What are you going to be for Halloween? [Archive]

officegirl

10-10-2006, 01:34 PM

Since it's getting close to Halloween time, I've been thinking about what I am going to dress up as... I found a very cute costume of the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland and two of my friends were going to dress up with me, one as the Queen of Hearts and the other as the Mad Hatter. Unfortunately, they bailed on me :(

What are the rest of you going to be for Halloween?

Fera Festiva

10-10-2006, 01:55 PM

No-one I know is having a Halloween party this year. So I'm not going as anything. :cry:

I love your Cheshire Cat idea though. On a related note, a few years ago a friend held a Mad Hatter's Tea Party, with too many seats and lots of teapots and cakes with "eat me" iced on them. Everyone had to come as a character from Alice and it was widely assumed I would be the Red Queen - so I went as an oyster. :D

Jpurple

10-10-2006, 03:46 PM

I'm contemplating dressing as a scarecrow this year- I was a witch last year, but I have to keep it to simple costumes I can move and teach in, since Halloween is a school day for us. We'll be doing dress-up fun with the kids and a costume parade. Now I juat have to convince my daughter to settle on one costume, or at least two that I can combine. (She was a sheep princess last year- picture a little sheep wearing a crown)

KuzcoLlama

10-10-2006, 03:54 PM

Well officegirl, if you want a mad hatter in spirit, you got it! I'm going as one this year, hat and all :D .

CanadaGirl

10-10-2006, 03:57 PM

I probably won't. But I remember from back in high school, my grade 11 Math teacher dressed as a woman. :confused: It was actually pretty gross. Reminded me of Sally from Third Rock From the Sun. :lol:

Cia

10-10-2006, 04:06 PM

I'll be dressed up like a parent following their kid around the block and holding the extra loot.

thegiraffe

10-10-2006, 04:09 PM

I'm in college, so halloween = feel free to dress like a slut day. I don't participate in that haha (anyone else think wearing the equivalent of a string bikini to class is inappropriate? yeah...me too).

I live across the street from Busch Gardens Tampa, so we're gonna go to Howl-O-Scream. They don't allow costumes there, so I guess I'll just be adorable little me!

Drakstern

10-10-2006, 04:17 PM

Barbarian Accountant!

The most feared warriors of the tribe aud'tor! With axe in one hand, calculator in the other, and tie firmly affixed to neck. And who can forget the Pocket Protector of the Gods?

Greenday

10-10-2006, 04:43 PM

I'm going to be the same thing as last year since this is my first year in college and no one here saw me last year. I'm going to be a marine again. I liked it. I felt bad cause I was going around with friends and at some places, the clerks would try to give me deals on stuff they really shouldn't. I, being the stereotypical CS member, could not take advantage of them and told them it was just my costume for the year, but I did thank them for supporting the people in the military.

MystyGlyttyr

10-10-2006, 05:17 PM

I'm still trying to decide what I'm going to wear. I'll be at work so obviously I can't go TOO horrible (*sighs, tosses out bloody butcher apron*), but I don't know what I want to be. I'm thinking Rey Mysterio's mask would be a bit rough to wear for a 9-hour day...

Sunsetsky

10-10-2006, 05:31 PM

I want to be a pirate. I found something I could wear on my head. I just need to find the rest of the costume. My friend is having a Halloween party. She was originally going to go to work as "The Walmart Avenger." She changed her mind. I told her that we should both go to kendo practice dressed like pirates.

XCashier

10-10-2006, 06:17 PM

Hubby and I will probably use our hippie costumes again this year (we're in the middle of moving and everything else is in storage). I'm going to have to send last year's pic to gbm to post in the pics section. :)

NightAngel

10-10-2006, 06:54 PM

I'll be dressed up like a parent following their kid around the block and holding the extra loot.

Hey! That's what I was going as! *pouts*

I'd like to go as Lara Croft... but I'm totally broke and have 2 birthdays to buy for as well. So, maybe I'll go as a Blockbuster employee. :lol:

hawkchick11

10-10-2006, 08:49 PM

I'm not dressing up, but my little guy is going to be a pirate. We'll see if he keeps his hat on or not.

BlaqueKatt

10-10-2006, 10:26 PM

CreepyCarrie

10-11-2006, 02:45 AM

I'm going as Wednesday Addams...again. I've been going as Wednesday for years, because it saves me the trouble of looking for a costume every year. :)

Irving Patrick Freleigh

10-11-2006, 03:51 AM

I'm going to be a hair-metal star.

All I need is a blond long-hair rocker wig (available at my store) and an old Iron Maiden shirt I got at a thrift store.

repsac

10-11-2006, 05:30 AM

Eyegore from Young Frankenstein.

I've even got most of the lines down pat, with my favorites being:

Werewolf....

Werewolf?

There wolf. There castle.

Why are you talking like that?

I thought you wanted to...

or:

Wait master. It might be dangerous. You go first!

Kiwi

10-11-2006, 05:51 AM

Im at a loss, Im leaning towards a black cat

I dont like to go all goulish and ghostly, but want to keep the theme of the "goth" party were going to

I also insist on being comfortable, I wont wear a wig or a mask BLEAH no hot and sweaty costumes for me thank you very much!

Sir Spaniard the 12th

10-11-2006, 07:42 AM

My friend is having a Halloween party. She was originally going to go to work as "The Walmart Avenger."

She could go as a greeter, and when the door gets answered, scream 'welcome to walmart!'.

Anyone who reads the machall comic will (hopefully) understand.

stormtreader

10-11-2006, 08:49 AM

We're having a fancy dress pub crawl, followed by dancing - If you get enough people, all the non-fancy-dress people look weird ;)
Im going as a goth fairy this year :devil:

Department stores *sigh*

10-11-2006, 11:57 AM

haha i know its in general but since trhe halloween thing is here....

this year imma use my old grim reaper costume which i wore last year. They allow us to wear our costumes at work as long as our nametags are visible. I spent all of last halloween up on the ceiling putting up XMAS signes in a full out grim reaper costume :P then a kid tried walking off with my scythe couse he thought it was cool :rolleyes:

deck the halls with boughs of reaping ^^

HappyCthulhu

10-11-2006, 04:00 PM

I'm going as Death on his day off.
Painting my face to look like a skull, getting a black t-shirt with a glow in the dark ribcage, my black hooded bathrobe and pajama bottoms.:wave:

Becks

10-11-2006, 06:47 PM

A few people at work are going to be pirates, and they asked if I wanted to be included. I said yes, but now, I don't know if I'll have the time for find a costume or have one made.

But then, Halloween is on a Tuesday this year, and Tuesday is supposed to be one of my off days...

Next year, me and one of my guys are going to be Violent J and Shaggy from ICP. :D

MadMike

10-11-2006, 06:56 PM

I haven't decided yet, but I guess I should, since my best friend is having her third annual Halloween party in less than 3 weeks.

Last year, I joked around with her about how I was going to go as a nudist. Her reply, "Go ahead!" I keep forgetting she's a former stripper, so not much shocks her. :lol:

ArenaBoy

10-11-2006, 09:13 PM

Last year I dressed up as Slash from Guns N Roses, this year I plan on either going as Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones or Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Casino Jockey

10-12-2006, 12:12 AM

although hallowen isn't a big thing here i have the night off work and been invited to a prty, so i'll be wearing my Formula 1 drivers suit i got off the Jordan Team.

repsac

10-12-2006, 05:45 AM

I was half tempted at one point to go as pantsman...but then I thought it'd be a bit too obscure for people to understand.

thegiraffe

10-12-2006, 02:21 PM

Last year, my ex-bf and I were going to a halloween party. Mom asked what we were going as, and without skipping a beat, I looked her dead in the eye and said "pornstars". Her response? :eek: ...how are you going to do that?

I glance at my ex, and we both look at her, smile, and say 'go naked!'

It took her a second to figure out that we weren't serious, and we pulled that simply to get her riled up.

As far as this year? I have no idea. I have class from 930a-9pm on Halloween, so....something tells me dressing up isn't gonna fly.

Kusanagi

10-14-2006, 01:04 AM

Tifa Lockhart

for the non-gamers that would be a character from Final Fantasy VII-though I'm wearing the costume from advent children(the movie).

it was a 3 way tie between Kadaj, Sephiroth, or Tifa the voters said I looked too much like Tifa to be anything else.

BlaqueKatt-who got off easy at $110 for the custom made costume

Salute to a fellow cosplayer!

And yeah, $110 for a Tifa Lockheart AC version is really good. I went as Rufus to Comic-Con in San Diego and am working on my Sephiroth outfit.

As for myself, I shall be going as Pyramid Head from the Silent Hill movie.

lordlundar

10-14-2006, 03:34 AM

Tifa Lockhart

for the non-gamers that would be a character from Final Fantasy VII-though I'm wearing the costume from advent children(the movie).

it was a 3 way tie between Kadaj, Sephiroth, or Tifa the voters said I looked too much like Tifa to be anything else.

BlaqueKatt-who got off easy at $110 for the custom made costume

I want PICS of this!:angel:

As for me? homocidal maniac. Hey, it might get me the day off.:devil:

counterjockey

10-21-2006, 10:14 AM

Coworker at the call center gig where I worked last Halloween came to work dressed as a mime. She had done the whole thing--striped shirt, beret, white makeup and gloves. Unfortunately for her, she was one of the very few to do anything for the holiday--no one else had gone to as much trouble. So she decided to draft me, and painted my face while we were on break. I'm not that into Halloween, but she was a friend (that I was kind of attracted to) and she was insistent. Unfortunately for me, looking like a mime didn't get me out of having to talk to idiots on the phone all day long.

She did have someone take a photo--two mimes, her in black, me in a sweater vest and corduroy pants. If I ever see that photo online anywhere I'm coming after her with a revenge-by-four.

Mr. Rager!

10-21-2006, 01:55 PM

I didn't pick my costume, it was picked for me.

I'm going to be Captain Jack Sparrow. I'll get really good at after a few rounds too :angel:

chryso

10-23-2006, 05:39 PM

I picked up a chefs jacket for cheap at a uniform supply store. Now I just add a spatula and BAM! I'm Emeril.

AirHostess

10-23-2006, 05:46 PM

An air hostess :)

TeslaRecoil

10-23-2006, 06:00 PM

At my girlfriend's suggestion ... we're going as High Heffner and a Playboy Bunny ... and yes, she did suggest that ... and yes, I'm gonna be Hef, though I offered to do it the other way if she wanted to ...

And because it should be a little chili out that night, she bought a pair of fishnets as an added touch ... :D

MadMike

10-23-2006, 07:15 PM

I picked up a Spiderman costume for the party coming up this weekend.

Hopefully there's no drama or violence this time. I don't think my friends want that, considering their halloween party is also going to be their wedding.

The first year, she invited everyone from the bar where she worked, and with it came all the bar drama. Every time I stepped outside for more beer, I overheard someone talking about how they wanted to kick someone's ass. And one time, I heard some couple arguing because she wanted to go home and he wanted to stay. Oh, and someone -- I think it was my friend's ex-husband -- stole the taps.

Last year, too drunk assholes had to be forcibly removed. The one kept stumbling around and knocking stuff over, until my friend got mad and told him to leave. He refused, so she called the cops and had them remove him. Later that night, another one smacked my friend's sister in the face for no reason. Which wasn't smart, considering her boyfriend and her entire family were right there. I was outside when it happened, so I didn't see him hit her. But I did see them carry him outside, throw him on the ground, and beat the shit out of him. :D

Crazyredhead

10-24-2006, 12:11 AM

Me.

I actually have always wanted to go as a victim of some horrible 80's slasher film victim, but I don't know how to do the make up and I don't know of anyone that can do it either.

I always though that one single bullet hole in the forehead would be cool and maybe an exit wound in the back. Kinda like one of those gouls from Dawn of the Dead.

thegiraffe

10-24-2006, 12:21 AM

There's a chance I'll be going to a halloween party, and I have NO NO NO idea of what to wear!!!

Two years ago, we went to Guavaween (giant halloween street party in Tampa/Ybor city), and I went as an 80's girl....club style. I had a shirt up to my rib cage :eek:, a little little skirt (with shorts underneath...this WAS a club), 80s style makeup and hair, and sneakers haha. I dunno how comfortable I'd be with that now though. Any other ideas? I tend to have a...girl next door personality, and I don't pull off sexy very well as far as my personality (I've been told otherwise as far as my 'look' though lol).

stormtreader

10-25-2006, 10:24 AM

This year I've settled on a dark/goth faerie

You stole my idea! ;) We had a costume test-run last sunday, i cant wait for saturday now! :D

werewolffan98

10-25-2006, 10:36 AM

Going as a Crusader Knight.

Next year probably as a Minstrel.

Lace Neil Singer

10-25-2006, 10:59 AM

Going as the Queen of the Crypt; in other words, just wear my normal Gothic clothing, like my cool Morticia style dress, and my old Goth face paint.

Hotelboy

10-25-2006, 11:26 AM

A bunch of my guys friends and I are dressing as the Droogs from A Clockwork Orange. Our ladies are dressing as other characters, victims, police, rival gang, doctors, uber MOD.

Mr. Rager!

10-25-2006, 05:05 PM

At my girlfriend's suggestion ... we're going as High Heffner and a Playboy Bunny

I know it's just a typo, but it's a funny typo!!! High Heffner... man... Hee!!! :D

I think one of the people I'm going to be partying with is going as good ol' Hugh...

My friend Em is going as a playboy bunny... I smell hook-up!! :p

Kogarashi

10-26-2006, 10:50 PM

Well, it was a toss-up between my half-finished Sesshoumaru costume (from the anime Inuyasha, for the curious) and a witch, but the witch won out. Mostly because I don't need to wear a wig for that one, I've got the hat and enough black clothing, and it'll still be comfortable with my belly protruding the way it is. Besides, I wore the half-finished Sesshoumaru costume last year.

For those interested in seeing it (and my husband's costume, which he's probably going to reprise this year), here you go. The obi from my costume looked better later, when I retied it. Oh well. http://mirrored-minds.net/kogarashi/LJ/Halloween05-1.jpg

Cia

10-27-2006, 05:26 PM

Looks like I get to be a witch wrangler. My DD is borrowing a medivalish dress from her best friend and is adding a witch's hat and a familiar (black cat). As a witch wrangler I was considering wearing my cowboy boots and carrying a whip. Do you guys think that'll work?

Kusanagi

11-01-2006, 02:48 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/kusanagisan/1357393382_l.jpg

There's me.

Becks

11-01-2006, 03:30 AM

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I did not go as a pirate. :cry: I tried telling people that I was an undercover cop/spy, but they weren't buying it. I KNEW I should've taken mangled corn flakes boxes and been a cereal killer.

MadMike

11-01-2006, 02:25 PM

I went to the party in my Spiderman costume as planned. Unfortunately, there were two problems with it I had not counted on. First, it was a one-piece costume, with no zipper of any kind on the front. And I was drinking beer. Needless to say, the first time I had to "water the lawn", the costume came off.

The second... well, the costume turned out to be quite snug, and let's just say it left nothing to the imagination. :p

If I get a chance, I might post a picture of me in costume, cropped at waist-level, of course. ;)

Kitten in the box

11-01-2006, 11:59 PM

Yesterday we had a costume contest at my work and I went in as the headless horseman/skeleton guy. All the customers loved it and most of my co-workers did too. There was one problem though besides it getting stuffy on the insides...this co worker came up to me and asked if I could cut some eyeholes in my costume so "I could be recognized".. WTF??!:eek: I "politely" told her that I was NOT going to do that ( the costume cost about $40) for ANYONE. I think she was joking but now I am starting to wonder because she looked at me for a few minutes (the kind of exucse me?! look) and walked off. I asked her later if she was joiking but she never answered me. and just for her info....I could see just fine.

MadMike

11-03-2006, 05:34 AM

As threatened promised, here is the cropped pic of me in my costume.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

purplecat41877

11-03-2006, 08:08 AM

For Halloween, I wore my Halloween sweatshirt on top of my work shirt and I also wore my Halloween socks. I also wore a clip with a black bow in my hair and also put on my usual makeup along with pink eyeshadow worn to the side of the eyes and green eyeshadow located right below the eyebrows.:D

Tanasi

11-03-2006, 09:58 PM

As threatened promised, here is the cropped pic of me in my costume.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

I don't remember Spider Man wearing a watch?????

hawkchick11

11-03-2006, 11:04 PM

I was exactly what I said I would be.. the mom who cares the baby dressed in his costume. My son was a pirate.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6cf20b3127cce8e91be0f292a00000016108AcMWzVs2atg

Ree

11-04-2006, 11:27 AM

Cute pic, Mike...but why is it cropped? :p

Oh, and hawkchick, your little guy is gorgeous.
That's a beautiful costume.

Ree

11-04-2006, 11:31 AM

I KNEW I should've taken mangled corn flakes boxes and been a cereal killer.Ooh...wish I'd had the imagination to do that.

I had planned to dress up, but wasn't sure what I wanted to be. I ended up busy all weekend with no time to put a costume together, and then on Monday, I was so sick I couldn't even hold up my head long enough.
I got up Tuesday, still feeling a little crappy, so I just told everyone I was in costume, and that I was dressed as a disgruntled employee with a blinding headache. :p