Or what are your children or siblings, or neighborhood kids being for Halloween?
I myself am this cool old westernish bounty hunter/rough rider. It's spiffy, and even sorta ended up looking like something from Firefly.
So lets see what everyone else is.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I might wear eyeliner, seriously I see no point in dressing up when I won't see anyone. Friday though I'm dressing up, I'll be a fifties swing dancer.
Posted by Nathan M (Member # 8762) on :
nothing this year, but next year I have it all planned out:
Mr. Chewbacca Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
So we decided that we could put together an inexpensive Pirate disguise for Sasha (my 5 year old son).
Then my wife gets the wonderful idea of turning his little red wagon into a pirate ship.
OK Papa, here are two free hours. Do your stuff.
After two hours that involve powertools, two yardsticks, some glue and 1/2 roll of duct tape I have the sorriest looking wheeled pirate dingy you have ever seen.
That is when we decided.
Sasha is going as Captain Jack Sparrow during his famous entrance scene.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Dan. That is AWESOME! Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
I was a bag of jelly beans.
It looked good, for most of the evening. The logistics were... slightly complicated, especially when it came to getting into and out of the car.
Never again will I do something like that.
Posted by ReikoDemosthenes (Member # 6218) on :
I was going to go as Erik, from Phantom of the Opera, but it turns out tail coats are a tad difficult to come by. Instead my sister suggested the second option of going as Draco Malfoy. So that will be me, and I'm debating straightening my hair yet. I may yet hunt down a Chinese liberation hat (I think I heard it called that...the cap with the red star on it) so I can go as Ranma Saotome next year...or randomly throughout the year if I can't wait >_>
Posted by firebird (Member # 1971) on :
I have been a red / black colour blind goth on account of the fact hat I have no black clothes and lots of red ones.
I have also been a hippie. Dress code was anything begining in H!
My other half went as Herpes ... white ballons filled with ketchup and mayonaise and trimmings from his beard ... it was revolting.
Posted by SingerGuy59 (Member # 5934) on :
Saturday we had a big gathering at my in-laws. My father-in-law is a large man, and he believes in dressing for comfort, so he usually is found wearing bib overalls. My wife, daughter and I went to the family party all wearing bib overalls. We didn't have to say a thing when we took our coats off. The whole family burst into laughter. He laughed hardest. It was great, and now I've got a lovely pair of bib overalls to wear around the house, which my wife doesn't want me to wear very often lest I start to remind her of her dad. Posted by ctm (Member # 6525) on :
My daughter is going to be a twi'lek from Star Wars. We finished the costume last night, it's pretty darn good. She's so excited she can't sit still. This is her last year trick-or-treating so she wanted an extra-special costume.
Posted by argyle (Member # 8794) on :
The several costume parties I went to this weekend were as As from evil dead, complete with a chainsaw on my hand.
Posted by KPhysicsGeek (Member # 8655) on :
I'm going as Faramir, my wife as a kangaroo.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I changed my mind, I'm a sick college student with a migraine.
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
My friend Jonesy and I were the Beastie Boys from the Sabotage video on saturday night. we were missing a third but we still had fun.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Junebug is going as the Tooth-fairy-- her idea.
Super-K is going as a skeleton.
Litebrite is going as a chicken.
Inkling is going as Santa Claus.
All costumes are hand made by my talented spouse.
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
I already posted this in the costume photo thread that KQ started, but for a Halloween Party on Saturday I went as Jesus.
--Enigmatic
Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
My ten year old sister and thirteen year old brother have decided that they were too old for trick-or-treating. So, I'm showing them it's the cool thing to do, especially at 16. And is there anything better than Dent Arthur Dent? I think not.
Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on :
For the party our professors' hosted, my roommate and I went as the Bruces from the Monty Python skit. Even sang "The Philosopher's Drinking." Took home two awards including Best Overall.
Tonight I'm going as a geisha. Full makeup. Haven't actually made my kimono yet. But I figure with enough glue and some creative stitching, I'll be able to turn it out fast enough.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
work had a "theme" for each of the departments. Ours was websurfing... so I went as a software pirate. complete with a longsword (didn't have a scimitar.) I really didn't think they'd let me bring a REAL sword to work, but they did.
I had the eyepatch and a ren faire outfit w/ bodice and everything, but hanging from the drawstrings I tied 3.5" disks.
Now our little shindig is over and I"m back to professional attire. At last, I can breath.
Pix
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
A Persian monarch.
Oh, no, wait - that's Purim. Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
Her last year trick or treating ctm? How old is she?
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Pixie, I have a friend who went as a Software Pirate a couple of years ago.
Instead of an eyepatch, he tied string around a cd and hung it over one eye. The rest of his costume was a mixture of the technical and the classic pirate.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Dan,
Wish I'd thought of that =)
cept my costume was more ren faire than pirate. I *really* needed an eyepatch to make it convencing (since I didn't get the parrot for my shoulder I was promised.)
Pix
Posted by ctm (Member # 6525) on :
Hamson... she's almost 12. Around here kids don't usually go trick-or-treating after that.
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
I will be myself. For that is the scariest thing I can think of. That and we (my roommate and I) aren't even putting out any candy. Not when there's maybe 4 kids that live on this little dead end road in the middle of nowhere.
Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
Dang, it was a bad year. Seems like there were a lot less houses open and kids out. I'd say on average, 1 in every 3 houses was candy giving. Maybe a little more often then that. We went out for about 2 hours, from 7-9 (same time we went last year) and got about 50% less candy. It started raining at about 8, but it wasn't very bad. We were all suprised about how we were almost never compensated with the amount of candy, even though we were some of the only kids in the neighborhood out in the rain. So yeah, we got like 9 pounds.
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