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Originally posted by Princessjeanne:
Ok, I give up. I'm going as a schoolgirl. Again. At least new boyfriend is into it. Really, really into it, actually.

I have the kneesocks, mary janes, plaid skirt that I wore in high school, white blouse... anything else I should add? What should I wear UNDER the skirt? My hair is pretty short, so I can't really do the pigtails, but maybe a scarf? Some barettes? help me flesh this out, guys!

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What about sassy little hotshorts under the skirt?

But I already did the good Catholic schoolgirl thing for 4 years. I know it's unoriginal, but I sort of want to slut it up, at least for after work.

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Originally posted by yeefan:
I'm realizing that throwing the party on a Friday instead of on a Saturday like last year makes the prepping a bit more challenging.

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My all time favorite vampy costume was when Mr. Kat and I were devils. Specifically I was the devil-dominatrix in red vinyl with horns spirit-gummed to my forehead and rather freakish red & gold makeup. Mr. Kat was more demon-devil. We scared the crap out of a lot of people that year...so much fun!

Last year was the quickly thrown together dead 1970s prom queen.

Edited because I forgot that he got a huuuge chunky watch with fake "diamonds" around the face and a bright yellow leather watchband.

I'm going as an 80's chick for Halloween. I found some stretch pants, pleather belt, plastic necklaces, and slouchy suede & leather boots all at Salvation Army yesterday. I'm going to wear all that with a white button-up shirt with the collar starched up. I picked up a pack of kids' party favor bracelets from the dollar store (6/$1!). Definitely look around at the dollar store for all sorts of costume ideas, they had tons of useful stuff.

Last night I did a test run of hair and makeup, gosh was it funny. I look so incredibly dorky with curled bangs, just like when I was younger. I wanna look like a decently-hot 80s chick, not relive my horrible childhood geekiness.

I can't wait to see everybody's costume pics! Please post them ASAP!

i decided finally to break out my inner ms. smarty pants (or extreme geek) and will wear my 'michigan anthropology club' t-shirt(complete with a sketch of fossils), small backpack, big ponytails, and my glasses..i'll be handing out dum dum suckers while walking in the west hollywood parade.

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Originally posted by commediabella:
so i am going as 'little miss smarty pants'...

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My boyfriend's costume: God's Gift to Women
Supplies are...
- giant box (wrapped) with holes for his head and arms
- giant bow to put on his head
- tag saying "To: Women From: GOD"

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Originally posted by 2bits:

My boyfriend's costume: God's Gift to Women
Supplies are...
- giant box (wrapped) with holes for his head and arms
- giant bow to put on his head
- tag saying "To: Women From: GOD"

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Originally posted by 2bits:
My costume this year: Software Pirate
Supplies are...
- pirate vest
- patch
- torn skirt
- belt made out of disks
- a computer mouse with google eyes that will sit on my shoulder.

My boyfriend's costume: God's Gift to Women
Supplies are...
- giant box (wrapped) with holes for his head and arms
- giant bow to put on his head
- tag saying "To: Women From: GOD"

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Originally posted by Bejiggity:
My friend is calling for "no sexy costumes!" at her Halloween party because she is sick of people dressing up in the skimpiest of costumes and turning the holiday into an annual Bimbo-fest.

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Two schoolgirls
One teacher, complete with lots of wooden apple jewelery (heh)
Andy Warhol
an Early-80's madonna
Millhouse
Jareth the goblin king from "Labyrinth"
Deborah Harry from "Blondie"
A french maid
A mulleted trashy guy
Miss Universe
An employee of TGIF, complete with flair
One dirty doctor, wearing a box on his head that said "Free mammograms, insert here"
Bob Marley
A cow
A ringwraith
Robert Smith
A tampon

The costumes were great, I was really impressed with the super effort that everyone put into their costumes! Dining with us were

an Indiana Jones
a male (and hot) version of Marilyn Monroe
a couple of gorgeous (again male) fat lady tourists in bathing suits who greeted everyone with a loving head to breast nuzzle)
a geisha
Pebbles and Bam Bam
a whole gaggle of cave ladies
a geeky school girl
a french maid
Homer and Marge
a guy that was hit by lightening
a guy run over by a car
a couple of beatniks
a living dead doll
Linda Blair complete with dripping green vomit
a couple of glam 80's chicks
a flamenco dancer
a Mr. Universe contestant
some vikings
and the hosts, Cleopatra and Pocahontas

the west hollywood parade was expecting 400,000 people...what they got were a few hundred sopping wet, p!ssed-off drag queens. there was a black-out (rain + outdoor stage lighting), a multitude of accidents...and many whiny people.

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Originally posted by naynay45:
Meet the Madonnas! Material Girl, Like a Prayer, Like a Virgin, Breathless Mahoney (Dick Tracy), Like a Surgeon, and All the Way May (A League of Their Own). In the middle is a random rocker.

[This message has been edited by naynay45 (edited 11-04-2003).]

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Originally posted by Princessjeanne:
One teacher, complete with lots of wooden apple jewelery (heh)

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Originally posted by bekkaboo:
....too funny!!! Did you walk around like a gang???

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Originally posted by catnipqueen:
You mean that's a costume?! So I shouldn't be wearing my wooden apple jewelry every day? What about my apple sweater?

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Originally posted by Princessjeanne:
you can wear your country craft wooden apple jewelery EVERY DAY if you want to!

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I know A sure does.

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Originally posted by BionicGirl:
I know A sure does.

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Originally posted by Princessjeanne:
you can wear your country craft wooden apple jewelery EVERY DAY if you want to!

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Yay! I knew I was cool.

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Originally posted by BionicGirl:
I know A sure does.

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And I present: the Halloween pictures. Da dum!

*edited to fix link. Hopefully.

Finally uploaded some pictures from our party. As expected, Friday was totally insane -- I basically got up at 8:30 and spent the rest of the day getting ready for the party (fortunately, I'd planned ahead to ensure that I had no work that needed to get done that day -- and the advantage of having friends in grad school is that they have flexible schedules too). By 8pm, when people were theoretically supposed to be arriving, I was just getting dressed and helping my friend Kim get ready. I blame my frazzled state on the fact that I subsequently forgot to bring out half the food I prepared (clearly, I had made far too much, because there was still plenty to eat). We had a smaller turnout than last year -- I think I figured it was around 50 or so, as opposed to nearly double that the year before -- but actually, I think that worked out for the best, as our house really isn't big enough to accommodate a whole lot more. I went as Lola from Run Lola Run, which apparently proved a bit too obscure, since the vast majority of people I talked to had never seen the movie (decidedly not a film crowd -- I felt better when my friend Kim, who went as Michelle ("Band Camp") from American Pie, said most people hadn't seen her movie either). Ginsu went as the Greatest American Hero, and his costume totally rocked (and I'm not just saying that because I helped make it ) Again, though, a lot of people were apparently too young to remember the show, so he had to do a fair amount of explaining. Overall, a fun party -- though I was glad to have both Saturday and Sunday to get the house back into shape and recuperate!