Last time in Hallowe'en costume??

[kelownagirl]

I'm really really annoyed that Halloween has become a bit more accepted down here. It's just another AMERICAN thing that we have to put up with.

URHG.

It's a Canadian thing too.

[crazycanuck]

KG-you're correct but it originated in the US & is most popular there.

I think I quit dressing up in halloween costumes in high school.

[kelownagirl]

I'd be willing to bet that it's celebrated equally in Canada and the US, as long as I've been a kid. (Most sources I've read say that Halloween has been celebrated in Canada since the 1800's.) Anyway, it's a big deal here for the kids and for many adults who still like an excuse to dress up at work or at a party.

An any rate, I'm usually too lazy to get really dressed up, but this year I'm going in full bike gear - that's enough of a costume I think. If it's not too cold, I might even ride to school that day.

[Aint Doody]

Our bike club has had a ride on the Sun. before Hallowe'en in the early afternoon. We'd all dress up (still had helmets) and have a cycle parade through the streets. Then we'd go to a local watering hole. Sadly this year nobody wanted to do it. We'll just give it a rest for a while and hopefully bring it back in the next few years.

My DH has this huge troll head that he puts on and hides in our yard. I have to warn him if it's a small child. They get really scared.

I like to be a witch. One year DH & I got in the car during the day in our masks and fake hair and drove around. The stares were priceless!

[Miranda]

It's been about 20yr for me. I was the devil. My college BGF brought me a costume from home for a party we were going to. She said I "had" to wear it because it fit me well. Umm, well yea... it did in a lot of ways.

I was so lucky growing up on Halloween because my mom could sew. My home made sewn costumes always won first place at school. The best was a cat suit.

When I was shopping with DD to get part of her costume this year I saw a CatWoman suit. Ohhh... how I wanted to get it. It's usually freezing here on Halloween... I even thought, well, I could wear my cycling tights for warmth and it would match the CatWoman suit too. That's multi-tasking your gear.

[colby]

I hadn't dressed up since I was in a haunted house in high school until last year we did a Harry Potter theme at work (I was Prof. McGonagall, my husband Snape).

This year is superheroes. I had a hard time finding superhero costumes that weren't just breast or butt displays. I decided to go with a teenager's batgirl costume (more coverage than the adult one, thankfully I fit into those sizes), which still tries to display my butt but I'll wear black tights/leggings and possibly some kind of black baselayer-weight top (it's a tank top style costume and I am bound to freeze my butt off).

I debated going with a guys' superhero costume, but they were all pretty lame. I really wanted a fantastic 4 suit but this year was not the year for fantastic 4 (and I forgot until this weekend which took out the option of shopping online ).

My husband is going as V from V for Vendetta, taking the cheap way out - he already had the guy fawkes mask and jacket/cape, only had to buy the hat (and swords if he wants).

Also, my dog will be going as bat-dog (costume and all - she's a boxer-rottweiler, not tiny but not huge). It's too bad we couldn't have been bat-dog and robin, but there weren't any non-breast/butt robin costumes (I didn't see ANY for men, since this is the year of the Dark Knight style Batman stuff and Robin wasn't in that one). I could have been Joker to her Bat-dog, but I opted to be a hero rather than a villain

I look forward to seeing what everyone else is.

Dang, I meant to post this last night...

[Crankin]

CC, I take it that Australians aren't really happy with us Americans right now...
Scott has reported quite a bit of nastiness when he says he's an American. But, he's having an awesome trip. He told me he either pretends he's Canadian or he wears his US Embassy Lebanon security force t shirt and no one bothers him!

[Eden]

My ex-neighbor's birthday was on Halloween, so they would usually have some sort of big party. When they lived here was the last time I went to a costume party. My husband is tall 6'3", I'm short 5'0" and we went as Bunsen and Beaker from the Muppets. The sad thing was that most of the people at the party were so young that we were asked "who are you?" all night long.....

[sundial]

I went as an Anusol suppository. My costume was cardboard wrapped in foil, complete with a tin foil pointy hat.

[Grog]

In 2005 (last time I dressed up) I did the "living-dead cyclist."

I had a friend run over my jersey with his truck (with me NOT in the jersey).

A friend of ours had dressed as a cycling dope pusher, complete with a blood transfusion kit.

Here I am:

[crazycanuck]

Thread hijack

We Canadians do mind if you Americans pretend you're one of us Grrrrrrr...Don't give Canadians a bad name.

I'd wear theUS Embassy Lebanon security force t shirt!!!

[Kimmyt]

Thread hijack

We Canadians do mind if you Americans pretend you're one of us Grrrrrrr...Don't give Canadians a bad name.

I'd wear theUS Embassy Lebanon security force t shirt!!!

I don't think (or maybe hope?) you meant this to sound as offensive as it sounded...

BUT to get this thread back on track, Grog, I went as a dead cyclist a few years ago too... I was worried people might find it offensive, since there were quite a few cyclists at the party, but most thought it was a very good costume. I think as cyclists we're all aware of the inherant danger in our sports, so it was taken very well actually.

I can't find my pictures right now but I did a similar thing with the tire tracks on a jersey!

[mary9761]

Thread hijack

We Canadians do mind if you Americans pretend you're one of us Grrrrrrr...Don't give Canadians a bad name.

I'd wear theUS Embassy Lebanon security force t shirt!!!

Um, I'm an American born citizen of a mother who still has Canadian citizenship and an American father. I've been told (by some people) that I could possibly carry dual citizenship due to my mother being from Newfoundland and that I still have family in Canada. Where does this put me in this equation? Sorry if I'm being offensive, but since this was said, I'm curious.


My neighbourhood children came running up to my husband and I as we returned from his PT and some errands today and asked what I was going to be for Halloween. I told them guess, they knew it would be a witch and the two young girls are planning on dressing up as well. I'll likely take my costume with me to watch my grandson so I'm dressed when I get home and I can give them their halloween treats in costume.

[carpaltunnel]

When DH and I moved to this suburb 16 years ago, we annually went through mega $ of candy, all to kids we've never seen before. They trample the landscapng instead of walking on the sidewalk, and don't even say thanks like they mean it. We also eat too much candy because we have it around the house.

The last few years we take treats to the immediate next door kids the day before. On Halloween we go directly to the gym from work, have a good workout, shower, and out for supper & shopping, then home after the munchkins are home in bed. Halloween grinches, we are.

[GraysonKelly]

Hm, I'm not sure which was the last tiime so I'll mention both. 2 or 3 years ago i worked a kid's party that our hospital hosts dressed as a one of Duke boys (my partner was the other). 2 or 3 years ago I dressed as Harry Potter...man the kids loved that!
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