Halloween Costumes

We never really did officially decide on a theme for this week, so I'm just going to write about Halloween costumes.

My favourite costume I ever had as a kid was an old lady with a baby on her back.  My mom is really into holidays and decorations and stuff, and she saw this costume in some sort of seasonal Halloween magazine that she had.  Everything except my head was dressed as an old lady.   I had a stuffed backpack on under my clothes to create a hunchbacked effect.  Then I had an old lady mask stuffed and attached to my chest.  Then I had a baby outfit stuffed to be baby shaped and pinned to my back, with a baby bonnet on my head, so that it looked like a little old lady carrying a baby on her back.

Also, a costume that I think is really great is this one:

It was in an article about homemade Halloween costumes that someone sent me a few weeks ago and I just think it's fantastic.  I was considering doing this myself, but a) I didn't do anything for Halloween this year and b) I think in adult size the balloon would float high enough to make it difficult to get through doorways and such.  But I still think it's lovely.

Hunting for Nerdy Costumes

I was moderately excited for Halloween this year. A friend and I decided to go as Sherlock and John from BBC's Sherlock, mostly because the costumes would be fairly easy to find since it's set in modern times. Unfortunately, somehow I just couldn't manage to find the pieces I needed to be John.

"Well, okay" I thought, "I'll be the Eleventh Doctor! All I need is a button up shirt, suspenders, boots and a bowtie!" But I didn't have much luck there either.

I ventured off to the college town's thrift stores, and one that's very popular for finding cheap last minute costumes. At this point I was just looking for some sort of costume, but I got entirely overwhelmed when I walked into one to find massive piles of miscellaneous clothing, some random sparkly accessories, and people milling about, squeezing past each other through the piles.

As a last ditch effort I stopped at one of those stores that pops up around town around Halloween just for selling costumes, and seems to be vacant the rest of the year. I was a little amused to watch the owner (who happened to be wearing an Eeyore costume) wander around and vaguely hit on college girls. I attempted to piece together a non-slutty pirate costume, and while I found a couple of pieces that I really like I couldn't find anything for the bottom or a decent pirate hat.

So... another costume-less year for me. Since I started working when I was 16, I haven't really done anything for Halloween, either because I got stuck working, or was so tired from taking too many classes and working too many hours, and just enjoyed sleeping in on the weekend.

But, as an entirely different subject, I'm getting some couples portraits done early tomorrow morning. While this means that I'll need to be in early tonight, it's nice to have something else to look forward to after my costume fails.

Happy Halloween!