So I'm Jana-who-creates' date for a Halloween party where her friend's band is playing and I found out today that it is a costume party.
My plan for Halloween parties this year was for theCSO and myself to attend as Voltaire and Mme DuChatelet.
But Mme DuChatelet isn't so great a costume on its own.
I tried to sell JwC on going as Molly Weasely and Bellatrix LeStrange, but no dice.
Anyway, suggestions welcome.
As far as I can tell, most halloween costumes fall into one of several categories
1. Slutty
2. Scary
3. Totally lacking in dignity. (E.g. dress in pink, put a shoe on your head, go as "gum stuck on the bottom of somebody's shoe")
None of these categories particularly rock my world.
Hmmm...
CC
Updates:
1. Thanks for the love for my Molly-and-Bellatrix plan. But if my friend isn't into it, she's not. She's thinking of going as a robot.
2. PG is awesomesauce and will be invited to every Halloween party I ever have.
3. Since Halloween is all about slutty, scary and lacking in dignity, it seems only logical to go as Amy Winehouse. A black wig, some tacky jewelry and a bunch of fake tattoos would be easy enough to do. But I'm worried that I would be cold as her iconic look is ripped jeans and a tank top. Also, I go back and forth on whether it is in poor taste because I honestly expect her to drop dead any minute...
9 comments:
You could dress as a box of Cheerios, carry a knife, and claim to be a cereal killer. Or does that lack dignity?
I think I'm going to have to go ahead and say that any costume based on a pun is lacking in dignity department.
CC
Pirate! Be a pirate!
Talk your friend into going as Bellatrix and Molly. That's awesome.
I like to get costume ideas from music videos. Last year my boyfriend and I went as Tom Petty and the blonde from "Don't Come Around Here No More." We brought a cake that said "eat me" and a bottle of alcoholic beverage with the label taped over by a sign that said "drink me."
I wanted to be Chamillionaire (me) and Weird Al (him) this year, but he didn't go for that.
But the Bellatrix and Molly idea is excellent -- I agree that you should lobby your friend harder.
If nothing else, you have reminded me of the awesomeness of that music video.
CC
It occurs to me that any costume I would like, you wouldn't. However, I will say that I tend to go for comfort.
When I have to work in a costume, I go as a rosebush: comfy green velour shift with roses pinned on all over. At one party, I wore my rosebush costume with some red and some white roses, and my date was the two of spades with a bucket of red paint. the back of the two of spades was a poster-paint version of the bicycle back, with all the leafy curlicues. We did another party where we were a "little Dutch boy and girl" marionettes -- with our strings held up by helium balloons. I've done Titania, Queen of the Fairies (with my train held up by helium butterflies). I went as a thunderstorm once. We've done unicorns. At a party whose theme was "Name that tune" i was My Favorite Things. Other great costumes were "Lola", "Roll over Beethoven", "Silence is Golden", and "Good (k)night Irene". My brother once went to a Halloween party as an airplane. One of the best costumes I've seen, at a party with a sea theme, was a jellyfish: she got one of those clear bubble umbrellas and put a long long iridescent fringe on it. And made it sway.
See what I mean? You wouldn't do any of those....
Twister.
Buy the game at your local toy store, staple the spinner to a hat (if you can find your old high school mortarboard, that works perfectly). Cut a hole in the middle of the game board and wear it as a poncho. Bonus: you're waterproof so if someone spills his corona, you're good. :)
HTH
Donna
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