A Tale of Two Penguins

This is a great story! We recently had a customer order Penguin Costumes from us. The customer explained that the costumes were for a wedding! The bride and groom want to dress as penguins because they mate for life. The couple will also perform the “pebble ritual” to complete the ceremony.

I did some penguin research and found this to be true. Adelie penguins are amazing birds. They really do mate for life, and there really is a “pebble ritual.”

Adelie penguins use pebbles and small rocks to make their nests. Because they live on the frozen, barren Antartica coast, pebbles can be scarce and hard to find. The penguins are notorious for stealing each other pebbles and fighting ferociously over these precious little rocks.

When a male penguin courts a female, he gives her a pebble as a gift. These pebbles hold considerable value and it’s actually quite touching that he would give one away. If the female accepts the generous gift, they bond and mate for life.

There was an animated children’s movie in the ’90s about this called The Pebble and the Penguin. It’s a love tale about two Adelie penguins. Here’s a clip from the movie that illustrates the significance of the pebble ritual.

Aww, how cute. I know it’s Halloween season but today it sure feels like Valentine’s Day. Let’s hope we get some wedding photos, that would be fantastic. Best wishes to the bride and groom!

Today be International Talk Like A Pirate Day.

Right now, ordinary people all around t’ world be shoutin’ “Arrrrr!” and “Thar she blows!” It’s a lot o’ fun.

If you want t’ get in on t’ action, but aren’t knowin’ how t’ talk like a pirate, never fear. Here be a handy Pirate Translator, and over on MyDisguises thar be instructional videos.

Our costume mate, ThatCostumeGirl (shown port) be dressin’ like a pirate today on her blog. She looks great!

She’ll be addin’ more pirate photos throughout t’ day, so you might want t’ keep your eye on her blog.

She be wearin’ our Buccaneer Babe Pirate Costume sold HERE.

 
If Pirates be your thin’, you’ll enjoy browsin’ t’ large selection of Pirate Costumes in our store. We have hundreds o’ pirate costumes and accessories for guys and gals o’ all ages — even dogs!

Here be a few more o’ me favorite Pirate Costumes. Be sure t’ browse our entire selection HERE.

Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Precious Baby Pirate	Pirate Siren Costume	Captain Cutthroat
Petite Pirate Costume	El Capitan Pirate	Premier Pirate Costume
Pirate Scoundrel Costume	Sassy Victorian Pirate	Pirate Dog Costume

Cub Scouts Pack 165

The local Cub Scouts came to visit us yesterday, and we were delighted to have them. They wanted to learn about computers as part of a Scout elective.

Darin works in our IT department. His wife, Pam, along with Rachel, are Den Leaders for Pack 165. Darin, Pam and Rachel took the Scouts on a tour of our office and explained how we use computers to sell costumes. The Scouts seemed very interested - I think we found some future employees!

Afterwards, the Scouts enjoyed our “Backyard” game room, and had a lot of fun playing foosball, ping pong and Xbox 360.

 

 

 
Thanks for coming, Cub Scouts! Feel free to come back anytime, it was a pleasure having you.

ThatCostumeGirl has several great stories about Dragon*Con 2008 over on her blog. She’s also added 300 fantastic photos to her Photo Gallery.

She gives Costume Craze a nice shout-out, and we appreciate that. We want to support her costume endeavors, so we hooked her up with a VIP club room at the Atlanta Sheraton. We’re proud to be her costume partner and we are big fans of her blog.

Dragon*Con looks like such a fun, crazy experience. I just HAVE to go next year.

On a related note, we recently received a comment from one of our customers who ordered this Star Trek costume:

“Arrived quickly and was in perfect condition. Wore it to Dragon Con in Atlanta and had my picture taken many times over.”

Now THAT’S what we like to hear!

Be sure to visit ThatCostumeGirl to read all about the fun she had and to see some great pictures of Dragon*Con!

We are very excited to announce that Costume Craze will be featured on Buy.tv, the television channel for Buy.com. Our fearless leader, Kate Maloney, is in California right now, and just finished filming a costume fashion show!

Buy.com asked the lovely Kate to be a guest on their show, which broadcasts on their website and also the cable channel G4. Kate talks a bit about Costume Craze, and then she puts on a fashion show as Buy.com employees model our costumes. Great job, Kate!

Now she can add “TV Star” to her long list of accomplishments. The show is scheduled to air in a couple of weeks. We’ll be sure to post it here as soon as it’s available.