Friday is Halloween. Perfect opportunity for Allan to dress up in the Hawaiian shirt and sarong I got him from Indonesia. Yup-- gettin' my man to wear a skirt ;-) Anyway-- I still need to come up with something for myself. Something simple, something I can create from my ordinary wardrobe. I don't believe in the concept of shelling out dough for a whole getup I can only wear one time during the year, and not even every year at that.
But I need ideas. A few years ago I took a cue from Denzel Washington's character in Philadelphia and wore my suit with paper printouts of a law taped all over it-- I was a "lawsuit". Something along those lines is what I'm going for again this year.
I came across a website with some tongue-in-cheek suggestions. I've culled some of my favorites:
# CD Burner
Just tie a computer CD around your neck and carry a lighter. When someone asks what you are, hold the lighter up to the CD.
# Snackbar
Attach open bags of snacks to you (chips, pretzels, cheese puffs, nuts, etc.). Your friends will love it! They will be snacking on you all night long.
# Stick in the Mud
Wear all brown and attach a stick to your chest.
# Web Pages
Glue pages from a book onto a black sweatshirt and sweatpants. Add spider webbing to your hair. Voila! Instant internet!
(very similar to the lawsuit idea, not bad)
# Nerd
Attach Nerd candy boxes all over yourself.
(two birds with one stone-- I could then take the unopened boxes off and give them away to the Trick-or-Treaters that night)
# Generic Costume
Wear all white. Draw a large UPC code on your chest and write "COSTUME" above it.
# Pumpkin Pi(e)
Cut a pumpkin shape out of orange construction paper. Write the number 3.1415926 on it. Attach it to your shirt.
(this has a geeky aspect I know many of my co-workers will appreciate)
# Ceiling Fan
Write "Go Ceilings!" on the front of your shirt. Add other gear if you want (pom poms, big foam finger, etc.) And don't forget to cheer!
# Static Cling
Wear any kind of mismatched clothes, pin one pant leg up, pin dryer sheets on you as well as socks, small towels, etc., and then use hair gel to make your hair look like it has static.
All else fails, the lawsuit is a good fallback I can always use. What did you like? Do you have any suggestions?
What about something to do with the Geek Squad (you know the people who go around in the Geek Squad cars to fix computers)only a whole lot Geekier. I'll trade you a picture of Allan (can't put it on the internet, he'd kill me) for one of both of you this year. Wouldn't mind having one of the little man either.
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ReplyDeleteHehe... care to elaborate? I only have vague notions of Geek Squad from the commercials.
As for the picture trade, it's a deal :-D I guess Allan and Todd won't really be in "costume" per se-- since they'll be wearing real, traditional Asian garb, but it's unique enough that I think we can get away with having Allan be "Indonesian man" and Todd be "Chinese boy".
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ReplyDeleteHow about wearing a black and white checkered shirt, geeky hat and tools pasted all over your clothes. Or, sure too much work, but maybe make a big box and paint it with black and white checkered squares with the Geek Squad logo. Painted Black tires and maybe to square cutouts for the windshield were you could look out. Like I said, way to much work. Oh well, you're the one with the creative ideas.
I like the "ceiling fan" personally, but I also like free snacks/candy. haha.
ReplyDeleteI long for the days of childhood Halloween costumes when my amazing mom would make me something cool.
BWaaaa! I love the celing fan one ;)
ReplyDeleteI like ceiling fan, too, but realized it would probably come off better if I actually had props like pom-poms and giant foam fingers. What can I say-- this family does not do sports :-D
ReplyDeleteBut I rummaged about my closet tonight and discovered a bright orange puffy jacket that would be perfect for use as a pumpkin of sorts. I think I may go as Pumpkin Pi(e), it's rather fitting in a geeky work environment!
Hehe, I hate to jump on the bandwagon, but the ceiling fan one has my vote too, although the Pumpkin Pi(e) is much more fitting to the spreadsheet queen that we all know you are, ha!
ReplyDeleteI will be dressing up in my usual Halloween fare--nothing as I have the day off work and am not going to any festivities as I have to get up for work at 5 a.m. on Saturday morning! Welcome to the ever so exciting days of my life!
Hope you have a good time, and there BETTER be pictures of your costume! ;~)
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ReplyDeleteHehe, next time I see a cheap foam finger, I'll grab it for future use. Maybe some face paint too, since we know that sports fans can be crazy like that with the war paint and all.
Hmm, maybe this "spreadsheet queen" should simply dress up like a spreadsheet! Although I have no idea how I'd pull that off...
I'm rooting for the snack bar idea... sounds intriguing and fun! I'm thinking a little frisky here. LOL.
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ReplyDeleteWell the company DOES provide free snacks-- bags of pretzels and Cheezits and trail mix and whatnot...
I wonder if HR would have a problem with the potential "friskiness", though. There were other suggestions on the website I thought were hilarious but probably inappropriate, such as:
-- Glue rocks to a sweatsuit-- I'm "stoned"
-- Wear normal clothes with a sign that says "Nudist on strike!"
-- Put a cooking pot on my head-- I'm a "pothead"
A spreadsheet would have to include a sheet, with the word Spread written on it, but it would be funny if you could somehow pull it off to make it look like you were a jar of miracle whip or some kind of SANDWICH spread...but wearing the sheet makes it a spread SHEET..hehehe...just my goofy mind imagining wacky stuff, pay it no mind. :~)
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ReplyDeleteI was a cheerleader for Halloween once when I was little and for pompoms I used those bike handlebar streamers from the dollar store. But, in any case, I support the Pumpkin Pi(e) costume too! Whatever is easiest at this point is probably best.
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ReplyDeleteThe dollar store has sooooo many goodies! Unfortunately, the nearest one is 40 miles away. Population 90K+ and we have no Target, no Wal-Mart, no decent dollar store... sigh...
what DID open here recently is a Halloween shop, I can't imagine it'll stay open long past tomorrow. But given that it's the day before Halloween, prices are guaranteed to be sky-high right now, so I didn't even bother looking there. Maybe I'll poke around a bit this weekend, the post-holiday sales are always good for bargains! Stock up for next year :)
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ReplyDeleteWhaaaat no dollar store?! I would be miserable.
I saw a Halloween store nearby too and though I am undecided about going out tomorrow, I was thinking I might take a boo (haha) and see if I can pick up some accessories (I'm thinking ninja?) to go with some relatively normal outfit so I can go to a club comfortably. We shall see.
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ReplyDeleteI know! It sucks. When gas wasn't so horribly expensive, about once a month we'd drive the 40-mile trip to a city that had a 99-Cents-Only store, a Wal-Mart, a Target and a Food4Less (Kroger's cheaper subsidiary) and stock up on enough supplies to last us a while. The cost of gas was offset by the savings in purchases.
Hmm, now that gas has fallen to just under $3/gallon here, perhaps it's something we can resume once more :-)
Halloween festivities tomorrow will consist of a little Halloween pizza party that our apartment complex is throwing. Should be fun! And whatever you whip together for yourself, I want pics, too!