<p>“suburban mom handing out candy…”</p>
<p>No fair, Booklady–that was *my *idea first! ;)</p>
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<p>Every year I say I’m going to do this but I always buy early and hide it. It never fails that someone finds it and can’t resist indulging. 
My H and the dogs will be handing out the treats this year, as I’ll be in NYC with some friends.</p>
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<p>Besides broke, you mean?</p>
<p>I love Halloween- I have this old lady latex mask with hair- that I wore to an overnight science program when younger D was about 7. ( she hated trick or treating- well she liked the candy- but didn’t like costumes or having to go to the door)
It was cool- they had bat/nocturnal exhibits etc.</p>
<p>Some people at the program thought that was what I looked like! ( I put a scarf around my head cause the hair doesn’t look very realistic- )</p>
<p>Now when I was a kid- I was always a ghost or a gypsy- ( I suppose that wouldn’t be very PC- now- but my mom had lots of costume jewelry- I suppose I could have been a streetwalker 
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Plus my parents tried to get me to wear my coat on top of my costume!</p>
<p>So I have a good time now dressing up.
Last time H dressed up though was before we had kids and we went as punk rockers
it was before you could buy 50 kinds of gel at the drug store & I put eyelash adhesive in my hair to make it stand up.</p>
<p>oops.
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<p>Our family will go as Salem Witch Trial Victims :)</p>
<p>Not going to be home. I’m going to see Chris Smither at Wolf Trap that night. (The Barns)</p>
<p>Several friends and I are going as the Publisher’s Clearing House Prize Patrol.</p>
<p>We go to a party and this year the theme is “dead people”. I am not much on costume stuff, but I ordered an Uncle Sam costume. I figure he’s pretty dead right now. Not sure what H is going to be.</p>
<p>raptor jesus</p>
<p>Wow, you all seem to go all out for Halloween. I usually just pull out the cliche witch’s hat (much to the dismay of my high school aged children!).</p>
<p>I used to go to a great Halloween party but not anymore (everyone’s kids got older). My biggest hit: Julia Child with a rubber chicken.</p>
<p>One year our entire family had Star Trek Next Generation uniforms. We looked great!</p>
<p>My favorite costume was when dh and I went as Pasadena and Ventura freeways. Basically you just wear black, make vertical stripes with electric tape and sew on a few matchbox cars.</p>
<p>Good one aibarr!</p>
<p>One year my S hung a few toy boats around his neck and went as Othello, the Moor of Venice. (groan)</p>
<p>I generally put some pirate duds on to answer the door.</p>
<p>Read with shock in the paper how much some people spend on Halloween costumes. One young woman thought she’d spend $150…she was looking for a “schoolgirl” costume. Whatever happened to thrift shops for that sort of thing?</p>
<p>Guess the recession hasn’t hit her yet.</p>
<p>The best costume we’ve ever done is Blue Men. We wore black pants and jerseys, blue swim caps and rubber gloves and blue face paint. I carried a 4" pvc tube with ends to hold my wallet, cell phone, and keys. Hubby carried 3/4" pvc “drumsticks” which he used to tap out tunes on my “purse”. Huge hit and no one had any idea who were. Downside was that it was a hard act to follow and increased expectations.</p>
<p>i’m going to be joe the plumber (boyfriend’s jeans, american flag t-shirt, trucker hat, “hello, my name is JOE” nametag, probably a plunger as accessory). i realize that a cross-dressing plumber isn’t the slutty, “sexy” costume i’m expected to wear as a female collegiate, but it’ll be hilarious, so i don’t care.</p>
<p>You’ll need a sign…“I’m not really a plumber, I just play one on TV.” :D</p>
<p>I will be reassuring kids at the door that our dog won’t eat them. He looks kind of terrifying until he smiles and his tongue hangs out sideways. He will steal their candy, oh yes he does!!</p>
<p>As usual, I’ll be a witch. Some say perfect casting. I have 2 black capes so a hat and a face mask make it so easy.</p>
<p>always a mom:</p>
<p>If you can, be sure to go to the Greenwich Village parade. It is FABULOUS!!! But it gets very crowded.</p>