I made the costumes for Halloween last year. We also wore them to see The Hobbit. I also just want to wear it all the time because in my head I am a princess and my dress makes me feel PURTYYYYYYYYY!!
Muddled you might have to fight me off of Orlando Bloom, I proclaim my love for him every time anything LOTR related comes up.
Living in Atlanta we have DragonCon every year. Every labor day the streets are filled with costumes and people living out their scifi dreams. It's pretty interesting and fun to walk around. I always go to the free parade on Saturday. They sort everyone by genre and you have the Lord of the rings, super hereos, star wars, star trek, and my favorite harry potter. A guy dressed as Hagrid was pretty cool to see. When 300 out the streets were filled with Spartans. I also saw a star wars wedding. Everyone in costume tons of storm troopers.
We also have a huge furry convention but that happens at a different time of year. I haven't had the opportunity to go see what they look like.