What’re you gonna wear for Halloween? Who will you be? Who did you want to be… but never were?
Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 under Conversations | RSS
What’re you gonna wear for Halloween? Who will you be? Who did you want to be… but never were?
Sylvia (8 years old) is going to be Hermione. I think this is the first Hallowe’en where she has been the one to do all the deciding and planning about her costume and activities. Her grandparents gave her a Harry Potter ™-branded magic wand for her birthday, she went to a rummage sale and picked up a big piece of crimson cloth usable as a cape and a necktie with the appropriate colors.
I’m gonna be the crazy McCain rally lady. But because I can’t stand to wear the “McCain-Palin” t-shirt, I think I might switch it to “McPain-Calin”. Cause they’re feeling the McPain right about now! Yow! Hey!
Once, I was Ultra-Man for Halloween. My absolute favorite Saturday morning hero. Though Hong Kong Phooey was close up there.
I may actually go as Sarah Palin.
God.
Once I shaved my head and went as Sinead O’Connor.
I’ve never been one to relish dressing up for Halloween. Yeah, yeah, I know I’m a downer. The last time I remember having a costume I went as a mime: face make-up, white gloves, beret, striped shirt, etc. I didn’t talk for almost the entire evening. There were those who thought it was not funny.
I’ve enjoyed dressing up as an adult and decidedly not as a kid. I went for a few years in college with not wearing or creating or even thinking about costumes. But when I got married, we had parties to go to. We’ve been married for three years: the first I went as Cruella DeVil; the second, as a mix between Smurfette and Sassette, and this year, I genuinely want to be a pirate.
I’ve got the black boots, the yellow silk swashbuckling shirt that I stole from a Chinese trading ship, and the sword I also stole from the same ship. I’m mixing history with the media-hyped pirate: I’m wearing stripes and a red kerchief on my head, but I’m also wearing lots of pearls and gold and jewels and coral jewelry. And my eye patch, of course. Yaaar.
I love wearing just one small random thing – like cat ears or devil horns – and acting like I am not wearing them. When people point or acknowledge I act like I have no idea what they are talking about. Like Tim, I think I am hilarious, but reviews are mixed.
I once made a halloween skirt and wore it but I had just gotten my first and only perm which was far more horrifying.
my favorite costumes as an adult – Miss. Scarlett, Medea and at 16 i ran 10 miles through Waterloo IA dressed in black tights, a black turtle neck, a black eye mask and florescent orange shorts and shoes. That was a cool outfit.