Brown for Halloween

I have a love-hate thing going on with Halloween. I love the idea of dressing up, playing someone else and finding a clever if not tastefully hot costume but most of the time costumes ends up being expensive, borderline stripper, or just unrecognizable. And let’s not forget the racist offensive costumes (boo).

My worst costume:
Age 9: Trying to be white Barbie with a plastic mask and my winter coat.
Best Costume:
Age 23:Going the Disney route and being Jasmin from Aladdin. It helped that my fiancé did look a lot like Aladdin.

Sadly, I’m not really proud of either of those costumes. Being Barbie clearly wasn’t working for the little brown nine year old that I was and Jasmin was nice and easy but felt too easy (I found the clothes and jewelry in my bedroom).

With the impending economic doom and stress at work I have decided to come up with a fool proof, cute and clever Halloween costume and have vowed not to spend more than two weeks thinking about it or planning it. I pull inspiration from some of the best, cheap and fun costumes I’ve seen in my year:

1. Pumpkin – My friend Peter bought a children’s extra large children’s size pumpkin costume. It was funny, obvious and easy to dance in. Tip: Never underestimate the children’s section of Target!
2. Twister Board Game – An old coworker sewed a Twister game board into a dress and carried around the spinner. She looked adorable and flirty. Tip: Inanimate objects are in!
3. Mummy – My cousin dressed up as a mummy and just wrapped and taped himself in toilet paper from head to toe. I didn’t know who he was the entire night. Tip: No need to spend the big bucks, give yourself the 99 cent store challenge!
4. Nerd – This was the best costume because it also gave my friend wearing it the opportunity to wear and play the part all night. Tip: Acting like your character gets more fun as you get  more tipsy.

What will you be this year?

~Mo

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