#73: Wear something crazy in public.

We may look weird in the picture (the sun was reflected off the car and glared into our eyes), but we looked MOOOO-velous in our COW-stumes!

#73: Wear something crazy in public.

How it all milked out...
Near Aunt Leah's house is a Chick-Fil-A. Mom and I don't have any of those nearby, and she thought it would be fun to stop in sometime. I had a movie I wanted to see, so one morning, she dropped me off at the movies and took Nana and all three kids to Chick-Fil-A. While they were there, she noticed a sign that said "Cow-preciation Day! Pick up your costume packs at the front!"

For those unaware, the mascot of Chick-Fil-A is a cow who is upset because people eat so much beef and not enough chicken. This was a "cow-vent" hosted by the mascot for cows to gather at the Chick-Fil-A and get free chicken meals for surviving the bloody, horrifying Beef Holocaust that so many of their ancestors succumbed to.

In plain English, it was a publicity stunt where anyone dressed in a cow suit could get a free meal. Of course, Mom saw the word "free" and jumped at the chance faster than the cow that went over the moon. She got black fabric, tape, markers, stickers, white hats and cow masks and had each person (except Uncle Mac, who was in Michigan the day of the event) grab an undershirt and make a cow costume.

It was fun to begin with, but when we actually pulled up on the day of the event, we were instantly ashamed. As we were walking in, we looked around the parking lot and saw not ONE SINGLE COW! We were sure we were the only idiots that had paid any attention to it. When we got inside, though, we breathed a sigh of relief. Almost everyone inside was in costume and the mascot was walking around greeting his relatives. Some people, believe it or not, went even crazier than we did with the costumes!

Well, I can say taking that long walk of shame through the parking lot was plenty embarassing, but once we got inside, it was so much fun. Maddie was freaked out by the mascot at first, but when he walked away she kept asking "Moo?" (In fact, the rest of the day, her conversations were peppered with "Moo? Haha!") If nothing else, we saved about $50 on food between the 8 of us.

I've worn some embarassing stuff in my time... viking hats, superhero costumes, the occasional princess dress (courtesy of Olivia), milk carton masks, bunny ears, clown wigs, big blue and purple fuzzy tophats, Elvis getups, but never anything quite like that homemade cow costume. And it wasn't even Halloween! (Granted, it WILL be my Halloween costume this year!) But it made it even more insane and enjoyable to be doing it with the WHOLE clan. It was an A-MOO-zing experience, and I personally can't wait for the next "Cow-preciation Day"!