Spur of the moment costumes. Mine was completed by a workout headband and a jeweled headband.

It’s Carnival season here, so when we decided whether or not to wear costumes out last night, of course the logical answer was YES.

When my friend texted me “bring a costume”, my immediate response was, yep, I can do that.

I had to go digging in my Halloween bag–and also regretted finally giving away an old sequined top that was a Halloween standby. I knew when I got rid of it that even though I last wore it 10 years ago, it was still necessary.

But I was able to scrounge together cat ears, a crown, glow sticks, glitter, neon green leggings, silver shorts and shoes, and an elf outfit.

Although I was really bummed I didn’t have weeks to prepare a proper costume, the throw-together version worked just fine.