What to be?
Oct 26th, 2009 by Bethany
I’m singing the “I don’t know what to be for Halloween” blues right now. I’ve got the kids figured out, and Colin has been working on his very creative and unusual costume for months now. I, however, have no idea what to be.
Halloween used to be in my top three holidays (behind Christmas and my birthday). I loved dressing up! But sometime since college I’ve lost my excitement. I finally have an idea of why my mother always seemed less than enthusiastic. Between the energy expended to dress the kids, my expanded post-baby body self consciousness, and the lack of widely available, modest, flattering, affordable women’s costumes, I’m about ready to put on my mom uniform of jeans and a T-shirt and leave the fun to the kids for the fourth year in a row. For me, it’s a little depressing to see otherwise sane women using Halloween as an excuse to dress provocatively. But I haven’t seen much between that option and a huge ugly gorilla costume on the store shelves.
When I asked my out-of-the-box husband what I should be, he started out with “It would be funny if you were…” To which I blurted the reply “I don’t want to look funny, I want to be pretty!” He said “Great, be a princess!”
Isn’t there anything slightly more creative than a princess, with more coverage than the average party-store mini-skirted pirate costume, less dark and scary than a witch or gorilla, that doesn’t cost me my Christmas budget, and that I can look pretty in? I know it’s a challenging list of requirements, but I’d really love to re-discover my love of Halloween dress-up.
http://www.funtasticparties.us/esmerelda2.jpg – some variation of this. Esmerelda is very easy to do – a couple of too-big skirts can be cinched at your waist with a giant belt and a plain white blouse. Pretty scarf in your hair and big gold earrings (clip-ons?)
http://images.buycostumes.com/mgen/merchandiser/31769.jpg – white tee underneath, white sheet found at second-hand store with a few well-placed cuts. Pretty up-do…
DEFinitely NOT your body type, but take a look at how cute: http://notatschool.today.com/files/2009/06/flylady_cartoon.jpg (I believe you introduced me to the Fly Lady… yes?) She’s clever and clean and has an AWESOME motto!
Hope that helps!
Yeah, this is so hard for me every year. I grabbed a dress my roommate had made for herself a few years ago, and Adam and I went as John and Abigail Adams. Pictures on facebook.
You could be Sarah Palin
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/postphotos/orb/asection/2009-10-26/3.htm
or Jackie Kennedy
http://z.about.com/d/dc/1/0/U/T/JackieKennedy.JPG
Ned says you can dye your hair red and dress up Heidi to be little baby Harry Potter (squiggle on head). I think it would be cute!!!
I also think you could be Amelia Earhart. Swim cap, big goggles, made a chin-strap, pants tucked into boots, leather coat
http://www.cdpl.lib.in.us/blog/uploaded_images/Amelia-Earhart1-750236.jpg
http://media.photobucket.com/image/amelia%20earhart/diditrocious/1-amelia-earhart-l.jpg
http://softsearch.info/ac4//images/Women_Who_Risk.jpg
Hey, Bethy – this is what I’ve got:
Lily Potter (fun red hair and Heidi being baby Harry)
Tonks (awesome hair)
Amelia Earhardt
Jackie O
Grace Kelly (or any other golden age actress – fun glamour!)
Think all black, classic lines, big black sunglasses,perfectly painted lips, and one piece of glitzy faker jewelry. DONE!
http://www.hollywoodcultmovies.com/assets/images/GraceKelly1.jpg
http://amberface.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/normal_gracekellybig.jpg
http://www.freewebs.com/silver-valkyrie/1950s%20Hair/GraceKelly2.JPG
Galadriel (or some Tolkien elf – always lovely) loooooong straight underdress – you could sew one easily
white with an overthingy…that’s a bit harder and straight hair with a ‘circlet’ that could be a necklace or a fancy ribbon with a charm on it to weight it. Tuck most of the hair behind your ears except a little strand and – voila! I bet you could find something at thrift stores to make the over thingy. Cut off the arms of an old satin robe?
Or a pretty ghost http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/c/0/0/6e/9/AAAADNkPPUUAAAAAAG6b9g.jpg
Athena: White toga…something about wisdom. An owl is her symbol. Just be a pretty classical person with an owl somewhere. It’d be AWESOME if you attached an owl stuffed animal to your shoulder or something
a little wacky, but so much more fun!
Calamity Jane, or some other western crazy.
You two could be the Fezziwigs! From A Christmas Carol.
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