Chooi-ee's 21st

today was Chooi-ee's Ghibli themed 21st

I was a little late admittedly, putting the finishing touches on my costume
and by finishing touches, I mean just straight up finishing it so that I actually had something to wear that wasn't five scraps of unsewn fabric

these guys both came in Totoro hoodies, which there was a whole bunch of and Judie was Chihiro from Spirited Away

Wynne as Arrietty & Joey as Kiki
true fact Joey actually has not watched any Ghibli films so she had no idea what to do
get cultured, Jo ! (I kid I kid, your costume was great)

I only took a few snaps before going to get food cos momma was HUNGRY
lmao
there was a whole spread of food as well as punch

Judie made these jellies
yea I was busy stuffing my face for a while so I left my camera behind for people to play with

there I am looking v. aquatic / 10
as always, I am eating
I actually think I was just continually eating the whole night actually

I feel like this guy missed the brief

Sannie as the younger sister from Totoro (Mei)

these guys as the wood spirits from Princess Mononoke ! they look crazy (crazy good but also just plain crazy) haha
Caf wanted to take a picture with them of course since she came as San from the same movie

the birthday girl! as Ponyo complete with ham, plus Jo

and then a bunch of people gave speeches including Judie and Sannie and there were also a few performances
as with all speeches they were a combination of nostalgic, funny and embarrassing
check out Wynne's peg haha, it's funny to me cos it's a normal sized peg instead of a really large one like it would be for Arrietty

and then an amazing Totoro cake was brought out! made by one of Chooi-ee's friends
this in my opinion is pure artistic excellence

honestly such a #couple

Judie's face lmao

Selina as No-Face, she came late cos of work but managed to put a whole costume together anyways

Judie's terrarium that she made for Chooi-ee on the guest signing table
Heiman stole Judie's camera and Sannie's hat

the guest signing area, full of polaroids

somebody made these cool decorations ! they were near the photo-taking area

this poor cake, look at him now
took another group photo
Choo was busy cos she was talking to so many different people all night, but she popped in here for one photo 

and here's a blurry photo walking back to the car to end this post
it was a fun night hanging out in our costumes tho !
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