I have a Halloween party invitation, and I do want to go, but now I need a costume.
I'm not really good at costumes.
When I was a kid, one year I was a grandfather clock. I made it myself...a tall cardboard box, covered carefully with woodgrain contact paper. I used stencils to make the numbers on the clock face, and made the pendulum out of gold foil.
But I ask you...what the hell kind of costume is a grandfather clock?
Another year I was a bag of french fries. My mom's sewing skills came into play there.
Last time I went to a Halloween party, I took a yellow shirt and made a black zig-zag stripe across the middle. Then I took a white sheet and cut a bunch of holes. Then I took a trick-or-treat bag and filled it with rocks. Get it?
Nobody at the party got it. Total bust.
Oh. Another year I wore a grim reaper hooded robe, but atop that I wore a hawaiian shirt, and I carried a golf bag. I was "Death takes a holiday." Nobody got that, either.
I thought about wearing all black, with a tag on my shirt that says ""Invisible Pedestrian, Not For Blind Kids," but I already established with the Charlie Brown costume that my social group didn't spend the '70's watching television like I did.
Anybody got any ideas?
Otherwise, I may be dropping by my parents' house to see if my clock costume is still in the attic.
Mom asked me over the weekend whether I had thought about costumes for the kids, because she came across the french fry costume. I say, go for it.
Posted by: Karen at October 13, 2004 11:16 AM