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So I admittedly get way too excited about Halloween and the opportunity to dress up as something fun.  I started thinking abut my costume relatively late into the year, for me, back in early September.  I'd been lusting over red hair since mid-year (mostly because I used to get really strong red highlights in my hair in the summer and loved them; now I no longer do), and decided I wanted to go as a famous redhead, then went from there.  For a while, I was having no luck winning a costume on ebay and was getting pretty frustrated, but when I finally won something, I was pumped.  I'm going as Clara Bow, and got an amazing silk velvet drop-waist dress from the twenties, plus some amazing heels in like PERFECT condition from the early thirties.  I think I can probably wear both of these things again, along with the jewelry I pick out, likely.  The wig, probably not, haha.

We just picked out FI's costume last night, too, which was frustrating because he's so indecisive and waited a long time to try to find something, oh, and he made me do most of the looking.  But he's going as a samurai, which I'm shocked he never did before, since he's been obsessed with samurai since he was a kid.  We got him an awesome yukata and some waraji and tabi.  He's going to carry one of his fake katanas through his obi.  I think it's going to look pretty great.

So what about you guys?  Do you dress up for Halloween?  Tell about your costumes!!

Come on, no one? I don't believe it!

I'm gonna be a Bride, HAHAHHAHAH - - We're getting married on Halloween

@jackie-o: Yay!!! Congrats jackie-o! And good luck!!!!

@Entangled: I've been hearing a lot about this Boardwalk Empire but had no idea what it was so I went and googled.  Sounds interesting!  I'm glad your FI digs flappers; historically they seemed like some of the spunkiest, most take-charge sort of gals around before the 1970s.  I didn't really get the appeal of the era at first, but the more I read about it and watched Clara Bow films (seriously, I'm obsessive), the cooler I thought it was.  I think the way that so many prohibition-era women embodied typically masculine traits and yet still were va va voom sexpots sexually attractive to men is really interesting.  A cool era for sure.

@bakerella: Oh well!  It works!  And if you're only going to be handing out candy, the only reason to dress up is to add a little bit of Halloween spirit to your night, so it seems like you'll be doing just that.  And prolonging the afterglow of your wedding.  :)

@mhudnall: That sounds awesome.  I love the inspiration pic!!  FI and I always talk about trying to coordinate our costumes and then never manage to.  Mostly because neither of us ever wants to be the counterpart to what the other wants to go as (although last year I went as a WWII era pinup and he shot down the idea of going as a WWII era soldier; now this year he brought it up like it was a great costume idea.  I could have smacked him).

bakerella I also love the cats costumes!! Hysterical.  For a second I thought the orange thing underneath your black cat (whose face looks a lot like my black cat's, btw) was his tongue lolling out to the side, hardore...I had to do a triple take hahaha, it looked really ridiculous.

 My friend dresses her poor cat up, too (and not just for Halloween...).  Here's him last year: 

Those are two stuffed cat heads.  My friend had a Bacchanal-themed birthday party the day before Halloween, so most of my friends went to his party AND Halloween dresses as Ancient Greek gods/goddesses.  The cat was the feline version of Cerberus, hahaha.  He was still a kitten here.  He's endured many costumes since (he was a reindeer for Christmas, Cupid for Valentine's Day...).

And @rachaeolrobin:  I don't think there's anything wrong with going as a zombie bride and groom!  It's just pretend.  It's not like going as a zombie single person in previous years would have cursed you as a single person or something. :P 

And @PinkBubbleGum:  That is crazy!  Crazy awesome!  I wish I had the patience to sew an entire costume, but alas, my patience wears out mid-minor alterations most of the time, lol, so sewing an entire costume is out of the question.  FI knows I can sew but am usually too lazy to do so and lately, in the midst of our find-a-costume-for-him drama, has insinuated many times that I should make major alterations on things he found so he can wear them for a costume...and I'm always just like, NO.  Bless you for having more patience than me, lady.  I bet the costumes are going to be amazing.  The more homemade the better, I think.

And @FutureMrsL:  That costume looks awesome, but if that's a fresh zombie, I think I would be horrified to see you as an older one!  I am ridiculously squeamish so I'm already feeling a bit creeped out just looking at that pic!  But I bet you're going to do a great job with it, the details on the fresh one were fantastic.

@jo.lee: I'm not much of a scary costumes person myself either!  I don't watch Family Guy so I don't really know who those people are, but I like to know I'm not alone in the non-scary costumes category haha.

@staceynrick: I love the voodoo doll idea!  That's a great "scary" costume that I personally have never seen done before.  

A devil! I saw $1 pitchforks in the bargain bin and that decided that!

Scratch that - I'm not A devil, I'm THE devil, mothereffers. I'm bigtime.