Yay!!! Less than a week, and it will be Halloween!! The candy, the lights, the candy, the haunted houses, the candy, the decorated trees, the candy, the little kids dressed up, the candy…. WHAT??
I admit, I like to make my own costumes. I prefer to make my own using stuff I already have. One year I managed to wrap some leftover silver lamé around me, and wore a shiny metal trashcan lid on the back of my head: I went as a spoon. Then there was the time when I took two brown towels, sewed them together, cut out felt letters and ironed then on with no-sew stuff, and went as a bag of M&Ms. And who can forget the time I took a brown sweatshirt, brown sweatpants, and made “wings” and sewed them under the sleeves so I could be a bat??
Good times, good times….
This year, Little One decided she wanted a more blingy, high-maintenance costume. Eldest decided to take a pair of scissors to an old evening dress of mine and do her own thing. Son decided to not dress up. I believe he is the lone sane one among us. I had toyed briefly with the idea of purchasing a costume, but decided to save a bundle few bucks and go with what I have on hand. As I looked in my closet, I came to the realization that either a) I need to divest myself of unnecessary stuff, or b) I’m a throwback to another age. I think it’s “b”. At least, I hope it’s “b”, because I don’t want to get rid of anything. Sigh…
Anyone else dressing up for Halloween?? 😉
October 26th, 2011 at 7:16 AM
We don’t get Halloween 😦
October 26th, 2011 at 7:18 AM
I fail to see how this would restrict you from enjoying candy and dressing up… 😉
October 26th, 2011 at 9:47 AM
As usual, fixit jr waits till the last second to decide he wants to dress up as something that would require a ton of money and/or the efforts of an entire Hollywood movie company special effects/wardrobe/props department, and then expects mrs fixit to instantaneously produce it out of thin air. I, on the other hand, have worn the same costume for the past 4 years when I take him out to trick or treat… shabby worn clothes, unkempt hair, a crazed look in my eye, a mangles box of corn flakes in one hand, spoon in the other, and milk stained chin… Beware the Cereal Killer!!
October 26th, 2011 at 11:15 AM
While not as original as your ideas, I will be wearing (again) the geisha outfit I made about 14 years ago, while Rat Boy will amble out as “The Dude” complete with bathrobe and slippers (with socks).
At least I can be sure he doesn’t have a ‘J’ tucked behind his ear to complete the outfit! Homeschooling DOES have its benefits… 😀
October 26th, 2011 at 3:58 PM
Would be awesome if he could take a rug to tie it all together 😉
October 26th, 2011 at 12:46 PM
I bought a werewolf head and hairy hands a few years back. When I do wear a costume, I put those items on along with a well-worn pair of jeans, leather work boots, a flannel shirt (unbuttoned), and a t-shirt with the name Jack emblazoned in bold red. Sadly, most people that I have encountered while wearing that costume don’t get why my t-shirt reads Jack. Maybe I’m getting old. Or, like you, Aggie, maybe I’m a throwback to another era. Sheesh.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:13 AM
Jack? Sorry, can you explanin to me?
October 27th, 2011 at 11:30 AM
Wolfman Jack, maybe??
October 26th, 2011 at 1:36 PM
I’m often the only one who wears a costume to work on Halloween, but I don’t let that stop me.
October 26th, 2011 at 6:50 PM
Thankfully, the department I am in now is full of large children so I won’t be alone in dressing up on Friday. 🙂 In an office of about 60, we generally get about 5 who dress up. I’m always one. I don’t do funny costumes, though, so I never win the contest. I’m always the Grim Reaper or Baron Samedi or Lady Macbeth… This year – the Masque of the Red Death. 😛
October 26th, 2011 at 7:35 PM
ZOMG!!! That’s awesomeness!!
And you must post pics 😉
October 26th, 2011 at 9:55 PM
Dress in all pink and then put a little kid’s chair on top of your head…voila…you’re the bubblegum under the chair.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:14 AM
Now that’s hi-sterical!
October 27th, 2011 at 10:31 AM
We always try to make 2 costume parties per year. Got quite a few costumes stashed over the years. Original Startrek uniforms, Witch, Wizard, BDUs, etc. Started beehives this year so we have a real beekeeper outfit and the wife got a cute bee outfit.
October 27th, 2011 at 11:31 AM
I almost went as an ST:TOS yeoman this year. Almost 😉
October 27th, 2011 at 10:38 AM
Last time I dressed up for Halloween I went to a church trunk-or-treat dressed as a slice of pizza. Became known thereafter in the hallways of church to the youth as Pizza Man.
October 27th, 2011 at 11:40 AM
To The Queen And Aggie:
Yep, Wolfman Jack, bingo.
I got really discouraged by how many people didn’t have any clue, even when I told them Wolfman Jack. They just stared at me like I had grown a second head. I mean, come on, I’m not that old, and he’s not that obscure. He was in American Graffiti, for cryin’ out loud!