The fella and I have been invited to a Halloween party in Salem Saturday night, and as usual, I’m flummoxed about what kind of costume to wear. The only thing I could think of was pinning white pipe cleaners, bent into numerals, to a black ensemble and going as fuzzy math. It would probably backfire as badly as my last Halloween costume eight years ago: I went as Hester Prynne, but none of the 20-somethings got it, and I felt like a super-frump in my prim jumper compared with the young, sexy witches running around.
Anyway, if you have any clever, easy, inexpensive ideas that don’t involve face painting or wearing a Hefty bag stuffed with something — basically, something I can wear on public transportation and can manage when I have to visit the bathroom — fire away.
Of course, it *is* Saturday night - so it’s no doubt entirely too late, but - Rose came up with a great idea last night: just take two Barbie dolls (or whatever), give them similar hair color/style (and glasses if you wear ‘em), and dress ‘em up, one as an angel the other as a devil, in classic “good conscience/bad conscience” style. We haven’t figured out how to keep them there yet, but - maybe next year.
What a brilliant idea! I am definitely going to file that one away should the need arise in some future year. In fact, I think I’m going to start trolling eBay now.
Heh — I could try using these.
I ended up doing what I usually do when invited to costume parties . . . staying home.
Well, I ended up going as an Elf Princess, but just wore my regular street clothes.
“What are you supposed to be?”
“An Elf Princess.”
“??”
“I’m an Elf Princess. Inside” [taps heart] “where it counts.”