It was actually not very hard, considering that with my training and profession I tend to be fairly decent with spatial puzzles and patterns. For whatever reason I still cannot sew a straight line but I did figure out how to make Loki's costume work.
Here are the results:
I took Loki in his costume to my ward's Halloween Trunk or Treat, not really thinking about the logistics of the operation. Well I got there and didn't quite realize that there were a bunch of activities indoors prior to the Trunk or Treating outdoors. So I skittishly decided to take him into the gym with me. Usually I don't care what people think about me or my decisions but I think a combination of the beginnings of getting sick and being uber aware of my marital status made me became so self conscious. I felt so out of place and stupid sitting there like the token single woman who treats her animals like pseudo children, by dressing them up and taking them to family holiday events. I didn't quite realize how pathetic it was until then, so I had a little pity party for myself. But what actually made me feel better was later seeing Tom come into the party wearing his endearingly dorky Chewbacca robe with his full on hairy legs and face. Even though we only talked for a couple minutes he made me feel a lot less stupid for getting into the spirit of Halloween and making my dog a nintendo character, which in hindsight is one of the dorkiest things I have done.
I didn't end up taking Loki to the CWE dog parade because I was feeling really crappy, instead I went home and slept...maybe next year.
