^^ Yes, that’s me and my guys friends as classic Batman characters for Halloween ’95. That body suit was HOT.
I used to serve on the committee for a community outreach Halloween festival that planned games and rides and cakewalks and prizes. This guy used to show up every year as Batman and creep all the kids out and never say a word to anyone. Pretty sure he’s on the sex offender registry now. GOOD TIMES.
Uncle Batman?
I have four storage boxes in my attic full of costume stuff that I’ve been accumulating since middle school. Like this badass coat.
It served me well in 99 when I dressed as Marlene Dietrich.
I SUPER LIKE HALLOWEEN. And I think the internet needs another list of reasons why it’s the best.
1. Pop Culture Commentary
Every Halloween, you get a unique chance to reflect the pop culture of the era. You don’t have to wonder what year you dressed up as Monica Lewinsky, the Gangham Style guy, the California Raisins, or Sarah Palin. They speak for themselves. When, other than 2013 is it ever going to be ok to dress as this?
really not even sure it’s ok for 2013. But … 15 years from now? Those instagram pics are gonna be priceless.
2. Pumpkin Everything
Everyone knows that pumpkin patch >>>>> Christmas tree lot. By a million. Also, pumpkin muffins >>> cranberry sauce. And Pumpkin Spice scented candles >>> Winter Fir Tree. By God, the Pumpkin Spice Latte has its own anniversary celebration coming up at Starbucks. It might as well be the national mascot.
3. Nostalgia
Every Christmas you basically look the same. Sweaters and jeans. Holiday dresses and glitter. Opening presents and making cookies. But every single Halloween you look different. Every single Halloween is a new opportunity to remember what you thought was hilarious and awesome at that time in your life.
Like in 2001, I was really into slutty witch attire, and my soon to be husband was (is) super into Twinkies. GAH, that’s SO us circa 2001. LOL 4ever.
4. Families that Theme Together
I can’t remember my parents ever dressing up for Halloween, but as a mom, I have not let a year go by without a kickass family theme. It reinforces how much better you are than everyone else, and you don’t have to fight over who stays home to hand out candy when you are ALL dressed in a theme. Everyone is all in for trick-or-treating together. You just turn off the porch light and run for it.
The year my first daughter was born, she was a mouse, I was a cat, and my husband was a piece of cheese. OMG LOOK AT HER SWEET LITTLE MOUSE FACE.
The year my toddler was Yoda (the perfect size and age for a Yoda costume is any walking baby under age 2. After that they are forced to be a lame Padawan or an expensive as hell Boba Fett because you can’t skimp on Boba) and I was Princess Leia. We won a prize that night. This picture does not do justice to my honeybun wig.
5. CANDY is enough
You don’t have to prepare a side dish or a turkey or a single damn thing for Halloween. Just throw $37 worth of fun sizes in a bowl and you are capital P Prepared.
OMG look at my adorable daughter going in for her treats. THAT FACE.
6. The Movies
Halloween doesn’t have just movies dedicated to that particular time of year. It has ENTIRE GENRES dedicated to it. Ghost stories, vampire flicks, horror films, true crime and film noir. Everything from Bela Lugosi to Michael Myers to Jack Skellington and Charlie Brown. You can be scared or be silly. But there’s not a single year that goes by that I haven’t watched Young Frankenstein and Night of the Living Dead. This year, my husband says we’re watching Nosferatu, which I’ve never seen for reasons. Hold me.
Reasons like this dude’s nails
7. Optional Fun Times Not Included
The best thing about Halloween is that it is WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT. It’s totally voluntary. Dress up or don’t, go investigate an old abandoned asylum in the next county or stay home watching Hocus Pocus. Impress your office with the handmade Scarlett O’Hara morning dress you made, or wear the same cat ears every year. Just enjoy it for what it is … ridiculous and optional.
Unless you work with me.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN. What are you dressing up as today? What movies do you just have to watch?
