I’m monstrously good at most things, but… honestly? Keeping a diary is so not one of them. I’m going to stick to it this time, and here’s why: I’m getting ready to stage a major fashion show! There’s SO much to do to get ready, and I read on one of my fashion blogs that some of my favorite designers use their sketchbooks for more than just sketching—they use them to keep track of all the details associated with launching a new collection. I don’t like the idea of mixing my words with my sketches, so I will keep those separate, but I’m going to give this diary thing a try and see if it helps keep me organized and on track.

It’s so important that everything goes smoothly with this show. Why? Well, I guess I should write down my reasons for putting on this show, since I’m supposed to keep notes about everything in this diary. Here goes…

It all started a few weeks ago when I was howling to my brother, Clawd, about how the Fearleading squad uniforms at Monster High could really use an update. (They’re so last scaremester!) Then, while he and I were out tossing around a ball at the park, we both started growling about how Monster High is in serious need of some new sports equipment—some of the balls we use in gym class are older than the de Nile family estate!

Clawd told me if I felt so passionately about the squad uniforms and the school sports equipment, I should do something about it. I realized he was totally right! An entrepreneur (like me!) finds opportunities and goes after them. So after I talked to Headless Headmistress Bloodgood and learned there was no extra money in the budget for either new uniforms or equipment, I realized I was going to have to find some way to raise the money to make things right myself.

I spent a few nights brainstorming fund-raising ideas with my pack of ghoulfriends—Frankie Stein is totally clawesome at coming up with ways to bring ideas to life, since she’s the daughter of an inventor, and Draculaura has a creeperific imagination—and that’s when we decided it would be fangtastic if I could host a fashion show to help raise money for Monster High. I’ll be able to sell some of the fiercest pieces after the show, and we’ll charge admission to the show itself. I’ve done some rough calculations, and if my figures are correct, we should make enough to get all new uniforms for the Fearleading team AND a bunch of new balls and nets and whatever else we need to make the Monster High gym fangtastic.

Now that planning is under way, I can tell it’s going to be creeperific! For the past few weeks, I’ve been sketching up a ton of new designs and working with my ghouls to plan some of the show details. There are so many things to keep straight, but my ghoulfriends have been a huge help. I couldn’t do this without them!

Then, last weekend, while we were fanging at the Maul checking out the new summer collection at Neiman Monstrous, my BFF Draculaura bought me this scary-cute notebook. She suggested I jot down a few notes every day that will help me keep a record of my progress between now and the night of the show. That reminded me of what I’d read on the fashion blog, and another lightbulb went off in my head, and there you have it: my new diary!

Since I’m building my own fashion empire, it’s extra important that I learn from any problems and tangles I encounter. I’m not the kind of ghoul who likes to make the same mistake twice! So there… the first entry in Clawdeen Wolf’s freaky-fabulous fashion diary.

NOTE: This is a PRIVATE diary. To my pack (that means you, especially, Howleen): You better not be reading this, or I’m swapping your steak for one of Draculaura’s tofu dogs. Fair warning!

Clawdeen