I say this with all the respect you are due, but you make a lovely peasant!
For Halloween, I took a white linen shirt, a ballpoint (red) pen, my palms, then a blue, and black ballpoint pen and gave myself the lord's stigmata. I grabbed a pair of canvas shorts, and my only pair of contemporary sandals, emblazoned with a popular boxing brand name across the toes.
Then I walked out and my wife laughed. So I went and gathered some chiffon, and made myself look more like the white linen shirt was a toga, with two of my wife's red scarves.
I then went and found my copy of Origin of Species, and proclaimed that I was the enlightened jesus. We gave away over 150 chocolates to the kids and their various guardians, and I opened up my garage with a make-shift photo studio. I got 5 paying customers all night, but we had a blast.
I moved my car out of the driveway at some point, and the trick or treaaters that saw me getting out of the car screamed "JESUS, TAKE THE WHEEL" - so I knew the costume worked.
Had a lot of fun, and I totally get the dress up game now - that its probably the 2nd time I've ever done it. It is great fun.
Either you told me or I read on someone else's post. Either way, I don't think I got to reply that that is brilliant.
That's perfect. I would've done the same. And offering photo sessions on Halloween is actually a great idea! The hurried pictures in the hallway or whatever just won't do, especially when you actually spend time and effort (and money maybe) on an outfit.
Sounds like a terrific night.
It seems silly for sure when you look at it from the outside, you tend to go "isn't that a bit over the top, you're [insert age at which you're supposed to be past such 'childish' things]", but we all need a break from being who we are.
Why, gramercy, sirrah.
The sort of community bonding that happens when everyone's taking candy from each other is fantastic. Already the local community talk-group on book face is about the evils of people tooting their horns goodbye at 6:40AM in the morning has begun, and bickering about people's dogs barking.
FFS, I think - if only every night could be a joyous and filled with love as Halloween. It's my favourite holiday!
Where do these people come from? And how is it they seem to be everywhere? I always think, do you really have nothing to do but take offence at these random, harmless things? (Imagine not having anything better to do...how sad.) Halloween rules.