Is it already Halloween again?? Okay, okay …. so here’s my obligatory Halloween blog post. And for my long time readers with excellent memories, I apologize if there is some repeat material in here, but I have enough new followers that I still think I can fool some people into believing I am clever.
Aren’t you impressed with this? These are my three pet’s costumes this year!Ā Look how organized and innovative I am! And how cooperative and cute they are!Ā Okay, so these are cool critter costumes, but for all you know — I don’t even own two Persian cats and a Shih-Tzu dog. And even if I did, how would you know these are really them?? And actually they aren’t.Ā I just Googled those particular breeds wearing costumes because mine wouldn’t be caught dead wearing anything.
Here they are in real life. (I promise these are really mine below!)
Pretty good trick, huh? Maybe I should do that for my sister-in-law’s annual masquerade party tonight. Just send another curly, long-hairedĀ brunette woman in a costume that covers everything up but her dark locks — and everyone will think it’s me that’s dancing up a storm when they play the Monster Mash.
So because I’m a writer, you may have figured out that even though Halloween isn’t my favorite holiday, I absolutely LOVE the creativity of Word Pun costumes — so sometimes I simply cannot resist.Ā One year I wore a black silk negligee, pinned words like, “Psychology” and “Id” and “Ego” and “Sex” and “Analysis” all over it and I was (of course!) a Freudian Slip. I’ve subjected my young daughters to wearing fancy dresses, putting on whiskers and tails and telling people they were “Party Animals.” I forced one son to put rolls of paper towels and sponges all over his body and told him, “You’re Self-Absorbed.” And I made my ex-husband wear very dark-colored pants and a shirt, stuck postage stamps all over him and deemed it a “Blackmail” costume. Fitting.
But donāt get me started on overtly sexy costumes. Why does a wicked witch need garter belts? To hold up her black lace fishnet stockings, of course! Based on what I’m seeing in the party stores, I think our holiday greeting needs to be changed to āTrick-or-Discreet!ā And this Dorothy is definitely NOT in Kansas anymore….she’s at a bachelor party
The other thing I like to do regarding costumes is re-purposing and recycling.Ā I try to pass it off as being, “Cleverly Chic N’ Cheap!” How many years can I go to my aforementioned sister-in-law’s annual masquerade party and (just by adding a few accessories and changing the name of what I am)Ā prevent guests from knowing it’s the same darn pink frilly, lacy dress?? So far Iāve been a little toddler girl holding a teddy-bear and lollypop, Little Miss Muffet holding a tuffet, Little Bo Peep holding a sheep (alright so it was a stuffed lamb!) BUT then I gave it a whole new life by adding a veil and calling myself a child bride! The following year, I stuck a pillow in my abdomen and became a pregnant child bride.
This year Iām wearing red contact lenses and Iāll be the Evil Little Girl who comes out of elevators. Next year if I make the dress fluffy and round enough, I think I’ll tell people I’m a Hostess Sno-Ball. Remember these?
And if you truly want to avoid Halloween and candy and costumes in real life, there’s an App for that. I’m inventing it. A doorbell sounds melodically on your computer monitor so youāre alerted to move closer to the keyboard.Ā Sweet little āTrick or Treatā exclamations come thru the speaker as two darling 5 year-old twins dressed as Ketchup & Mustard stand before you.Ā You click on the āOoh and Ahhā icon and within 3-5 days, a Hersheyās gift card will be delivered from you to their home with a āHow adorable you look!ā sticker.Ā No more buying the bag of fun-size Snickers a week ahead of time and having to sheepishly replenish it the night before. . . because you ate them all.Ā Rest assured, if a large group of overgrown, sullen teenagers (not in costume) should appear on your computer, you can dim the monitor light and a 40 pt. font text will appear stating, āSorry, out of candy. And you’re too old!āĀ The updated version of this app includes mini-windshield wipers that will cleanse away the broken eggs they throw at your Mac without smearing your homepage.Ā Boo!
READERS: What are you dressing up as tonight? Just Google an elaborate costume photo and leave it here to impress us. How are we gonna know it’s not really you? Happy Halloween!
I have the scariest costume this side of Alpha Centauri. And it’s so scary the kids run and hide when they see me coming. I go as myself.
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Saw a fellow at a check-in counter dressed as a sunny side up egg. I asked him why he had a red, pointy tail pinned to the back and he said he was a…(you’re so punny you won’t need me to finish this sentence).
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Ahhhh, you ran into a Deviled egg! Eggcellent!!
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I think you should have told everyone that your cats were actually tabbies in costume!
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Now that would be funny!! I really wanted to put them both in caterpillar outfits (get it? Cat-erpillar!) and then they’d turn into butterflies and I’d set them free.
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Flys made of butter…now that’s a challenge for next year!
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