skirt at Kohl's (in the 80% off clearance section, even better!), and my leggings at H&M, and lots and lots of tacky costume jewelry. Add a little blue eye shadow, a ton of black mascera, bright pink lipstick, blush, and you're all set and ready for an 80's night out!

Jenny bought me a crimper. Even though my hair is short, I have a lot of it, and it took me about an hour to crimp my head. Rest assured though, that I even used Aqua Net hairspray to do it with (WHY they still sell that crap is beyond me?!?), and then pulled it up using one of the ponytail holders that Jenny bought for me - it was a "Sugar Daddy" branded one! She used the "Hot Tamales" one for herself ...

Unfortunately, it was raining all night so by the time we got inside, the crimping had been mostly in vain. Oh well, you could still tell and it was still funny (at least I thought so) - so now I have a crimper and bright obnoxious plastic costume jewelry at my disposal any time I want it! Oh wait... The show was AWESOME. The band played for almost a full 3 hours, and played classic 80's songs ... Love Shack, Livin' On A Prayer, Rock the Casbah, Karma Chameleon, Just Like Heaven, Welcome To The Jungle, I Love Rock & Roll, We're The Kids In America, Safety Dance, Jesse's Girl, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, and one of my personal favorites ... Pour Some Sugar On Me ... !


We were really tired by the time the show ended (it didn't start until 10pm), but it was definitely worth it!! The bandmembers were fabulous and they were totally into it the whole time. This was as close as I got to dressing up for Halloween this year (and we had to sacrifice missing the annual Institute Barn Dance - which I was NOT sad about at all!) ... and it was way more fun than any Halloween I've had in awhile!