Thursday, October 29, 2009

Re-living Halloweens

The clock is ticking to closer to that much awaited holiday. You know of the one, I speak. The ghoulish holiday in which for one night, we mortals can dress as creatures and brutes not of this world. But the absolute best part about Halloween is that the crazier one dresses up, the more praise he or she receives. In truth, Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. It allows us to express ourselves in a way that might never be possible were it not for this blood curling tradition.

Some might call Kyle and I creative, others might refer to us as "coo coo," but either way, we LOVE dressing up, and each year we try to get as creative as possible, with as little money as possible, which makes Halloween a interesting challenge. This year, we have, as with most Halloweens, procrastinated until the last possible moment to figure out what we shall be, and we are coming up a little dry, which is where you come in, my creative friends and family. What should Kyle and I dress as this year, which would be fun, interesting and inexpensive. To give you an idea of some of the costumes we have featured in the past, I have posted pictures from previous Halloweens. Enjoy, and we would greatly appreciate your input and ideas.

This year we went as Wolverine and Rogue. You might notice that my gloves are actually dishwashing gloves, and my boots are galoshes.
This might have been our first Halloween as a couple, and at the last moment, shopping through Target, we came across some very cheap pink sheets and decided to be PINK GHOSTS. It was fun.
Halloween 2008, we went as dice. We made these out of boxes, paint and rope. Sadly those costumes got tossed.

These two pictures are of what I consider to be some of our best costumes ever. I love that we were both dressed as pumpkin costumes as children. My mom made my costume, and my fat little rolly polly arms just make the costume that much more believable.

Halloween 2006, shopping through Michaels for ideas, we decided to go as a painter and his creation. This is one of my favs as well.

I don't remember if we were Sharon and Ozzy for a Halloween event or if it was just a dress up Communication Council event that had nothing to do with Halloween. But I think we pulled it off pretty well.

I was a butterly this year, but you can't see my wings here, and Kyle was a vampire.

Italy Halloween 2005- I wore the apron we bought for Kyle's dad as my costume, and went as a naked man. Having just discovered "The Big Lebowsky" Kyle went as "THE DUDE" and carried milk in place of a white Russian.

4 comments:

kay said...

I suggest you go as garage sales:
wear garbage bags, some kind of hat to attach thick strings, trailing down with items with price tags attached.
The one I saw attached kitchen items - it was hysterical!

BB said...

Well, duhhhh! It's vampire/zombie season, don't you know??? Jean in my office dressed up as a vampire and I jumped out of my skin. She put on gray face makeup, and a black dress with a gray shawl thing, shredded around the edges. Also some weird stuff in her hair. Her son Nate (35) also came as a female vampire. So many options!

Smocha said...

Those pics are all so cute. I never get a "fun" husband. :)

Check out the movie on this post , perhaps you will find inspiration.
Those kids had some good ideas.


http://catsonthecounter.blogspot.com/2008/11/live-vicariously-through-young.html

betty-NZ said...

Even though I don't subscribe to the halloween traditions, I find the costumes hysterical and awesome! You guys looked great!