October 29, 2007
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What is the most creative Halloween costume you’ve ever seen or worn yourself?
(I wonder if this is the same R.L. Stine who grew up in my home state and wrote Goosebumps books . . . )
It makes sense now that I would grow up to be a
picky, smug and referential individual because I went as Ariel (as a
bride! not the mermaid!) for Halloween when I was in kindergarten.Anyway, I can think of two good costumes off the top of my head.
In fourth grade, I was a picnic, which meant I wore a sort of smock-type deal with a picnic print (and fabric ants) and plates, utensils, cardboard food boxes, the whole nine yards. I looked sweet.
In fifth grade, we had a parade through the school wherein everyone showed off his or her costume, and my guidance counselor, who was very patronizing and sort of an idiot, asked if I was a “grown-up lady” because I was wearing my mom’s sportcoat, matching skirt and some fashionable mules. You see, darlings, our fair nation was fascinated by the OJ Simpson trial, so per my mom’s suggestion, I went as Marcia Clark, the trial prosecutor and choice hottie. So no, I was not a grown-up lady. Objection.
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On a side note, after a brief Starbucks hiatus, I’m back on the midnight train to Seattle and am eagerly awaiting the return of red cups and the absolutely fantastic peppermint hot chocolates.
Comments (10)
omg omg omg i have a starbucks sitting next to me right now. it’s just a regular coffee but ohhhhh how good are those peppermint drinks?? peppermint mocha is my fave. it’s just in a white cup, though. no red cups yet. : (
i can see why you’d be ariel, but the marcia clark costume just made me lol. how funny.
Your costumes were great. I haven’t seen anything like that but my friends sister went as Pippi Longstocking and my friend went as a confused angel, she had on a cowboy hat with a halo and underwear on it and wore three different kinds of shirts and two skirts. Those are the most creative things I have come across. Well and last year my mom was the tree of wisdom lol. other then that most of the stuff I come across is all very cliche.
A little kid as a picnic sounds really cute! And marcia clark for a costume really made me bust up. Mean guidance counselor!
I just spent my day trying to get around using Seattle Metro. Effective, though not exactly efficient.
RYC: It’s great to find someone else who doesn’t like cheese. I’ve always felt weird about it.
And if that is RL Stein, it’s good to see him branching out.
I got myself a white suit and wrote “guilt” in big black letters on a piece of paper on it.
Unfortunately, most of my more liberal associates didn’t appreciate it.
Tsk.
The only difficult I had was getting an all-white suit, every color of white I could find for things wasn’t matched up to the rest. I felt so sloppy!
Ahem.
Sally
Brilliant costumes! However, reading this post made me realize how much older than you I am…and that just made me sad.
Stan was Lance Ito that year.