Halloween celebration #1 was with my family at my parent's house. The interesting thing about attending the same party with the same people every year is to see the creative re-use of costumes and accessories. What was last year's hoochie top is this years grandma's scarf...and so forth.
One of my cousins chose to dress up as me...when I was 12 years old. Her costume was complete with a tacky dance costume, clogging shoes, and crimped hair. Although quite flattered, I was quick to point out the inaccuracies of the costume, as I had a mullet/feathered hair when I was 12...the crimping was not until high school.
I wore the same costume as last year. I was amazed that my mail order Minnie Mouse dress survived the 2009 Bachelorette party/Halloween Extravaganza ...it must have magic powers.
Halloween Celebration #2 was at the Austin Swing Syndicate's Annual Halloween Bash. I opted not to wear the magical minnie dress for dancing, and instead wore a 'vintage-y" dress with an actual vintage hat. I found that not dressing as an actual character or not wearing an actual costume is quite boring. And it brings on the question..."who are you suppose to be?"
The night was fun though and I spent the majority of it dancing with Batman.
The third and final Halloween celebration was on 6th street in downtown Austin, which if you live in Austin, you know is a fun but exhausting experience. You can't just get dressed and mosey down there...you need to plan in advance who you are going with, where you are parking, what time you are getting there...and so forth. This helps reduce the amount of mayhem that will more than likely rise anyway.
Three of my best buds from my hometown came to Austin to experience a "6th street Halloween" with me and my husband. We were a pretty good looking group...we consisted of a zombie monk, a close-to-retirement-but-then-got-shot cop, Maverick, Minnie Mouse and Edward Scissorhands.
Besides our rockin' threads, we saw some fabulous costumes. Then there were those that were in our faces every time we turned around. The top three costumes I saw were:
#3 Lady Gaga - though cool and hip...didn't everyone realize everyone was going to wear it???
#2 Where's Waldo??? - though repetitious to see so many in a night...it never got old when my friend Maverick yelled, "I found you, you son-of-a-bitch!"
#1 Banana - There must have been a damn sale on banana costumes...they were everywhere! I cannot think of any other explanation.
That was it....that was my Halloween. I can't wait until next year!!
