Ugh, yes the flashing aspect of showing your costume. Same thing at Easter, rarely got to wear my new white shoes and my special church dress (one of two times a year we went) was completely hidden by a giant coat. The gift of winter that lasts from October to May.

I kinda liked the smell...

I wasn’t sure what to be, but I went to an eighties karaoke the other day and I felt a powerful urge to be Cyndi Lauper. I decided I would only be her if I could find the right dress at my favorite thrift store. I walked in and there it was, a red eighties party dress with straps that can easily be removed, a tight…

I had to go find pics of this before I could post this True Halloween Story.

I am dressing up as Leia from the planet Hoth because I have a Star Wars obsessed family. There was even a family discussion about which movie we would choose our costumes from. My husband is Lando because, let’s face it, that was his only brown skinned choice from the original trilogy. My older son is Luke on the…

I grew up in Upstate NY and more years than not we ended up wearing parkas over or costumes. My best friend lucked out the year ET came out. Her mom was a badass seamstress and sewed her a full body ET costume including glowing heart. Not only was she toasty warm, but so impressive she got twice as much candy as the…

I ummm, think I had the early 80s version of that princess one. I remember the crown thing on the mask.

If some kid shows up with a Hillary costume that good, I’m giving them the whole bowl of candy and shutting down for the night.

Don’t forget the costumes (as pictured in one thread above) that had a picture of what you’re supposed to be on the chest! Just in case the rest of the store-bought costume is ineffective at conveying it.

Fun for the whole family!

And as an added bonus those things would go up in flames if looked at too hard.

My best friend from high school who I still keep in touch with and have visited recently loved grocery shopping. He was a strange man who also thought Eliza Dushku on Buffy was hotter than Alyson Hannigan. I went with him during my last trip down to Atlanta in September and we took a side trip to the supermarket and…

You know who isn’t happy with 24/7 pizza? Hitler.

I should wear hats to the grocery more often.

A woman who turned her game show appearance into a celebrity psychologist gig? It’s like she inspired 21st century culture.

I got a deal on this Captain Kirk mask, but now I’m regretting it. I mean it doesn’t look anything like William Shatner at all, it just looks like this vague... shape, well, actually more like the opposite of a shape, you know.

I enjoy this Hillary costume:

I miss the old plastic mask costume sets that effectively destroyed all peripheral vision and caused scores of circus peanut addled trick or treaters to walk into traffic.

Or you could go as Dr. Joyce Brothers doing a PSA on candy.